hrcollectibles
Active Member
Guess those projections didn't take into account those taking advantage of the 7 for the price of 4 deal they had..
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Crazy Tuesday at the Vacation Kingdom
- Thread starter Mr.EPCOT
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Guess those projections didn't take into account those taking advantage of the 7 for the price of 4 deal they had..
ChrisFL
Premium Member
One day or even one week of high attendance means nothing
dixiegirl
Well-Known Member
WOW! I hope its not that busy in Sept. when we go.
LOL, I was thinking the same exact thing!!!! Oh wait there's a recession going on right????:ROFLOL:
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
MONORAIL!
Good Work
Sorry Yoda, you missed the reference.
whendoweleave?
New Member
I'm self employed and have been for over 20 years. I'm a home remodeling contractor and i can tell you first hand people are afraid to spend money right now. My business is off by some 70% from a year ago. I'M not the only one many of my friends who own their own businesses are experiencing the same issues. They have a wide range of businesses from,Painting,flooring,plumbers,insurance,mail boxes etc., auto repair.
Customers are telling all of us the same thing they are VERY afraid right now. They get their 401k statements and find that they have lost about 1/2 of what they had a little over a year ag
thers are finding that the house they bought several years ago are not worth near what they were. I do feel that yes we are in a bad way for many reasons but i think the news media feeds the fire and keeps it going. They spread fear among the masses. With all the 24 hour news outlets they need to talk about something. People get tired of hearing about "octo mom" 'Tot mom" " Was it a Fax paw that Mrs. Obama touched the queen"
It's just like the "storm of the century" warnings they love to give out. People panic and run out empty the local super markets because "a storm is on the way" then we end up with just a few snow flakes. They need to keep you watching somehow.
I have been in the parks many time since the 1st of the year and the place seems way more crowded than in years past at the same time. I'm not talking about wait times there are just way more people in the parks. So I'm not really sure what is going on. It may well be the huge discounts that are being offered. All i can say is i hope things turn around soon or your going to see many more small businesses go under.
Chezman1399
Active Member
But wait..... The monorail is the bestest most perfect form of transportation ever! All the monorail expansion zealots said so!
:lol:
When I was on my college program, one of tires burst on the monorail and it caught on fire, so they had busses from the TTC to MK
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
What about us braindead slobs?
WDW1974
Well-Known Member
That's kind of intelligent response has no place here.
WDW is sorely lacking anything to get the fanbois excited, so we all need to jump to crazy conclusions based on one VERY typical holiday week ... well, except for the fact that normally during Easter week there are almost no discounts, certainly not of the three free night variety anyway.
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WDW1974
Well-Known Member
I think we shot right on by recession on the way to depression ...
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disney9752
Member
I'm not sure if that was for the wind or the lightning. Have you ever heard what the lightning does to the computer system on the monorail if it gets hit?? safer to have them in stations that stuck on the beam from a strike.:wave:
devoy1701
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Figment632
New Member
The rescession is still not even as bad as the one from the late 70's, we are no where near a depression.
I was in the fan store at a Ranger game in MSG a couple of days ago and people were spending like crazy. I had the same reaction as some of you, I was thinking isnt there a recession?
ChrisFL
Premium Member
True, but wouldn't that mean that every day in the summer they'd have to be out of commission for an hour or so?
You should see the giant four-toed foot on Beachcomber Isle... :lookaroun
That's just what the maintenance guys told me. :shrug:
yankspy
Well-Known Member
I should think that they would be happy to have a "very typical week" in terms of crowds when many businesses are not having typical weeks. Even with discounts and such I can't imagine that they are losing money on those people who are coming.
fmingo36
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nibblesandbits
Well-Known Member
I was actually wondering that myself...weren't there black out dates specifically around this time in the 4 for 7 deal? Does someone else know? Specifically someone with Kingdom Konsultants...who'd have an idea...:lookaroun
Recessions don't affect everybody, and those who aren't affected like to think everyone else is just making it up. Since the current recession started, over 5 MILLION jobs have been lost. 663,000 alone were lost in March. And these are based on unemployment claims. The number is most likely higher, since the government has no way of counting the unemployed who don't collect unemployment. But according to some people here, the Magic Kingdom is packed, so the recession is just in the minds of the 8.5% who have lost their jobs. People who can afford to go are going while it's cheap...you'd almost be a fool not to. And as has been stated, the Magic Kingdom's capacity is based on number of attractions, cast members, security, food, drink, and shops available. So a packed park doesn't necessarily mean there are any earth shattering records being broken. And with all the discounts, at MOST Disney might break even with last year...but they unlikely will make any profit gains.