So.... Crowd levels.
Holy crap, it was brutal at Magic Kingdom? How brutal?
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That brutal. Clearly above the level of the last two years, for comparison.
After breaking down the numbers, talking with some spies and double checking with Len on the data. (The data is fine, the methodology hasn't changed.) It was just THAT busy at MK. Looking hard at the numbers, last year had a lot in the 6-7 range, those pushed up to the 8-9 range.
(also Iger noted in an earning call 4% growth at the domestic theme parks in the 3QFY15 which covered April-June)
So if you braved MK this summer and it wasn't yesterday, my hats off to you.
These higher crowds also reflected in the resort overall.
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Across the board, higher numbers. Same thing happened - crowd pushed up. What were average/mid-level crowds last year became peak crowds this year.
Crowds dropped off later this year because of Labor Day being next week but there ya go. Summer 2015.