News Park attendance showing significant softness heading into the Fall 2018

[Tom Morrow]

We're now almost 2 mos. since the original post. Any internal "word from inside the park" on how attendance has looked since?

I was in each of the parks three weeks ago and crowds were exactly average. Not light, not crazy.

 

[winstongator]

We're now almost 2 mos. since the original post. Any internal "word from inside the park" on how attendance has looked since?

Disney has their quarterly earnings call Thursday. Not sure if that's when they issue the annual report which has a fair amount of info. October crowds were lower than past few years per averaging touringplans numbers.

 

[geekza]

I just couldn't resist. Marlo made me do it!

Not that girl again. She's the worst.

 

[larryz]

Not that girl again. She's the worst.

But she sells good furniture...

 

[MaximumEd]

I was in each of the parks three weeks ago and crowds were exactly average. Not light, not crazy.

We must have been there at the same time. Could have sworn I heard them looking for you when we were on the PeopleMover.

 

[geekza]

We must have been there at the same time. Could have sworn I heard them looking for you when we were on the PeopleMover.

Yeah, @Tom Morrow. You really need to pay more attention, because you obviously have a problem with wandering off to the point where they're having to page you constantly.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Not that girl again. She's the worst.

Darn it, you short circuited my set up of "Wait, which one is Marlo?"

 

[geekza]

Darn it, you short circuited my set up of "Wait, which one is Marlo?"

Hey, man. Post whatever you want. We're all free to be you and me.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Hey, man. Post whatever you want. We're all free to be you and me.

St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases, help me make another Thomas family allusion!

 

[geekza]

St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases, help me make another Thomas family allusion!

There's always room for more. If not, we'll make room for Danny. (It's a stretch, I know. At least I know who the folks my age are around here.)

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Wait... so if there were no FastPass lines, and rides were allowed to load like they were designed to, wait times would be shorter??? What kind of crazy talk is this?!? And how can I be expected to know what rides I want to ride without planning them 60 days in advance???

Wait... so if there were no FastPass lines, and rides were allowed to load like they were designed to, wait times would be shorter??? What kind of crazy talk is this?!? And how can I be expected to know what rides I want to ride without planning them 60 days in advance???

Ask Tom Staggs

 

[HauntedPirate]

Ask Tom Staggs

Has anyone seen the oddly waifish man with anemic personality lately? I forget where he went after being tossed out of TWDC.

 

[SorcererMC]

Disney has their quarterly earnings call Thursday. Not sure if that's when they issue the annual report which has a fair amount of info. October crowds were lower than past few years per averaging touringplans numbers.

Yes, full year and Q4. https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/disneys-fiscal-full-year-and-q4-2018-earnings-results-webcast/

 

[GeoffR]

Certainly not a small crowd tonight

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Serious question, but are you saying there isn't anything wrong with the current Fastpass system/process?

Not for me.

I would personally rather just show up to an attraction and wait in a fast moving line with a manageable wait time than wait several hours for my Fastpass to become active and still wait often 15-25 minutes in the Fastpass line.

I would not.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Certainly not a small crowd tonightView attachment 324883

It’s like that in every park

 

[Tom Morrow]

Yeah, @Tom Morrow. You really need to pay more attention, because you obviously have a problem with wandering off to the point where they're having to page you constantly.

I can’t help it!

I would not.

So what do you do when you visit a park and your three allotted Fastpasses are used and there aren't any good ones left?

 

[JoeCamel]

Certainly not a small crowd tonightView attachment 324883

Naw, you can see the pavement.

 

[drizgirl]

Naw, you can see the pavement.

That's a fail by today's Disney standards. Better cut back hours and staff a bit more.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I can’t help it!

So what do you do when you visit a park and your three allotted Fastpasses are used and there aren't any good ones left?

Hasn’t happened yet.

Wait - what’s not a good one?

Maybe I just plan better, or have more reasonable expectations. Or have learned not to go on weekends or holidays.

Maybe I’ve just done everything already with various parties over various years, so I’ll do whatever’s available this time, and there’s always next time; and I don’t feel slighted in the slightest.

What I probably won’t do is notice to the point I even remember to mention in any way other than a little bad luck in a trip report, let alone hold a grudge to the point of bitterness and complain about it all over the place.