Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: So my sisters and I swooped in on the Magic Kingdom on Sunday 9/1/13 and were amazed at how light the crowds were for a Labor Day Weekend. ORWEN: One of our best friends who works at Disney Hollywood Studio's is a waiter at the Prime Time Cafe and said it was actually 'dead' over there, too! ORDDU: Has the general public finally realized that higher admission prices--plus higher food, souvenir and parking prices--don't mean there's any more magic to compensate the more expensive costs? For a Labor Day Weekend we've never seen it so light as this!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think that people are catching on. I was in DL this weekend (which has AP blackout days to screw with its attendance), and the crowds were also very light there. The longest posted wait I saw were about an hour for RSR and 45 minutes for Splash Mountain; I think everything else was under 30 minutes Even with the reduced attendance, Disney could still be making more money these days. $15 for a counter service lunch with a soda certainly earns them a pretty penny