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What is this economic down turn you speak of?
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RiversideBunny
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"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
Yogi Berra
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Daddymouse
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How could you remember if you weren't born yet? :ROFLOL::ROFLOL:
RiversideBunny
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That's sort of like the old Chinese philosophy puzzle question:
What did your face look like before your parents were born?
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
It used to cost $10 per person for E Ride nights. Incredible deal back then...and never a wait. We would ride BTMRR 10 times in a row as a walk on. Same with the rest of the attractions, although it was only TL and Frontierland open. Sometimes HM was open if one of the other "biggies" was down.
WDW1974
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Oh great ... I guess because the MK has a drastically reduced capacity, made even worse because Space/TTA/HoP are all closed, happens to be getting busy on summer Friday nights (EMH nights for resort guests as well) that the economy is fine.
BTW, MK had over 93,000 guests in park on NYE 1980. Do you think they could get 73,000 in there these days? ... When the place 'looks' packed when they get over 30,000?
Anyway ... no depression ... or recession ... or even 'economic downturn' ... nope!
I guess the two big tourism stories in the O-Sentinel (on Disney's TT conundrum and the fact Colonial Drive is becoming a ghost town as one chain eatery after another close down) are mistaken. And the fact that Disney's guest spend is way down means nothing ... just like the people camping out on benches with Subway or homemade PBJ means nothing either.
Clearly, the depression has been greatly exaggerated as a way to turn us all into commies!
There's no denying that both WDW and SWO have picked up attendance wise in the past two weeks ... again, that would be expected. Uni, though, is struggling although I have to believe that's because they can't get their new coaster open. But May was very slow ... made worse by 18 days straight of rain no doubt (which kept locals and last-minute people from visiting).
I can't wait for the breathless phased closing threads to start!
BTW, MK had over 93,000 guests in park on NYE 1980. Do you think they could get 73,000 in there these days? ... When the place 'looks' packed when they get over 30,000?
Anyway ... no depression ... or recession ... or even 'economic downturn' ... nope!
I guess the two big tourism stories in the O-Sentinel (on Disney's TT conundrum and the fact Colonial Drive is becoming a ghost town as one chain eatery after another close down) are mistaken. And the fact that Disney's guest spend is way down means nothing ... just like the people camping out on benches with Subway or homemade PBJ means nothing either.
Clearly, the depression has been greatly exaggerated as a way to turn us all into commies!
There's no denying that both WDW and SWO have picked up attendance wise in the past two weeks ... again, that would be expected. Uni, though, is struggling although I have to believe that's because they can't get their new coaster open. But May was very slow ... made worse by 18 days straight of rain no doubt (which kept locals and last-minute people from visiting).
I can't wait for the breathless phased closing threads to start!
WDW1974
Well-Known Member
Some people enjoyed them. for sure.
Others realized they were just a way to make extra money by closing most of the park early.
Much like people get excited by EMH. It's a nice perq. But it also doesn't equate to longer hours in ALL parks for ALL guests. ... Like they used to do it!
Montyboy
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That's sort of like the old Chinese philosophy puzzle question:
What did your face look like before your parents were born?
Are we back to the jumbo shrimp?