Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Dr - what recession are we in again? Because it really doesn't seem to have slowed people down." During the last recession both DLR and WDW saw significant drops or a flattening of attendance. This recession is far more severe and yet is appears that the west coast parks are humming along. I'm guessing that it's the discounts.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Here's a graph showing national hotel occupancy rates over the past three years. It does appear that occupancies for 2010 is above 2009, which isn't saying much since that year was the worst since the Great Depression. <a href="http://calculatedriskimages.blogspot.com/2010/07/hotel-occupancy-rate-july-29-2010.html" target="_blank">http://calculatedriskimages.bl...010.html</a>
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>This recession is far more severe and yet is appears that the west coast parks are humming along. I'm guessing that it's the discounts.<< The cheap SoCal APs might indeed be the cause (plus the other deals) but it could also be a case of "hedonic subsitution". People might be visiting DLR more as a substitute for a more expensive vacation. Who knows?
Originally Posted By bravebrother >>... I have to admit though you can still get by with single rider entrance and fast passes - which the "vacationers" don't know about : )<< Should say "most" Vacationers dont know about... Im a vacationer and know about fastpass and single rider... it is kinda nice having that knowledge when the others dont though...It amazes me how many vacationers who use the system of fastpass waste getting Fastpasses on rides that dont need them like Big Thunder, Star Tours or Buzz.
Originally Posted By jibbly >>Maybe it's discounts. I know they were heavily advertising 5 day passes for the price of 3 days here in the Bay Area at the start of the summer season.<< My family planned on going to Disneyland anyways, but this deal extended our trip. We'll be there for 5 days instead of 3 next week.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x The cheap SoCal APs are blacked out all of July and a good portion of August, so unless they've cashed in on the 3 day passes I talked about earlier, they probably aren't packing the park right now. I purposely do not buy my kids the Deluxe or higher because I do not like taking them in the summer. Too much sun, and it's *usually* hot. My kids don't do well in heat, unless they're in the pool.
Originally Posted By LuLu >>We are out of towners and have gone the last 4 summers and this was definitely the most busy that I recall.<< Yeah, so much for the theory that summer is now the best time to go, since all the SoCal APs are blocked.
