I'm sure we've all heard on this forum and others, about the decreased attendance in 2019 at WDW, the tumbleweeds rolling through SW:GE, etc. My question is-is this based on actual attendance data, or is this just based on opinion and speculation based on what people are seeing while they are in the parks? IMO, there are so many different factors in play here that, unless you visit all 4 parks every day for a sustained period, a blanket statement regarding attendance trends really can't be accurate. Everything else is just a snapshot that could be influenced by day of the week, party day short hours, time of the year, festivals, weather, etc. There is a recent thread discussing the effect of MNSSHP & MVMCP on attendance numbers, but at least that data can only be interpreted in a finite number of ways. The attendance drop theory seems to me like it is something people are running with based on little to no actual, empirical info-the whole "fact vs opinion" thing.
