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pheneix

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Mr Bill said:
Definitely low, 4,284,000 in 2011 according to TEA.

That comes out to 11,737 guests per day. To have 7,000 guests total from M-F, they'd need 37,500 each day on Saturday and Sunday. Even 7,000 per day M-F would need 23,579 guests each Saturday and Sunday.
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The Busch Gardens numbers that the other poster quoted are VERY accurate with respect to off season attendance at BGT. Under 7k days are not rare at all when schools are in session.

This is countered with substantially higher summer and peak season attendance. 35-40k+ on peak days is common for Tampa. So in other words, your math is dead on.
 
Next Big Thing

Next Big Thing

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Lee said:
Seems a little on the low side...
They pull about 4.3-4.5 million annually, I think.
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He was more talking about recently. Obviously around Howl--Scream and Christmas Town (which was a HUGE success last year) the crowds balloon and of course numbers go up a bit in summer, but the first half of the year they really struggle to get people to go to the park.
 
lebeau

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I just watched the video of Mickey and the Magic Map on YouTube. So I guess every Disney park in the world is getting cool stuff now except for Orlando. Is that the plan? It is frustrating to see all of this cool, innovative stuff going everywhere but Disney World. We get stuck with value engineered clones. I feel like Charlie Brown on Halloween. I got a rock.
 
Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

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lebeau said:
I just watched the video of Mickey and the Magic Map on YouTube. So I guess every Disney park in the world is getting cool stuff now except for Orlando. Is that the plan? It is frustrating to see all of this cool, innovative stuff going everywhere but Disney World. We get stuck with value engineered clones. I feel like Charlie Brown on Halloween. I got a rock.
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I saw it too. Kind of neat, would be interested in maybe seeing a modified version of it for, say, the theater that Voyage of the Little Mermaid is in?

I say modified because I have a few problems with it. I'm not convinced the "map" itself actually looks good, first of all. Maybe it looks better in person that on camera, but when (spoilers, I guess?) Mickey "enters" the map it just looks...goofy to me, I guess?

It was nice to see Mulan and Pocahontas; I feel like shows like this are great ways to integrate characters like this, which remain pretty popular and come from some of Disney's better-loved animated musicals, but don't necessarily have another "home" in the parks (i.e. they don't necessarily fit in well in Fantasyland, or Tomorrowland, or Adventureland, or whatever).

Also, do all of these things need to have Under the Sea in them? DLR already has Under the Sea in the dark ride and in World of Color, and I'm pretty sure this is the same arrangement as WoC.

Still - I found it pleasant and fun.
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

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luv said:
This is my 2nd biggest beef with the Disney fan community...the mindless repetition of the "fact" that "AKL is so far away from everything" when it just is not. It's not even all that far from the MK.
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1 AKL may not all that far away, but it is isolated. Which at least creates an impression of distance.
Also, far away as compared to what? Not so much as compared to the All Stars. But AKL truly is out of the way as compared to its ilk, luxury resorts. From the monorail to the EPCT back entrance resorts, luxury resorts are deemed luxury partly because of their central location.
AKL does have good road acces. It's really just a short ride to everywhere.

2 What's your first beef then?
 
lebeau

lebeau

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Calvin Coolidge said:
I saw it too. Kind of neat, would be interested in maybe seeing a modified version of it for, say, the theater that Voyage of the Little Mermaid is in?

I say modified because I have a few problems with it. I'm not convinced the "map" itself actually looks good, first of all. Maybe it looks better in person that on camera, but when (spoilers, I guess?) Mickey "enters" the map it just looks...goofy to me, I guess?

It was nice to see Mulan and Pocahontas; I feel like shows like this are great ways to integrate characters like this, which remain pretty popular and come from some of Disney's better-loved animated musicals, but don't necessarily have another "home" in the parks (i.e. they don't necessarily fit in well in Fantasyland, or Tomorrowland, or Adventureland, or whatever).

Also, do all of these things need to have Under the Sea in them? DLR already has Under the Sea in the dark ride and in World of Color, and I'm pretty sure this is the same arrangement as WoC.

Still - I found it pleasant and fun.
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I liked the map effect more than you apparently. But other than that, I agree. We don't need this exact show. But some new show of this caliber would be great. I loved the Jungle Book sequence. And the princess medley was pretty good. Nice that it focused on two of the lesser known princesses. Definitely could do without another Under the Sea.
 
ChrisFL

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Calvin Coolidge said:
I saw it too. Kind of neat, would be interested in maybe seeing a modified version of it for, say, the theater that Voyage of the Little Mermaid is in?

I say modified because I have a few problems with it. I'm not convinced the "map" itself actually looks good, first of all. Maybe it looks better in person that on camera, but when (spoilers, I guess?) Mickey "enters" the map it just looks...goofy to me, I guess?
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You mean an effect where a live actor magically enters the screen to become part of the movie....an effect done in a much less impressive way than T2:3D did over 15 years ago at Universal?
 
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