Summertime

penfold12 · July 18, 2006, 04:40:02 PM

I just womdered as the resort had such a fantastic spring, with great weather and huge crowds, is there any indication that this is set to continue into the summer season? Are the hotels booking out?

Mansion Staff · July 28, 2006, 03:12:06 PM

well i just went, wonderfull.

Kristof · July 28, 2006, 07:11:40 PM

I heard it's not going very well. :cry:

penfold12 · July 28, 2006, 08:04:14 PM

in what way? whats not going well? numbers down on spring?

Kristof · July 28, 2006, 10:58:40 PM

Summer attendance

Maarten · July 28, 2006, 11:11:30 PM

Quote from: "raptor1982"Summer attendance

Ow no. Why aren't the guests coming? I don't get it. When you look at the other Disney parks, this part of the year must be very busy. Ofcourse we've got Halloween and the Christmas Season, but why does it take away that many guests from the Summer Season? :roll:

Patrick · July 29, 2006, 02:48:34 AM

My guess is simple, people want to go abroad to Spain and America during the summer and will have had these holidays booked for months before they knew a heatwave was on the way. Winter is much more cool and so people stay in France and visit then, saying that I also have followed the trend this year and am not visiting dlrp during summer since a) I have no money for it and B) I visited Germany well Europa Park on the border between Germany and France last week and noticed attendance was high, but not at its peak. Over there they have started advertising dramatically for halloween and their new ride for next year already, so maybe lots of european theme parks are feeling the heat this summer?

Maarten · July 31, 2006, 12:27:11 AM

I just spoke to someone and he told me that it was quite busy the last three days. I guess that's normal for the weekend isn't it? Or can this be seen as a hint for better things to come?

Kristof · July 31, 2006, 12:34:29 AM

No, it wasn't busy at all. Longest queue at Space Mountain was 35 minutes.

Maarten · July 31, 2006, 12:40:52 AM

Quote from: "raptor1982"No, it wasn't busy at all. Longest queue at Space Mountain was 35 minutes.

I guess he has a different view on the word "busy" then. :wink:

Kristof · July 31, 2006, 12:45:48 AM

Yeah, 30.000 visitors at DLP and 9000 at WDS can't be called busy during Summer Season, while last month the park capacity was reached on several occassions. :?

Maarten · July 31, 2006, 12:51:16 AM

Quote from: "raptor1982"Yeah, 30.000 visitors at DLP and 9000 at WDS can't be called busy during Summer Season, while last month the park capacity was reached on several occassions. :?

Thats not that great indeed. But what was the reason the parks did so well last month? Did it have something to do with discount/free tickets for people in the Marne-la-Vallee region or something? Can't they do it again or let it last longer? :?

Kristof · July 31, 2006, 12:52:53 AM

Yes, they sold very cheap tickets last month, which boosted the overall attendance.

penfold12 · July 31, 2006, 01:14:02 AM

what are the hotel booking levels like? I know this is integeral to the sucess of the resort. Are they up or down on targets?

Maarten · August 06, 2006, 01:03:15 AM

Raptor, can your blue bird tell something about the attendance level of last week? I keep hearing at several discussion boards that it's quite busy... :?