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| Since the last update, Disney's California Adventure has opened to less than stellar reviews (to say the least) and grossly underwhelming attendance figures. Meanwhile, Oriental Land Company attributes their new $100 million plus Pooh ride to increasing their holiday attendence figures by over one million guests. When is Disney gonna realize that spending more money makes more long term financial sense than doing things halfway to save a buck? |
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| This is what you get when you don't skimp to save a few bucks. |
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| Tokyo DisneySea opens Sep. 4, 2001 |
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| Decreasing Attendence at WDW Parks for Last Year |
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| Amusement Business Magazine reports that Walt Disney World Theme Parks showed a noted decrease in attendence for the 1999-2000 season. While individually three out of four parks showed slight increases in numbers, this did not make up for the fact that on average across the country theme parks increased their attendence rates by three percent. WDW parks only showed the following increases. |
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| Magic Kingdom attendence increased by 1.3 percent |
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| Disney MGM attendence increased by 2 percent |
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| Epcot attendence increased by 5 percent |
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| Animal Kingdom DECREASED their attendence by 3 percent |
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| net increase only 1.3 percent |
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| These numbers don't bode well for Disney, since recent cost cutting has eliminated any future additions that might act as a means of bringing people back into the parks. The most foreboding statistic is Animal Kingdom's sharp decrease in attendence numbers, even though the park is only several years old. This probably has something to do with the growing contention that the park doesn't have enough for the average guest to do in a day. The new statistics further look bad considering many analyst's contentions that the economy is in for a rather rough spell in the immediate future. |
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| Special thanks to WDW Blues for info on this article. |
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