raidermatt
Be water, my friend.
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2000
Awhile back, I defended Disney's reduction in hours when compared to last year, because they were in line with the reported attendance drop. (Note- I did not and am not defending them for the reductions since 1998).
Well, October hours just came out. MK is open from 9-6 everyday except Saturday's, which are 9-9. That's 291 hours.
I looked up Oct. 2001 on laughingplace, and came up with 327.5 hours, or an 11.1% reduction.
This seemed out of line, so I checked the Dis's estimate for Oct 2002, which is based on last year's hours. Dis estimated 330 hours, which makes this year an 11.8% reduction.
Disney may not expect great attendance in October, but surely they expect better attendance than last October?
Why am I posting this? Partly because hours are news, but mostly to say I am formally withdrawing my support of Disney's reduction in hours from 2001 levels. (I know, stop the presses!) Some said that even though attendance maybe down, the hours reductions had nothing to do with that. I wanted proof, and it looks like I got it.
The only caveat I'll throw into this is if neither laughingplace nor the Dis reflect what October's hours ended up actually being last year, rather than what was originally posted. I tend to think this is not the case because I saw laughingplace update changed hours when we were on our trip in May.
Well, October hours just came out. MK is open from 9-6 everyday except Saturday's, which are 9-9. That's 291 hours.
I looked up Oct. 2001 on laughingplace, and came up with 327.5 hours, or an 11.1% reduction.
This seemed out of line, so I checked the Dis's estimate for Oct 2002, which is based on last year's hours. Dis estimated 330 hours, which makes this year an 11.8% reduction.
Disney may not expect great attendance in October, but surely they expect better attendance than last October?
Why am I posting this? Partly because hours are news, but mostly to say I am formally withdrawing my support of Disney's reduction in hours from 2001 levels. (I know, stop the presses!) Some said that even though attendance maybe down, the hours reductions had nothing to do with that. I wanted proof, and it looks like I got it.
The only caveat I'll throw into this is if neither laughingplace nor the Dis reflect what October's hours ended up actually being last year, rather than what was originally posted. I tend to think this is not the case because I saw laughingplace update changed hours when we were on our trip in May.