Monthly payments for WDW annual pass?

[mom2rtk]

In fact, the payment plan might have worked too well as Disneyland now has over 1,000,000 annual passholders.

Precisely my point!

LA/San Diego has a much bigger population base than central Florida, so it probably should have more annual passholders. My guess is they also have fewer long-distance visitors.

From what I have read, this has really affected attendance patterns in the parks. Not a big problem if you live nearby and can just choose to come back on another less busy day.

A HUGE problem if you have traveled a long distance to get there and find the parks packed.

 

[nytimez]

It is more than just that, though. Disneyland is designed for locals - it is in an urban area, its easy to park hop, its open until midnight Fridays-Sundays, there are a lot more seasonal promotions/attractions for locals, the fireworks display rotates by season, etc., etc. It's a locals park.

In Anaheim, everybody and their sister has an annual pass and you just go an spend the afternoon or evening.

It's a locals park because they have something like 15 million people between LA and San Diego. When they chose Anaheim it was based on projections that the area would experience a population explosion. They bet right!