MAGICal DLP News, Rumours & Thoughts

[Animaniac93-98]

 

[Bernswss]

I was frankly expecting a much weaker attendance in 2024 due to the olympics, the summer was very weak last year and getting 15.8M guests is pretty spectacular. I am now more convinced than ever that next year the parks will cross 17 million, having surpassed 16M for the first time in 2023. Disneyland Park could stay in the 10 to 10.5 range with Studios gaining the biggest percentage with 6.5 to 7. What do you guys think?

 

[nickys]

I was frankly expecting a much weaker attendance in 2024 due to the olympics, the summer was very weak last year and getting 15.8M guests is pretty spectacular. I am now more convinced than ever that next year the parks will cross 17 million, having surpassed 16M for the first time in 2023. Disneyland Park could stay in the 10 to 10.5 range with Studios gaining the biggest percentage with 6.5 to 7. What do you guys think?

My first thought is that those figures are misleading.

Almost no one is going to WDS without going to the Castle Parc. So the WDS total is simply a sub-set of the DLP figure.

I realise it’s probably just how they’re done for all multi-park resorts, but in reality how many of those are there in Europe?

But I agree the drop last year is less than I expected.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I realise it’s probably just how they’re done for all multi-park resorts

That is correct, they always count the park you visit first as the gate click

So if you got o EPCOT in the morning and then DHS in the evening, that's considered an EPCOT visit

 

[nickys]

That is correct, they always count the park you visit first as the gate click

So if you got o EPCOT in the morning and then DHS in the evening, that's considered an EPCOT visit

So if you park hop it just counts once?
That would make more sense then.

 

[cjkeating]

So if you park hop it just counts once?
That would make more sense then.

Yes.

So the DLP number makes sense that in an average 3 park visit you would likely give 2 first clicks to the main park and 1 to studio park.

It will be interesting with Frozen to see if the main park can maintain its first click attendance whilst studio park increases its own.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

So if you park hop it just counts once?
That would make more sense then.

Problem with that is it's pretty misleading. We spent the last 2 days starting in WDAP before heading over to DLRP for the majority of the day.

 

[nickys]

Problem with that is it's pretty misleading. We spent the last 2 days starting in WDAP before heading over to DLRP for the majority of the day.

Yes, and I suspect that’s fairly typical. Because the parks are so close together, and a package includes park hopping, people will go back and forth.

We swapped parks 3 times in a day as we started in the Studios for early entry, (Remy and Web Slingers); switched to DLP for breakfast and stayed until mid-afternoon; went back for the Mickey and the Magician show; went and ate at the Village and finally returned to DLP for the fireworks.

That counted as WDS but we were there for maybe 2 hours.

 

[cjkeating]

Remember this is just the methodology for a semi-official annual industry publication. DLP - and other multi-gate resorts - have their own internal metrics for how they measure attendance etc.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Apparently access to the Disneyland hotel is being limited to hotel guests and reservation holders for meals or character experiences.

 

[Swissmiss]

Apparently access to the Disneyland hotel is being limited to hotel guests and reservation holders for meals or character experiences.
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I thought this was the case since it reopened following its renovation?

 

[nickys]

Apparently access to the Disneyland hotel is being limited to hotel guests and reservation holders for meals or character experiences.
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I think it started out like this after re-opening. I guess visitor numbers increased too much again.

 

[wdrive]

It was an absolute zoo in there the last time I walked through. Make sense this change I feel.

 

[marni1971]

I thought this was the case since it reopened following its renovation?

Only for the first month or so.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

I thought this was the case since it reopened following its renovation?

I was able to freely walk in the lobby in September.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

 

[Kev1982]

I was able to freely walk in the lobby in September.

I walked in last week

 

[cjkeating]

Apparently access to the Disneyland hotel is being limited to hotel guests and reservation holders for meals or character experiences.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this lasts until the new year when the Christmas crowds subside. With the worse weather the hotel likely seems a more attractive area to hang out.

 

[HauntedPirate]

The stench of Bob and Josh slowly creeping in to DLP.

 

[nickys]

The stench of Bob and Josh slowly creeping in to DLP.

Why is announcing something in advance a bad thing?



Since the Studios expansion is set to open in March, they’ll be hoping for a bumper summer. This just entices people to book now for October. Maybe they find people hold off booking at that time until the dates are announced.