2012 Themed Entertainment Association park attendance figures show increase over 2011

[djlaosc]

Go on then. Let us hear your predicitions.

What I would like to see, but in no way expect (it's just not going to happen, but it would be a nice wake up call to WDW), would be...

MK 16.9m
DL 16.5m
DCA 11.0m
IoA 9.97m
EP 9.95m
DAK 9.5m
DHS 9.4m
USF 7m
SEA 6m

 

[Genie of the Lamp]

Al lutz dropped in a editors note on miceage yesterday talking about the 2012 attendance report mainly focusing on DL parks (specifically showing that 2012 attendance at DCA increased over 3 million vs. 2011 number(6.3 million). Keep in mind, that was also with only 6 months of carsland operation.
http://micechat.com/microposts/disneyland-prices-going-up/

 

[TP2000]

Thanks Genie! That Editor's Note on Miceage really sums up what a huge change this will be if these DCA numbers truly do pan out.

And will also help explain why a ticket to DCA now costs more than a ticket to Epcot.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

So DCA is now 9.3 million+ annual? Is that enough to top AK or DHS?

 

[djlaosc]

So DCA is now 9.3 million+ annual? Is that enough to top AK or DHS?

Last year's numbers (for 2011)...

DAK: 9,783,000
DHS: 9,699,000

...so, if they go down for 2012, then yeah, DCA could pass them.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

And will also help explain why a ticket to DCA now costs more than a ticket to Epcot.

Could you imagine being told this ten years ago?

 

[lazyboy97o]

I wonder how much Disneyland will be down. I doubt the Disneyland Resort as a whole added 3 million people in attendance. Lutz's updates made note several times about how the crowd distribution patterns resulted in lower numbers at Disneyland.

 

[cheezbat]

I wonder how much Disneyland will be down. I doubt the Disneyland Resort as a whole added 3 million people in attendance. Lutz's updates made note several times about how the crowd distribution patterns resulted in lower numbers at Disneyland.

Having visited Disneyland I can honestly say that regardless of DCA picking up more attendance, Disneyland was still pretty darn busy on my trip. I would guess their numbers would be between 14 and 15 million and DCA about 9.5.

 

[TP2000]

Having visited Disneyland I can honestly say that regardless of DCA picking up more attendance, Disneyland was still pretty darn busy on my trip. I would guess their numbers would be between 14 and 15 million and DCA about 9.5.

That's exactly what I'm thinking. Disneyland down a million or two, but DCA up 3 to 4 million, for a total gain of 1 or 2 million for Anaheim as a whole. That would be mighty impressive, considering Cars Land was only open for the last half of 2012.

 

[TP2000]

Could you imagine being told this ten years ago?

No, I can't. Especially because I am a HUGE Epcot fan, and I also spent most of the last decade belittling DCA and denigrating it constantly.

To see how the tables have turned, and how quickly they turned over a period of about 18 months during 2011-12, myself as a famous DCA critic could never have predicted it. It's stunning, really, how much things changed in Anaheim during one calendar year; 2012.

 

[TP2000]

Al lutz dropped in a editors note on miceage yesterday talking about the 2012 attendance report mainly focusing on DL parks (specifically showing that 2012 attendance at DCA increased over 3 million vs. 2011 number(6.3 million). Keep in mind, that was also with only 6 months of carsland operation.
http://micechat.com/microposts/disneyland-prices-going-up/

Here's the Miceage note from this weekend, for those that missed it:

Editor’s Note: June 1, 2013: On Tuesday the annual attendance report will be released by the Burbank-based Themed Entertainment Association industry trade group. The financial goal of DCA's expansion was to raise annual attendance by 1 Million visitors once the project was complete, over the 6.3 Million DCA got in 2011. But the wild success of the park makeover was underestimated and 2012 attendance at DCA increased over 3 Million with just six months of Cars Land operation. Some of that was scavenged from Disneyland attendance, but the annual attendance for the Anaheim property overall will accurately show a healthy increase for 2012 when the Tuesday report is released. The 2013 numbers thus far continue the Anaheim upward trend.

 

[danlb_2000]

Full report is out:

http://www.aecom.com/deployedfiles/...ents/2012 Theme Index Combined_1-1_online.pdf

Quick parks summary:

1. MK: + 2.3%
2. DL: - 1.1%
3. DL Tokyo: + 8.5%
4. Diseny Sea: + 8.5%
5. DL Paris: + 1.9%
6. Epcot: + 2.2%
7. AK : 2.2%
8. DHS: + 2.2%
9. US Japan: +14.1%
10. IOA: +4.0%
11. DCA: +22.6%
16. USO: +2.5%
17. USHW: +15.0%
19. Sea World Florida: +3.0%
20: Disney Studios Paris: +1.9%

 

[danlb_2000]

Go on then. Let us hear your predicitions.

MK 17,350
DL 16,000
EP 10,950
DCA 10,500
DAK 9,850
DHS 9,800
IoA 7,900
USF 6,200
SEA 5,350

With the exception of DCA you came pretty close. @GrumpyFan also did good on the Disney side, but missed on the Uni side.

 

[GLaDOS]

No real surprises. Great to see the industry thriving across the board.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

I expected the high DCA increase, byt TDL and TDS up 8 percent?!?! Didn't see that one coming

 

[GLaDOS]

I expected the high DCA increase, byt TDL and TDS up 8 percent?!?! Didn't see that one coming

That's mostly because the 2011 numbers were affected by the earthquake. Same reason why USJ is up 14%.

 

[danlb_2000]

That's mostly because the 2011 numbers were affected by the earthquake. Same reason why USJ is up 14%.

Yeah, TDS basically got back up to it's 2010 numbers and TDL got a small bump over it's 2010 numbers.

 

[dadddio]

I expected the high DCA increase, byt TDL and TDS up 8 percent?!?! Didn't see that one coming

Both parks were significantly down in 2011 due to the eathquakes, tidal waves, nuclear disasters, return of godzilla, etc.

 

[Cody5242]

I'm surprised that AK has a higher attendance than DHS. DHS has two major events (Star Wars Wknds, Osborne Christmas Lights) that I thought would boost it up

 

[asianway]

I'm surprised that AK has a higher attendance than DHS. DHS has two major events (Star Wars Wknds, Osborne Christmas Lights) that I thought would boost it up

They also killed ESPN and Soap Wknds. People like animals and DHS needs some freshening up, Im not too surprised.