Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt According to a recent OC Register article DCA's now drawing half the visitors to the Resort, up from 25% before the expansion. <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/disney-367697-adventure-california.html" target="_blank">http://www.ocregister.com/arti...nia.html</a>
Originally Posted By danyoung A lot of new stuff in DCA is what's bringing in the crowds. It remains to be seen how things will settle out a year or two in the future. I'm thinking that DL park will take more of the percentage, but DCA will be getting far more than it had before the remodel.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I wish LP had an editing feature. "I'm thinking that DL park will take more of the percentage, but DCA will be getting far more than it had before the remodel." Based on the comment from Iger that "The three Anaheim hotels are booking rooms substantially ahead of Walt Disney World's pace", I'm thinking that this is for the long haul. DLR attendance will always ebb and flow, but it looks like the place has finally hit a benchmark with DCA being as equally strong of a draw as Disneyland. I'm very curious to see what will happen once the AP blackouts are lifted in the next month or so.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I'm curious what it'll be like once AP blocks are lifted, but glad I won't be there to witness it firsthand. But, don't get me wrong, if anyone wants to send me free of charge, I'll still go.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Meant to say "I'm curious what it'll be like once AP blocks are lifted TOO...."
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s <<I'm curious what it'll be like once AP blocks are lifted, but glad I won't be there to witness it firsthand>> At the end of the month, I'll be there for two of three days on Southern Cal non-block-outs, but Southern Cal Selects are still blocked. I'm hoping enough people on are So. Cal Selects that it won't be horrible, but I'm planning on it being packed.
Originally Posted By MrDisneyGeek I am hoping it has calmed down with the blackouts by the time i go in Dec.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>"The three Anaheim hotels are booking rooms substantially ahead of Walt Disney World's pace"<< Interesting comment, but my understanding is that it has been that way for many years, simply due to the number of rooms available. I read statistics 3-4 years ago that said the WDW hotels averaged about 80% occupancy (50-60% is break-even for most hotels in the US) and the DLR hotels are over 90%. While it's true that the hotels at DLR book very well, I don't think it's really a direct correlation from the DCA reboot.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I took it to mean that the rooms are booking at a faster clip and farther out than they were before the DCA relaunch in June.
Originally Posted By dshyates I am also hearing that WDW has been running at around 60% all Summer and that TDO is starting to panic as they have nothing on the horizon to stop the bleeding. I also heard that they TOTALLY flipped out when Universal announced their new 1800 room family suite/standard guest room resort. That will compete directly with WDW's value resorts.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros WDW is in the process of opening the Art of Animation Resort, so I don't think they should freak out about Universal's place too much. They should be more concerned about the 1,400-ish rooms they just added to their resort that apparently only pulls 60% occupancy. And that they're trying to charge over $400/night for the family suites, which are basically large Motel 6 rooms with characters plastered on the walls. They should be aware of what Universal is building; they should be flipping out about their own offerings.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt " also heard that they TOTALLY flipped out when Universal announced their new 1800 room family suite/standard guest room resort." I wonder if Orlando is just over saturated with hotels. I mean how many rooms do you have to build before you have a glut of them? Is there really that much demand?
Originally Posted By dshyates Universal is running at 96+%, I would assume that is why they are building a 4th on site hotel.
Originally Posted By Manfried I think WDW needs to stop adding hotels, fix the ones they've got, and add more reasons to go to the hotels they've got.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I can just see the ad campaign now..."Come stay at Coronado Springs! You can stop by Art of Animation while you're here! Book now!" It's got a certain ring to it, no?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's been very perplexing to me why Disney hasn't built another hotel in Anaheim. With the rates they charge and the high occupancy rates it would seem a no-brainer to have a long range plan to add more rooms to DLR.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance And I'd be so happy if it was a value resort! I know, I know you'll all tell me they'll never add a value resort to Anaheim, but I can still dream.
