So after going to Disney World last Saturday and then Carowinds yesterday.. I noticed something very different between the two parks (aside from, you know. Amusement vs. Theme park yaddayadda)..
The actual guests who visit the parks. Say what you will, but I believe the price of a park ticket affects the type of people that visit the parks. Disney's annual passes cost hundreds of dollars while Carowind's annual pass costs exactly 110 dollars.
There were LOTS of people that would obviously never afford to go to Disney that went to Carowinds. A mixture of trashy people, church groups and families with a lot of children.
Now I say all this because I believe that if the Disney park admission was as low as Carowinds, I bet that a lot of these people would be attending the Disney parks. Ruining park property. Carowinds has actually improved and is a REALLY nice park now compared to like, two years ago. The management must have noticed that the park was starting to, well, suck. The made a giant new beautiful entrance and they add new rides every year now.
But the sad thing is that the people that go there damage the property still. Teens everywhere throwing things into the river rapids track.. Ignoring safety cautions.. The workers at Carowinds must be really on top of their game now because they seem to be taking safety seriously and have better attitudes than the usual teenage get-me-money-for-college workers did in the past.
The guests at Disney aren't nearly as bad at ALL compared to the Carowinds guests. I mean, sure those brazillian tour groups, school field trips and all.. Those are some exceptions. Some will always find a way in. But not nearly as much as say, Carowinds and Six Flags. And I just really believe that it's all about the price to get in.
Kind of a random post, but was wondering if anyone else out there has been noticing this? Or has noticed this in the past.
The actual guests who visit the parks. Say what you will, but I believe the price of a park ticket affects the type of people that visit the parks. Disney's annual passes cost hundreds of dollars while Carowind's annual pass costs exactly 110 dollars.
There were LOTS of people that would obviously never afford to go to Disney that went to Carowinds. A mixture of trashy people, church groups and families with a lot of children.
Now I say all this because I believe that if the Disney park admission was as low as Carowinds, I bet that a lot of these people would be attending the Disney parks. Ruining park property. Carowinds has actually improved and is a REALLY nice park now compared to like, two years ago. The management must have noticed that the park was starting to, well, suck. The made a giant new beautiful entrance and they add new rides every year now.
But the sad thing is that the people that go there damage the property still. Teens everywhere throwing things into the river rapids track.. Ignoring safety cautions.. The workers at Carowinds must be really on top of their game now because they seem to be taking safety seriously and have better attitudes than the usual teenage get-me-money-for-college workers did in the past.
The guests at Disney aren't nearly as bad at ALL compared to the Carowinds guests. I mean, sure those brazillian tour groups, school field trips and all.. Those are some exceptions. Some will always find a way in. But not nearly as much as say, Carowinds and Six Flags. And I just really believe that it's all about the price to get in.
Kind of a random post, but was wondering if anyone else out there has been noticing this? Or has noticed this in the past.
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