I want to know what the exact increase in attendance was at universal, percentages mean nothing without hard figures. Last year all of universal attracted 10.1 million (IOA 4.6, US 5.5), just slightly more than DHS at 9.7. That was following a year when US was down 10% and IOA was down 11.3% while wdw increased about 1%.
What the numbers mean is what disney said when they announced this, that with less discounts, the numbers dipped slightly. The numbers are going to be at the same level as 2008; they went up about 1% in 2009 and will down about 1% in 2010. Universal's numbers show that they regained what they lost in 09, in 2010 is still up in the air because we need hard numbers. Did they increase only IOA's numbers in the quarter 35% over the previous quarter (which makes sense because summer attendance increases), is it a 35% increase from the same quarter last year for IOA?
I know that some people are calling WWHP a great ROI for universal but that only matters what the licensing contract is. Universal spent atleast $200 million to retheme part of lost continent and add Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. They have added staff for the shops they added along with the restaurants. Forbidden Journey needs to be maintained and have its downtime kept to nearly 0%. With the long goodbye part 2 being released in july, will WWHP be able to maintain the same amount of foot traffic in 2012 and beyond?
