Originally Posted By Inspector 57 HKDL, there's a strong tradition (at least 50-years old!) of Disney Parks starting out under-developed, under-appreciated, and under-valued. Here'e hoping that -- like your sister Parks -- you grow to "Wow!" them with both your theming and your attractions. Happy First, Hong Kong Disneyland!
Originally Posted By RandySavage I'm disappointed they didn't take this opportunity to officially announce what attractions will be built in the coming year(s).
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Maybe they ain't tellin' ya nothin' 'bout future things ta come 'cause they wants ya ta think the park's already done with bein' built!!!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 And congrats on reaching that first-year attendence mark of a paltry 5.6 million ... uhm ... they didn't hit that target? Even with all those promos? Even with them making the bar so low? Oops, nevermind.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It really doesn't seem like it's been a whole year yet. It's kind of a shame that they didn't make a bigger deal out of the anniversary. Happy Birthday, anyway, HKDL!
Originally Posted By oc_dean Happy Anniversary to you HKDL .. even though you're still the size of an embryo!
Originally Posted By WorldDisney What was the final attendance to this pathetic park this year? Anyway, happy first HKDL! Can't blame the baby from being malnourished and undeveloped. That's has to be blamed on the parents .
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< What was the final attendance to this pathetic park this year? >>> An excellent question, and I've been meaning to talk about that. The official figure is "well over 5 million" but short of the target of 5.6 million. But, in order to get to even 5 million, they apparently decided at some point to count all of the attendees during the several preview days prior to Opening Day, including the charity day. So, the "first year" attendance figures actually cover more than 1 year's attendance. And they cover the repeat visits from the pass promotion. And they include all of the free admissions for CMs and their families which were particularly heavy last fall when those admissions reportedly dominated park attendance on many days as opposed to paid attendance. So even with all of those promotions, a large reliance on CMs attending on their days off, and counting the "first year" of having several more days than 365, they still fell short. There's been several interesting articles in the South China Morning Post over the last week. You can find them in the scmp.com archive, but I'll quote a few tidbits here: "Disney has approved an attendance target of 5.7 million for the 2006-07 financial year, higher than the first-year projection of 5.6 million, the sources said. Asked to confirm the target, a spokesman for the park said: 'Attendance alone cannot truly reflect our overall business performance and hence we're not going to highlight it.'" There's also an interesting bit about the Opening party: "One piece of information that has been kept under wraps for a long time was how much Hong Kong Disneyland spent on its grand opening bash. "Sources said a member of the finance team had confirmed that more than US$15 million was spent to stage the three-day party last September. This included invitations, food, champagne, the cost of air tickets for overseas media, stage production, flying the Big Phat Band from Los Angeles, to perform, and accommodation for a 100-member taskforce from the US for between 60 and 120 days." Well, that's very interesting, isn't it?
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<So, the "first year" attendance figures actually cover more than 1 year's attendance. And they cover the repeat visits from the pass promotion. And they include all of the free admissions for CMs and their families which were particularly heavy last fall when those admissions reportedly dominated park attendance on many days as opposed to paid attendance.>> LOL, that sounds like Enron accounting to me .
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My point, exactly!! As my little sister, Orgoch, might say--"What a crock a horse pucky!!!"
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Anyways... TDLFAN will be making a special appearance at HKDL on Friday Oct 13th... Muhahaha!!! He will be available for photo and autograph ops with fans.
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