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[matt9112]

Um yes yes the **** you did. That's precisely why hours are longer in the summer to compensate for the larger crowds. There have been vast amounts of studies internally about how many attractions a guest needs to experience to have positive intent to return (and the sweet spot is around 7-8 but it can also vary slightly depending on day-of crowd levels). Generally the less busy it is, the more attractions they have to experience, the more busy it is, the less they have to get through to have that same intent. That's why on days where attendance trends higher than forecasted it's not unprecedented for them to extend park hours.

im not arguing something this rediculous spending 10 hours or 17 hours to do THE SAME THING is not the same experience.

 

[BigThunderMatt]

im not arguing something this rediculous spending 10 hours or 17 hours to do THE SAME THING is not the same experience.

I worked in park operations for 8 years and sat in on numerous meetings about this specific type of data. Believe whatever you want to believe about it, just because it doesn't fit your narrative doesn't make it untrue. It just means you're an outlier.

 

[peter11435]

im not arguing something this rediculous spending 10 hours or 17 hours to do THE SAME THING is not the same experience.

He’s right though. There is a magic number for attractions experienced per guest that is the goal for each park. Park hours are determined and sometimes extended day off to reach that goal based on each days attendance.

You can dislike it and think it’s ridiculous, but it is true. Park hours are longer on busier days because it will take longer for guests to reach that magic number.