Originally Posted By dshyates Yesterday (12/28) IOA hit capacity and closed. Today (12/29) IOA closed then USF closed. This is a record breaking season for URO.
Originally Posted By dshyates Here is the story from the Orlando Sentinel: <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-universal-harry-potter-crowds-20101229,0,271532.story" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com...32.story</a> It doesn't say anything about USF reaching capacity today so I am not sure it it did or not. The internet chatter is claiming it did. <a href="http://www.orlandounited.com/forums/showthread.php?5420-Universal-Studios-has-closed-due-to-Capacity" target="_blank">http://www.orlandounited.com/f...Capacity</a>-(12-29)
Originally Posted By -em But yet for the 3rd day in a row no WDW parks hit phase closings.. Yes I know comparing park capacities is not exactly apples to apples but WOW -em
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< But yet for the 3rd day in a row no WDW parks hit phase closings.. >>> WDW doesn't have a new Potter land.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^True, but it does have pixie dust in spades ... and lots and lots of MAGICal construction walls too!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Shhh... if you mention timeshares my buddy VBDAD goes into hiding like my ... nevermind.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmm, I wonder if any of this will wake that damn management team up or will they right it off as the economy being to blame? I know I had far better service at the Alton Towers resort than I have had in a Disney establishment outside of California for nearly a decade.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Good for them! It's well deserved, with a show-stopper like Potter.
Originally Posted By dshyates " I wonder if any of this will wake that damn management team up or will they right it off as the economy being to blame?" It takes a special kind of accountanteer to blame everyone around you setting attendance records on the economy. But that's why they get the big bucks.
Originally Posted By dshyates Here is a pic of what IOA looks like on a capacity day: <a href="http://yfrog.com/hshnsyj" target="_blank">http://yfrog.com/hshnsyj</a>
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "It takes a special kind of accountanteer to blame everyone around you setting attendance records on the economy." And I think we all know one!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 yates - is that you in that photo at the front left with your head looking down?
Originally Posted By dshyates "yates - is that you in that photo at the front left with your head looking down?" Naw, I'm not crazy enough to get in that mess of people. Plus I have a much better 'stache than that guy.
Originally Posted By dshyates Reports are tha Busch Gardens Tampa has been "insanely crowded sine Wed." My impression is that folks are feeling that the "Great Recession" is ending and those that added during the recession are reaping the benefits. Those that took a wait and see approach are not.
Originally Posted By dizkid >>Here is a pic of what IOA looks like on a capacity day: <a href="http://yfrog.com/hshnsyj<<" target="_blank">http://yfrog.com/hshnsyj<<</a> What's funny about this photo Is that all these people are probably just waiting to go over to Harry Potter. If you notice mo one is on the side walk, so this looks to me like these guys are in a waiting bullpen.
Originally Posted By dizkid I am wrong you can see crowds on the side walk to the left, but if you look to the upper right, there is just one guy standing in an empty area. That makes me think these people are being held while they wait for potter.
