Harry Potter IS making a difference!!

[flavious27]

Was that Six Flags' fault or did someone go where they shouldn't?



I thought I was gonna black out on Goliath, still a great ride.

Some of the rides at Six Flags are truly amazing thrill rides, but they have a huge problem with Park ops and as such guest satisfaction suffers.

The ride was not properly maintained or supervised.

 

[flavious27]

Statistically speaking, I bet you're twice as likely to get injured driving to a theme park (Disney or Six Flags or Universal) than you to be injured while inside the park.

I believe that. Drive up the jersey turnpike, then take 195 then drive through some woods in bumper to bumper traffic for 5 miles.

 

[janoimagine]

Looks like ABC is finally acknowledgeing Potter's effect on Disney World.

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=12343618&page=1

 

[flavious27]

Looks like ABC is finally acknowledgeing Potter's effect on Disney World.

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=12343618&page=1

Well ABC News has to have some freedom

 

[ScorpionX]

Harry Potter is NOT really making a difference on Orlando. It's just a new land in one of the city's top-notch theme parks. I think the event that made the most difference on Orlando is the opening of the Magic Kingdom. That turned a sleepy swamp town in Central Florida that almost nobody knew about into a metropolis that everybody knows about.

 

[trr1]

Harry Potter is NOT really making a difference on Orlando. It's just a new land in one of the city's top-notch theme parks. I think the event that made the most difference on Orlando is the opening of the Magic Kingdom. That turned a sleepy swamp town in Central Florida that almost nobody knew about into a metropolis that everybody knows about.

well said!

 

[scottnj1966]

According to this article

,http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-world-attendance-20101126,0,5013073.story

it seems as though HP is really making a difference.. I'm glad to see uni stealing disney customers, hopefully it lights a fire, and disney will start making rides and attractions actually worthy of the disney name again.

When the Harry Potter craziness ends, Universal will be back to normal.
They still have the same people and same policies.

 

[lebeau]

Harry Potter is NOT really making a difference on Orlando. It's just a new land in one of the city's top-notch theme parks. I think the event that made the most difference on Orlando is the opening of the Magic Kingdom. That turned a sleepy swamp town in Central Florida that almost nobody knew about into a metropolis that everybody knows about.

If that's your standard, than nothing will ever measure up.

 

[janoimagine]

Harry Potter is NOT really making a difference on Orlando. It's just a new land in one of the city's top-notch theme parks. I think the event that made the most difference on Orlando is the opening of the Magic Kingdom. That turned a sleepy swamp town in Central Florida that almost nobody knew about into a metropolis that everybody knows about.

You are missing the point. :lol:

I was simply stating that it is making an impact on the Disney property, not the city of Orlando as a whole. The results are in my friend, why else would Disney for the first time in a long time, choose to report there theme park attendance's in a combined tally from Disneyland and Disney World? This is not a bad thing guys (and gals) competition is good and maybe it will push Disney back to up the bar that they set.

 

[Monty]

You are missing the point. :lol:

I was simply stating that it is making an impact on the Disney property, not the city of Orlando as a whole. The results are in my friend, why else would Disney for the first time in a long time, choose to report there theme park attendance's in a combined tally from Disneyland and Disney World? This is not a bad thing guys (and gals) competition is good and maybe it will push Disney back to up the bar that they set.

But the results aren't in.

The first year or two of WWOHP are deceptive. I went a number of times in August because I wanted to experience the area. I enjoyed it but I won't go back any time soon. Until the novelty wears off the "results" don't mean a thing.

The long haul is what matters.

 

[lebeau]

But the results aren't in.

The first year or two of WWOHP are deceptive. I went a number of times in August because I wanted to experience the area. I enjoyed it but I won't go back any time soon. Until the novelty wears off the "results" don't mean a thing.

The long haul is what matters.

While I agree that the longterm results are what matters, I'd hardly say the short term is irrelevant. In the short trem, this has really played out as a best case scenario for Uni and worst case for Disney.

The two questions in my mind are 1) Can Uni continue to build on this momentum? and 2) Will Disney take action or continue down the same path?

 

[janoimagine]

But the results aren't in.

The first year or two of WWOHP are deceptive. I went a number of times in August because I wanted to experience the area. I enjoyed it but I won't go back any time soon. Until the novelty wears off the "results" don't mean a thing.

The long haul is what matters.

I agree with you completely. However .....

In the long run will this make an impact on Disney Worlds attendance? I would venture to say no. But as LeBeau pointed out, the short term numbers do matter, and it is cutting into Disney's profit margin, and cutting relatively deep. I am hoping that, if anything, it makes them work harder at there future shows and attractions because now it's apparent, that another company can beat, or at least best them, at there own game.

 

[cheezbat]

Well Disney World better get to doing something, because they're losing a long time fan like myself. I've spent far more money over at Universal this year, and when I want a Disney experience, I've flown across the country to Disneyland instead. That's two years in a row now for me, and I'm thinking 2011 won't be anyh different. Yeah, I'll still visit WDW occasionally, but until they show me that they give a care about us guests by adding quality attractions - not just cheapo shows or old parades, I will not spend my money there again.

 

[MAF]

Why do people keep saying "Oh well Uni's attendence will drop off once the "newness" of HP wears off." Harry Potter is not some fad that's going to fade away anytime soon. Disney better stop sitting on their hands, but we all know that isn't going to happen anytime soon.

 

[janoimagine]

Why do people keep saying "Oh well Uni's attendence will drop off once the "newness" of HP wears off." Harry Potter is not some fad that's going to fade away anytime soon. Disney better stop sitting on their hands, but we all know that isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Because it will ... IF they don't continue to plus it or add to it. People will go wherever the new hotness is, whether that happens to be some new rides at Disney or new rides at Uni, the consumer want's a new and exciting product. (Or at the very least well maintained attractions for any one from TDO who reads these boards.)

 

[MAF]

There are plans for Uni to expand the HP land in the near future, what are Disney's current plans? :shrug:

 

[lebeau]

There are plans for Uni to expand the HP land in the near future, what are Disney's current plans? :shrug:

Duffyland?

 

[MAF]

Duffyland?

I heard they were cutting the costs of building that one by just changing the name of World Showcase to Duffyland...:lol:

 

[ToTBellHop]

Because it will ... IF they don't continue to plus it or add to it. People will go wherever the new hotness is, whether that happens to be some new rides at Disney or new rides at Uni, the consumer want's a new and exciting product. (Or at the very least well maintained attractions for any one from TDO who reads these boards.)

Which is why rides like Splash Mountain don't get long lines any more. Clearly, the crowds have moved on to the latest and the greatest.

[\sarcasm]

 

[lebeau]

Which is why rides like Splash Mountain don't get long lines any more. Clearly, the crowds have moved on to the latest and the greatest.

[\sarcasm]

I think you are discounting the continued popularity of "Song of the South". Unlike that fad Harry Potter, SoS is a pop culture phenom that will never flame out.