Haunted Mansion Holiday at MK?

[TP2000]

Are we talking ride capacity or overall park capacity? I could easily see how Disneyland would have a much higher ride capacity than Magic Kingdom. With more than a dozen extra attractions that don't exist in Magic Kingdom, it's easy to imagine that a few thousand more people per hour could be carried on the larger roster of rides at Disneyland compared to WDW's Magic Kingdom.

The four extra E Tickets at Disneyland alone likely add at least 4,000 or 5,000 more per hour; Matterhorn Bobsleds, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Indiana Jones Adventure, Star Tours. Then add in the four extra dark rides; Pinnochio, Mr. Toad, Roger Rabbit and Alice. And the extra capacity on the Rivers of America with the Davy Crockett Canoes and the Sailing Ship Columbia. Plus StorybookLand Canal Boats and Casey Jr. Circus Train. And there's about 10,000 more people per hour at Disneyland carried on rides than Magic Kingdom. The only thing to take up the slack at Magic Kingdom that doesn't have a similar cousin or outright replacement at Disneyland is Country Bear Jamboree, Laugh Factory, and that Aladdin spinner thing in Adventureland. Those three MK rides combined likely take a 1,500 or 2,000 an hour bite out of the 10,000 Disneyland lead.

But if it came to overall Park capacity, I could see where Magic Kingdom would be able to contain more. Although those extra folks at Magic Kingdom wouldn't really be doing much besides standing or walking through the wider walkways and overall common areas. But you could get more people standing or walking around inside the physically larger Magic Kingdom than you could Disneyland.

It seems there would be two goals here with these numbers. The park capacity number would satisfy the Fire Marshall with a total number of people occupying a certain plot of land. And the ride capacity number would satisfy park management by providing entertainment and rides for a certain number of customers occupying individual ride facilities.

 

[Mansion Butler]

Are we talking ride capacity or overall park capacity? I could easily see how Disneyland would have a much higher ride capacity than Magic Kingdom. With more than a dozen extra attractions that don't exist in Magic Kingdom, it's easy to imagine that a few thousand more people per hour could be carried on the larger roster of rides at Disneyland compared to WDW's Magic Kingdom.

The four extra E Tickets at Disneyland alone likely add at least 4,000 or 5,000 more per hour; Matterhorn Bobsleds, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Indiana Jones Adventure, Star Tours. Then add in the four extra dark rides; Pinnochio, Mr. Toad, Roger Rabbit and Alice. And the extra capacity on the Rivers of America with the Davy Crockett Canoes and the Sailing Ship Columbia. Plus StorybookLand Canal Boats and Casey Jr. Circus Train. And there's about 10,000 more people per hour at Disneyland carried on rides than Magic Kingdom. The only thing to take up the slack at Magic Kingdom that doesn't have a similar cousin or outright replacement at Disneyland is Country Bear Jamboree, Laugh Factory, and that Aladdin spinner thing in Adventureland. Those three MK rides combined likely take a 1,500 or 2,000 an hour bite out of the 10,000 Disneyland lead.

But if it came to overall Park capacity, I could see where Magic Kingdom would be able to contain more. Although those extra folks at Magic Kingdom wouldn't really be doing much besides standing or walking through the wider walkways and overall common areas. But you could get more people standing or walking around inside the physically larger Magic Kingdom than you could Disneyland.

It seems there would be two goals here with these numbers. The park capacity number would satisfy the Fire Marshall with a total number of people occupying a certain plot of land. And the ride capacity number would satisfy park management by providing entertainment and rides for a certain number of customers occupying individual ride facilities.

Any manager at WDW can tell you the order of capacity in the US is:

Epcot
Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
Animal Kingdom (should be higher, I don't know why it isn't)
MGM
DCA

 

[Fried Chicken]

Any manager at WDW can tell you the order of capacity in the US is:

Epcot
Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
Animal Kingdom (should be higher, I don't know why it isn't)
MGM
DCA

Any uninformed manager maybe but there is absolutely NO way that Disneyland has a larger in park capacity than the Magic Kingdom does. That park is HUGE compared to Disneyland and even with more attractions, it could never carry as many as the Magic Kingdom can hold.

 

[mousermerf]

Capacity is not just physical space, but a mixture of attractions, CMs, and other operational venues.

Epcot is at the top because it has a mass of physical space, large capacity attractions, large expandable venues (the communicore halls, world showplace, even the backstage plots [think of the Soarin backstage walkway that opens] and the Food/Wine plots), and though its normal CM count is lower that's counter by a massive staff of backstage workers (Epcot Events and Imagineering onsite for example) who come out when needed for high capacity days.

Similiarly, DL pulls people from TDA, has more attractions, and compared to MK - can exit outward in emergency situations. MK has to worry about the monorail, ferrys, and buses. Yes, it can thoerhetically exit outward, but it's very difficult to do so. Epcot, similiarly, can simply goto the perimeter road.

AK: most attractions are small capacity, small staff (animal workers can't abandon the animals), small walkway, and you can't really exit to the savanah area.

 

[mousermerf]

An easy way to look at capacity:

Assume something just went terribly wrong and someone pulls the "big giant fire alarm of doom" in any given park. Everyone panics and begins to flee.

Which park will empty first?

 

[Mansion Butler]

An easy way to look at capacity:

Assume something just went terribly wrong and someone pulls the "big giant fire alarm of doom" in any given park. Everyone panics and begins to flee.

Which park will empty first?

My honest guest would be MGM, actually. With Epcot close behind, just because there's more inside room to cover. I know alot of exit plans from Epcot, though.


You also bring up alot of good points that reflect something else: capacity fluctuates.

 

[EpcotServo]

An easy way to look at capacity:

Assume something just went terribly wrong and someone pulls the "big giant fire alarm of doom" in any given park. Everyone panics and begins to flee.

Which park will empty first?

The answer:

the managers decide that there's no risk and they don't get anyone out. This is never called in as well.

:lol: