Of course, we must keep in mind the opening of every venue and shop and restaurant. Capacity is a wild variable at theme parks.
Thanks much. I thought it was in that range but wasn't sure. This really makes me doubt the estimated attendance figures for DHS & Animal Kingdom. Neither park has much attraction capacity so those 1 million figures are probably false projections. They would need to average around 25,000 to 30,000 a day and there is no way that happens. Supposedly they were only doing 18,000 a day during the busy summer months.
Theme parks everywhere were down this past summer--even Universal, which saw an increase in attendance, did not reach the high levels Universal was estimating. While this is up for debate among insiders of the industry, the theory I buy into most is the World Cup taking a lot of attendance from the parks. Considering soccer has a huge South American base AND the fact that the event was held in Brazil, a lot of South Americans probably postponed their US theme park tours to go to The World Cup instead. And as we all know, South Americans are the bread and butter of the Orlando theme parks, so losing some of them was noticeable. In any case, I suspect all parks to see healthier summers in 2015 and to have exceptional Christmas seasons.
Hmm it did intrude a bit didn't it? I remember going on my B-Day (September) during the day with all the Terra Cruentas stuff out..it was interesting..
Personally I chalk it up to four options
1) Build more houses (9, 10??) have more shows (3??)
2) Put a cap on the number of people allowed in + More event nights
3) Open some backstage areas and have some carnival rides + tented bars
4) Do nothing, lessen the guest experience and hope that people start hating the event and don't return
Hope nobody planned on going tonight:
"Tonight’s #HHN24 is sold out."
https://twitter.com/HorrorNightsORL/status/525754884323147776/photo/1
Sold out indeed. If anyone that went from here I really wanna know how bad it was.
I'm curious what the breaking point will be tonight.
from dusk till dawn 45 minutes yeah marketing, great IP they chose lol....ound:
Last night was really bad.
Reasonable until 9ish Halloween at 90.