Originally Posted By Doobie I've heard from a good source that Disneyland is expecting to welcome its 500 millionth guest sometime during the week of January 4th. The exact date isn't know, but almost certainly at some point during that week. I expect they'll go something a little special for them as they have on previous milestones - and this one is a biggest milestone than most. That is all Doobie.
Originally Posted By kmovies Wonder why they just changed the sign to 496 mil. They certainly couldn't have 4 mil guests between the time they changed the sign and early January. 2003 attendance is estimated at 12,720,000 guests.
Originally Posted By onlyme hmmmmmm.......any perks for that special person? I really hope that DL realizes when that day arrrives, that if it wasn't for ME, they would have had only 499,999,800 guests go thru their turnstyles instead of 500,000,000
Originally Posted By onlyme LOL.....ummm....lets see. 20 times with my family(of four), about 30 times with friends(2x30), and 30+ with my wife. so....80 + 60 + 60 = 200...bingo
Originally Posted By socalguy That's an amazing accomplishment no matter how it's calculated. I wonder if any other American icon can claim such an attendance milestone?
Originally Posted By onlyme I wonder how many of those 500,000,000, LPers account for. Probably about 1/4th.
Originally Posted By TheOldHag WOW..We will be there during that time! What a thrill that would be, and only my luck it would be the guy in front of me! **but it could be ME,DH,DS or his friend** How does it work? Counted only from the turnstiles or what?
Originally Posted By twinkerbell I'll be there during that time. You think they'd mind if I just kept going in and out until I was the winner?
Originally Posted By Elderp You only count once during the day after that the computer counts you as a re-entry.
Originally Posted By lemisfan i hope its me!!!! that would be so cool. but if not me, i hope it is a fellow Lper. What a great thing to be, the 500 millionth guest! wow!!!
Originally Posted By figaro_cleo Even if I was there on that day, I'd so be 5 million and 1. Hmmm. Can't everyone just stop going to Disneyland until I save enough money to get over there so I can be number 5 000 000?
Originally Posted By Elderp your a little behind Fig we are vying for 500,000,000 not 5,000,000 (DL gets more than that in a year).
Originally Posted By figaro_cleo Ha ha ... that WAS actually a typo! Sorry! I did know that, but my eyes are going square from looking at the computer screen all day.
Originally Posted By Elderp lol please don't strain yourself that much round eyes are much perfered these days over square ones.
Originally Posted By narkspud Spoiler alert . . . those who believe in the magic stop reading now . . . . The "milestone" guests are preselected by the marketing department before the actual event. Expect it to go to some kid in an "all-American" family.
