The Great Wall of China is a bit older so that place is crowded too.
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Is attendance really down at WDW this or…
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bwr827
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It’s the price, the heat/climate, the offering, the competition, the state of the “middle class” struggling with escalating costs, the shift in respect for the school calendar, etc., etc.
Many factors that have been changing are involved. I’m sure others could add to the list.
Many factors that have been changing are involved. I’m sure others could add to the list.
Exactly. Lagoon is currently my home park. 100s for days here in Idaho. It's hot at home for people too.
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Nubs70
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It's to hot to eat
Jrb1979
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They all aren't packed every day just cause they have a shorter season. Even SeaWorld had been packed in days Disney isn't. So it's not the heat.
Price is keeping the majority away.
Sea World has been packed ? Show some ## to back up that claim. Shorter season is more limited time to go, nothing new about that.
Perhaps to some like us who have been walking like a wet sponge , lighter meals more hydration, try again.
Lagoon is not in a Destination City, and the 35 min to hour Drive to the nearest big city has people thet could go next week when it will not be 114 degrees. Yet they are still playng.
People are having fun at the price and level they like.
And that is people finding it at Disney less than recent decade.
People are having fun at the price and level they like.
And that is people finding it at Disney less than recent decade.
Jrb1979
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DHSfanatic
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Still love the ambience, though!
DHSfanatic
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Heat and humidity? We finally stopped going during summer five or six years ago because of that.
JD80
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Tha Realest
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Tha Realest
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This is preposterous.
What’s more plausible:
1) All these crowds keep coming to the park, but are functionally fasting or eschewing sit down restaurants when it is hot, or
2) Attendance is down.
I get you don’t want to acknowledge the possibility of 2, but let’s not be foolish.
You may not have seen past posts when Iger told Wall Street the weather played a factor in attendance some forum members who are very critical of Disney but supportive in non Disney parks went into tizzy ridiculing him. Weather has played a factor in us going in the summer moving forward but the summers in the last were nothing like it is now.
Jrb1979
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Yes heat plays a factor but it's a small factor.
This argument on attendance made me wonder about the TEA annual attendance report. The report is usually released in late May / early June. Yet here it is mid July and we still do not have the 2023 report. I wonder what the hold up is? Maybe Disney is trying to hold it up so everyone will not see how bad their attendance is compared to their competition- let the conspiracy theories begin - LOL.
The last time it was released people did not even like to believe how low it looked.
Tha Realest
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I’ve seen the spin. That was ridiculous, as is the notion that people are fasting, going keto, or whatever conclusion you’re reaching for to explain away empty restaurants that is attributable to something other than greatly reduced attendance.