A "blue bird on my shoulder" whispered that coming weekend will be a very busy one, all DLRP hotels are full!
lol lets hope that blue bird is corrrect and dlrp gets quite alot of money to spend!
My blue bird is always correct...
Quote from: "raptor1982"My blue bird is always correct...
Haha! :D
This is really good news - ALL hotels full?! WOW. Maybe the "Believe in your dreams" campaign is pretty good afterall?
I think it might have more to do with the Extra Night & Day offer though, which DLRP have extended to almost any/every date this summer...
Quote from: "raptor1982"A "blue bird on my shoulder" whispered that coming weekend will be a very busy one, all DLRP hotels are full!
Mhm... shouldn't it be that way? I mean, considering the season...
But I wonder: how has attendance been recently?
The same bird told me that April was one of the Aprils ever. But summer bookings are slow.
Am I right in thinking that, in terms of hotel bookings, Summer is officially considered as one of the slower seasons now? Over the years, with the various Halloween, Christmas and now Carnival entertainment, DLRP has changed from a summer holiday destination to a short break Winter destination. I suppose flights are cheaper now and people have more money, so they can afford to go further afield in the summer, leaving them to add on DLRP as a "secondary" holiday in the Winter. That's the way I see it, anyway. WDW, on the other hand, could be the "further afield" place that people go to in the summer once a year. In DLRP's favour, its image as a short break destination and the various different seasonal entertainment means I'm hearing more and more of people going there more than once in a year.
I can remember the Summer that Fantillusion started (2003), everyone was getting worried because reports were saying that it was the slowest Summer ever. I think now we really need to worry more about Christmas and Halloween - and, whilst they're opening new attractions, the April season.
DLRP more than succeeded in spreading out visitors across the year with their various seasons, and now they're just having trouble getting people during the Summer. Hence the reason to start branding it as "Summer Magic" I guess.
Wow, what a long-winded way to explain my view on how DLRP's seasons have changed, hope that wasn't too much. :lol:
Quote from: "Baloo"Am I right in thinking that, in terms of hotel bookings, Summer is officially considered as one of the slower seasons now?
Pretty much, yeah. Last summer was really quiet.
But one has to ask: what is "Summer Magic" all about? What's so special about going in the summer?
Does anyone remember when they had some real summer entertainment going on like special movie themed parades, die California Dream festival, Toon Circus etc.?
Summer Magic is just one of the rare times Fantillusion is played and the only time Wishes is shown. Not sure if I'd like any extra event as if fireworks and a light parade are not enough, some daytime festival is not likely to do much either.
I would like the odd hint of summer around the park if at all if possible (although all the plants and flowers do this I suppose). The only visual difference in the summer season is the Wishes sign (or monstrasity depending on which side you view it from). It would be nice to mark the season specifically perhaps, but I don't think DLRP could do anything f the likes of Toon Circus again. Please, anything but Toon Circus!
Quote from: "Kris"Summer Magic is just one of the rare times Fantillusion is played and the only time Wishes is shown.
But, well, don't people just expect something like that when the park is open longer? To me, it's nothing "special" anymore... (Now take a look at Tokyo with their summer events like this year's Stitch-thing or Donald's Wacky Kingdom a couple of seasons back)
QuotePlease, anything but Ton Circus!
To this date, I have no clue why this event got such a bad reputation: the music was fun, the characters were fun, the whole thing was fun - and they had a very cool hippo. A hippo!
Honestly, I loved the Circus. I'd wish they would do something like this again... (not to mention that this was DLP's best year *Ever* ...)
QuoteTo this date, I have no clue why this event got such a bad reputation: the music was fun, the characters were fun, the whole thing was fun - and they had a very cool hippo. A hippo!
Honestly, I loved the Circus. I'd wish they would do something like this again... (not to mention that this was DLP's best year *Ever* ...)
Well we knew the director of that show, he said the show always had enormous problems to run, so it got scrapped after a few months.
And the best DLRP year ever was 2002, when WDS openend. (At least according to a certain bird's office lol :wink: )
I feel there might have been some bias in experiment's view there... maybe due to the 2001 cast members? :wink:
I thought the Wishes logo on Central Plaza was a nice thing to signify Summer Magic last year, but I also think experiment627 is right that people expect fireworks and a parade when the park opens late. With Extra Magic Hours in April it felt really odd with nothing to close the day, and with the late openings in May they added in some extra fireworks because they knew that's what guests expect of Disney.
I think Summer Magic should just be a massive celebration of everything Disneyland. Everything up and running, flowers and special floral displays (something like the old Festival of Flowers?), more characters out and about than ever before, more shows, streetmosphere across the parks (in every land). They should really just pull out all the stops to make it the "ultimate" Disney theme park experience. Of course, yes, it should be like that everyday, but try and understand me here... :wink:
Something I find interesting, though, is that the UK DLRP office sent out a new Summer Magic logo that removes the word "Magic". The only reason I can think of that they'd do that is perhaps people really did expect something more from the season due to the full "Summer Magic" branding? Leaving it as just "Summer" doesn't really imply any extra special events or decorations.
I found last year's Summer Magic to be quite odd actually. They'd used the logo and the Dumbo graphic quite a lot before the season, yet when I arrived in DLRP I didn't see the words "Summer Magic" mentioned *anywhere* for the whole 5 days...
