Disney Parks Welcome 2-Billionth Guest

[OhMari]

It is suppose to happen today, May 2, in California. Life time tickets.

The Park has been opened for 1/2 an hour now, I wonder if the person has come thru yet.

 

[Disney Girlie-Wirlie]

Wow! That is awesome! I'm gonna fly to Claifornia right now just so it could be me! Lifetime Disney Passes??????????? That's crazy!

Am I just making this up or did I hear that if a woman goes into labor in WDW (and the baby is born there?) the child gets some sort of "key to the kingdom" like that and also will receive lifetime admission to Disney parks? I'm pretty sure I read that in one of my books.

 

[boomhauer]

Does that seem awfully low to anyone else?

Think about it:

2 billion.

Disneyland opened in 1955. Let's not even count the first 15 years.

Disney World opened in 1971. So, both parks have been operating for 35 years.

Now, if you take 2 billion and divide it by 35 years, you get 57 million people a year.

If you divide 57 million by 2 (just Disneyland and Disney World), you get an average of 28 million people a year.

If you divide 28 million by 365 days a year, you get around 78,000 people a day.

Now, again, this doesn't count any of the attendance at Disneyland from 1955 to 1971. It also doesn't count the attenadance at Tokyo Disneyland, Euro Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland.

Considering they say on a busy day, attendance at the Magic Kingdom alone swells to over 100,000, 2 billion seems kind of off.

 

[CanadianGuy]

Nope doesn't seem low at all..

Especially when you think about the number of days that attendance swells to over 100k each year can be counted on your fingers and (sometimes) toes.

And there are lots of days when the parks see average attendance more in the 15 to 20 k.

For example... IN 2005

- The Magic Kingdom last year saw 16 million guests avg. of 43835 / day
- Epcot 9.9 million avg. 27123 / day
- MGM 8.6 million avg. 23561 / day
- Animal Kingdom 8.2 million avg 22645 / day
- Disneyland saw 14.5 million avg 39726 / day

All that adds up for a total of 50.9 million.

And I guarantee you that in 1976 they didn't see attendance numbers like 50 million for the Magic Kingdom alone.. But if you multiply 50 million by 35 years, you get 1.750 billion. So.. I guess the other 250 million was the first 15 years?

2 Billion sounds about right...

 

[HollisterSweetie]

Does that seem awfully low to anyone else?

For ALL the parks combined yes that seems wayy too low

 

[boomhauer]

Nope doesn't seem low at all..

Especially when you think about the number of days that attendance swells to over 100k each year can be counted on your fingers and (sometimes) toes.

And there are lots of days when the parks see average attendance more in the 15 to 20 k.

For example... IN 2005

- The Magic Kingdom last year saw 16 million guests avg. of 43835 / day
- Epcot 9.9 million avg. 27123 / day
- MGM 8.6 million avg. 23561 / day
- Animal Kingdom 8.2 million avg 22645 / day
- Disneyland saw 14.5 million avg 39726 / day

All that adds up for a total of 50.9 million.

And I guarantee you that in 1976 they didn't see attendance numbers like 50 million for the Magic Kingdom alone.. But if you multiply 50 million by 35 years, you get 1.750 billion. So.. I guess the other 250 million was the first 15 years?

2 Billion sounds about right...

Yeah, all very true.

But what about the other Disney parks - Honk Kong, EuroDisney, Tokyo Disneyland, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, California Adventure, Disney Studios Paris?

Unless maybe they're not counting those?

 

[CanadianGuy]

Yeah I thought about those.. but remember.. Paris, Hong Kong etc.. they haven't been open that long in the grand scheme of things..

And as I noted.. way way back in 1971-1979 they were NOT seeing 50 million a year at the magic kingdom at either park.. No freaking way. So.. those other parks that are open now.. kinda balance out the early years when there was no 50 mill.

That was my thinking kinda.

J

 

[slug]

Just imagine how low the numbers were in the 70's compared to now.

And 3 of the parks didn't exist.

As far as Disneyland from 1955-71, I have no idea about the attendance numbers, but I do know that people didn't travel back then anywhere near as much as they do now. The numbers from that period can't be huge.

 

[safetymom]

I would love to be that person. I could just travel around visiting all the parks.

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

Also, there's Disney's California Adventure. It's only been open a few years, though...