Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
I think there's a lot of factors to consider.
One of them being that there were 2.5 months of previews, and a very significant number of people that were hyped about the park actually got to see it during that time. For the final few weeks, the park was essentially already open, with anyone being able to buy a ticket.
Two, there wasn't really like a big IP to draw people in in the sense that it was something that hadn't been done before. This was the third Super Nintendo World to open, and while a new area, it was still the third Potter area in Orlando. Dark Universe and HTTYD aren't exactly IPs that will draw hoards of people in just for them. While I firmly maintain that a great theme park land or attraction does not have to be based on a popular or even good IP as long as it itself is good (for example, the Avatar films are kind of whatever but the land and FoP are great), DU and HTTYD might have fared better in an established park than as anchors for a new park.
Three - the high price plus inability to bundle plus no AP, combined with the fact that many people are holding off assuming the park is a madhouse = a park that is relatively quiet.
One of them being that there were 2.5 months of previews, and a very significant number of people that were hyped about the park actually got to see it during that time. For the final few weeks, the park was essentially already open, with anyone being able to buy a ticket.
Two, there wasn't really like a big IP to draw people in in the sense that it was something that hadn't been done before. This was the third Super Nintendo World to open, and while a new area, it was still the third Potter area in Orlando. Dark Universe and HTTYD aren't exactly IPs that will draw hoards of people in just for them. While I firmly maintain that a great theme park land or attraction does not have to be based on a popular or even good IP as long as it itself is good (for example, the Avatar films are kind of whatever but the land and FoP are great), DU and HTTYD might have fared better in an established park than as anchors for a new park.
Three - the high price plus inability to bundle plus no AP, combined with the fact that many people are holding off assuming the park is a madhouse = a park that is relatively quiet.