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?
well i just went, wonderfull.
I heard it's not going very well. :cry:
in what way? whats not going well? numbers down on spring?
Summer attendance
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:
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?
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?
No, it wasn't busy at all. Longest queue at Space Mountain was 35 minutes.
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:
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. :?
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? :?
Yes, they sold very cheap tickets last month, which boosted the overall attendance.
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?
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... :?
Im wondering, after reading that the park hours have been extended later in the year, and the Autopia will remain open untill at least November, does this mean that attendance is still up and doing well???
I don't think it has anything to do with the attendance. It's probably Karl Holz's way of "refurbing" the magic for the guests and transform it back into a Disney Themepark.
...Aswell as reflecting that DLRP's high season has now been spread more evenly through the year? Christmas and Halloween are even more important than Summer now, and I guess they've realised that means they should start keeping more attractions open and leaving the park open longer during those times. You should be able to get a real Disney experience (long hours, fireworks, all atractions) without having to visit during the Summer.
I also personally think Laser Blast has a lot to do with Autopia opening, since they're so close together.
And they must be able to afford the extra hours in addition to all the contruction and refurbishment. Fiscally, they must be having a pretty good year.
--Mark
So, with summertime nearing an end, anyone have any idea how it went for the resort??
Quote from: "penfold12"So, with summertime nearing an end, anyone have any idea how it went for the resort??
Well, I already asked it a few weeks ago, but now Raptor seems to be back from the Resort, he can maybe give us an answer. Raptor, was it busy in the parks (from you point of view) and/or what does Blue Bird has to say about this subject?
Well it was visually a lot more crowded compared to last time, and a friend told me that the avarage was 35.000 visitors a day (thats 5000 more than at the end of July).
Quote from: "raptor1982"Well it was visually a lot more crowded compared to last time, and a friend told me that the avarage was 35.000 visitors a day (thats 5000 more than at the end of July).
Thats great to hear, although 5000 may not make the park that extremely more crowded visually, does it? By the way, my last question... is 35.000 visitors a day a good number for the summer? And do you know if was it was a succesfull summerseason overall?
35.000 really isn't that good, but it could have been worse.
The weather hasn't been that good the last two weeks, so I'm surprised there are more people this month then in July. Then again, August has always been the buzzier month (not sure why).