I've been playing around on touringplans and looking at crowd calendars. This got me thinking: I wonder how, if at all, they are taking the opening of SDMT into account when estimating crowds at MK this summer?
My best guess is that, while park attendance may be slightly up due to the newest ride, tickets cost enough that the average person who might be persuaded to visit the MK when they might not have otherwise may still not want to shell out the cost of a ticket. I also think it'll be interesting to see how the hype over this ride impacts the popularity of other rides at MK.
Then again, I've never really had a reason to pay attention to how new rides affect WDW before now, so I may be way off base.
Thoughts?
My best guess is that, while park attendance may be slightly up due to the newest ride, tickets cost enough that the average person who might be persuaded to visit the MK when they might not have otherwise may still not want to shell out the cost of a ticket. I also think it'll be interesting to see how the hype over this ride impacts the popularity of other rides at MK.
Then again, I've never really had a reason to pay attention to how new rides affect WDW before now, so I may be way off base.
Thoughts?