Quote from: "raptor1982"And the best DLRP year ever was 2002, when WDS openend. (At least according to a certain bird's office lol :wink: )
Well, considering that the annual attendance in 2002 only increased to 14 million with two theme parks, while DLP's attendance in 2001 with just one theme park reached 13 million... I stand by what I said: 2001 was DLP's best year.
(And let's not start talking financial numbers... ergo: never believe what an office tells you...)
Quote from: "Baloo"I feel there might have been some bias in experiment's view there... maybe due to the 2001 cast members? :wink:
Considering that I saw Toon Circus months before I moved to France, I don't appreciate being accused of any bias... I just enjoyed the show very much. Period.
(And I'm not a fan of "streetaculars" in general... I am actuallly *very* critical of Fantillusion in more than one way...)
Quote from: "experiment627"Considering that I saw Toon Circus months before I moved to France, I don't appreciate being accused of any bias... I just enjoyed the show very much. Period.
Sorry, my mistake! I've just never come across anyone who enjoyed Toon Circus so much. :wink:
Quote from: "Baloo"I've just never come across anyone who enjoyed Toon Circus so much. :wink:
I just thought it was entertaining for what it was. Nothing more nothing less.
And I don't think it deserves all the bashing (but hey, that's what so many folks on any internet discussion board enjoy to do, right?).
(For it was more entertaining and a lot fresher than the oh-so-tired and lame Wonderful World of Disney Parade that is making its sad run each and every day...)
Im going in july, and what I love about the summer season is
all of the rides are open
the park is open till really late(more time for potc and pm!)
you have these two really good shows to close the day!
yea one of the joys of summer! lol
I watch the parade on the first and last days only.
THen I skip them while my lil sis watches, I get to ride with slightly decreased q's.
I love the nightime shows, they really top off my day in the park.
I hated toon circus! This year I want to get some pictures of dlrp plain and with everything running.
Well, the Blue Bird was right! It was soooo crowded and hot. :?
It's been absolutely boiling even here in manchester, it must have been horrible down in Paris, especially with all those other people.
How was the late night opening on Saturday? Did they have fireworks? Were there a lot of people around?
Queues at 21h and 22h for the major rides were still long. And ofcourse fireworks (which will now be performed on every late night opening).
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QuoteDLRP has been extremely busy past weeks. According to several sources, last four weekends have had on average nearly 70.000 guests (usually up to 40.000).
A good news is that weekdays have been busy too and 70.000 figure has been exceeded on some days (usually weekday rate stays at 30.000 or less in June). At least once the park limit was reached and that means 75.000-80.000 guests. If weather stays as nice as it has been, the situation will remain.
There's been 200min lines for Space Mountain II and other e-tickets. Even WDS was packed. Hotels occupancy rate has been over 90%.
So, June is ahead of expectations and EDL s.c.a. 3rd quarter results could make a record.. but is it good enough to compensate the first half loss? That we must wait and see till end of July when 3rd quarter revenues are announced.
Source: Zarniwoop at MiceChat.
wow all of those people!
i hope most of the money will go to eather new rides or for the 15th anniversary
My sister and her family was in DLP from Thursday till Sunday. They said it was very crowded very long waiting times. And a lot of closed attractions and a lot of technical problems. So sounds like a good time for DLP he ?! Only one thing confused me. she told me that one day fireworks were announced for the DL Park. It should start at 23 h. But the park closed at 22h so they could only stay in the Main Street. Is that right ? no attractions open for one hour ?
Quote from: "Disneyana"Only one thing confused me. she told me that one day fireworks were announced for the DL Park. It should start at 23 h. But the park closed at 22h so they could only stay in the Main Street. Is that right ? no attractions open for one hour ?
It could be... they'd make a lot of money in the Main Street shops! Someone else will have to confirm they actually do this though...
Imagine what chaos that would cause? Maybe the gates closed at 22h. Other attractions were always open when the park was open until 23h.
i thought that the line for btm was bad. must have got sooo hot in the emporium
The picture is fantastic, raptor! Have you taken it? Or is it a photo assembly (Fotomontage?!)--a fake I mean *g*
Oh no, does that mean that the park is so crowded in June? :( Coz we've planned to visit DLRP next year in May or June (depends on the opening of the Toon Studios).
Surely not on a Saturday, but maybe on a Sunday/Monday. Do the French kids have holidays at the beginning (/first week) of June?
QuoteThe picture is fantastic, raptor! Have you taken it? Or is it a photo assembly (Fotomontage?!)--a fake I mean *g*
It's a real one :wink: . It's taken with a long shutter speed, which makes the fireworks look like lines.
QuoteDo the French kids have holidays at the beginning (/first week) of June?
I don't think so. But the weather is perfect for a themepark visit and DLRP sold quite a lot tickets for a reduced price. They expected to sell 80.000 tickets, but sold 200.000 :wink:
Quote from: "raptor1982"But the weather is perfect for a themepark visit and DLRP sold quite a lot tickets for a reduced price. They expected to sell 80.000 tickets, but sold 200.000 :wink:
I really like your Little Blue Bird... :D 8)
._. Too...many...people... X_X;;;
:lol: So can't be doing with the thought of that many kids running around...
Does anybody know what the ratio of Adult/Child visitors is for the parks??