Originally Posted By WC95 The Magic Kingdom seems to have gotten busier the past few years (even though Disney has said attendance is down). And it is alway under no condition busier on the weekends and holidays.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<The Magic Kingdom seems to have gotten busier the past few years (even though Disney has said attendance is down). And it is alway under no condition busier on the weekends and holidays.>> Parks can seem "busier" when attractions aren't operating at full capacity, which happens when management decides to reduce operating costs.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Disney is a publically traded company and has to announce numbers in their divisions and factors that drove them. It doesn't mean they can't toy with them as far as how they are calculated. WDW was largely dead post Super Bowl until Friday the 13th. Then it got quite crowded as it traditionally does. Holiday weekend, Valentine's Day, President's Day, Daytona 500, schools out in many areas of NE and MW ... parks were packed, but as the week went on, they slowed considerably. EPCOT felt very empty Thursday. And more importantly, per capita spending is going to fall bigtime because most guests at WDW have been staying on the 4/3 deal ... and while the values have been near sold out and the mods have had healthy load levels, the deluxes have been a different story ... I spent some time at Beach Club and Poly this week and both appeared to be, at best, half full. In addition, no one is buying anything. I often looked around at people and didn't see anyone with shopping bags for minutes at a time in any direction. WoD now has a sale the likes of which I have never seen. Basically, the whole store is on sale. It seemed like a Circuit City going out of business deal, yet there weren't exactly lines at the registers. Disney makes a tremendous amount of money on all that merchandise people bring home with them. And while they may be visiting now, they aren't spending while there ... at least not anywhere close to even a slow time. ~Pass the Pixie Dust~
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>Disney makes a tremendous amount of money on all that merchandise people bring home with them. And while they may be visiting now, they aren't spending while there ... at least not anywhere close to even a slow time.<<< Well there also has to be something worth buying. I spend very little at the parks these days, as there is little worth purchasing, and most of it ends up as landfill because they are sooo cheaply produced.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^There are items worth buying. World Showcase has them. Art of Disney has them too. But you do have to search them out. And right now, I've decided I am limiting the amount of money I spend at WDW until they do a better job of earning it. There were certainly things I might have bought in the past, especially with the huge sale at WoD. But self control is a wonderful thing. ~Pass the Pixie Dust~
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey The parks were moderately busy overall this past week. Magic Kingdom is almost always packed, but there was one day (I believe it was Monday) that we sat in the bakery having a snack and saw very few people passing by on Main Street. You could walk down Main Street without tripping over people. World Showcase was packed on Thursday and Friday night. We were trying to make a dinner reservation Thursday and the 6:45 showing of the American Adventure on Friday through a sea of bodies. It was very crowded in the evenings.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Hey, Nikki's back, welcome home. Hope I read plenty more from you elsewhere about the trip.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Thanks bobbelee! I'm not big on extensive trip reports because I just can't remember everything and I'm too lazy to take notes when I get back to the room, but I'll tell you what I can remember (that sounds so sad! LOL).
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I had so much fun that I'm seriously thinking of taking a solo trip right after school ends. The prices are right.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Weeeelllllllllll, If I had someone to go with, I might be encouraged to go this summer.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt It's a date!! Nikki & bobbelee9 loose at WDW!! make sure to send lots of pix to LP live!
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey ^^^^^I've got to get over the flu first - I've had it since Sunday night. I tried to go back to work yesterday and I looked so bad they sent me home. I'm trying to get back to the doctor today.
Originally Posted By MPierce ^^^Being a teacher now Nikki, a flu shot is a must for you annually. Even if you still get the flu, it lessens the suffering.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I did get a flu shot, MPierce. If that lessened my pain, I shudder to think what would've happened if I hadn't gotten it. I'd probably still be retching!
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad This years flu shot was only 40 to 60 percent effective. But still get them every year. Some years it works alot better.
