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‘Nobody was there’: What’s behind the summer slump at Disney World and Universal Orlando
CNN ^ | Thu July 13, 2023 | Samantha Delouya and Natasha Chen

Posted on 07/13/2023 1:19:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Long lines and jam-packed crowds tend to go hand in hand at Central Florida’s world-famous theme parks during the summer months, but Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando parkgoers may be in for a reprieve this season.

Wait times for rides and attractions at both resorts have shortened, according to analysts who track theme park attendance. Videos on social media also show park attendees remarking on thinner crowds.

The reasons behind the slowdown are hard to pin down, but travel experts point to extreme weather and heat in Florida, a waning post-pandemic travel boom and a tense political climate in Florida that has prompted travel warnings from some groups.

Disney CEO Bob Iger attributed Disney World’s recent decline in wait times to an overall slump in Central Florida tourism.

“Florida opened up early during Covid and created huge demand, and didn’t have competition because there were a number of other places, states, that were not open yet,” he said Thursday in an interview with CNBC.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: disney; fl; florida; makingexcuses
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1 posted on 07/13/2023 1:19:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Disney would like to conflate the two theme parks, but Universal is doing just fine
Disney isn’t


2 posted on 07/13/2023 1:21:14 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: MinorityRepublican

High Gas prices, high temperatures, High humidity, high admission prices, high hotel prices, high traffic...........................


3 posted on 07/13/2023 1:21:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: MinorityRepublican
CNN is going full Baghdad Bob for Disney.

Nothing to see here. Just warmer weather. Everythign is fine!


4 posted on 07/13/2023 1:22:13 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s the hot weather in Central Florida during the summer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. I moved to the Orlando area in 1967, it’s alway Hot in the Summer!


5 posted on 07/13/2023 1:22:30 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Climate change, COVID, racism, misogyny, anti-lgbtq+ bigotry. Everything but the fact that people are rejecting the new Disney and those that don’t reject just can’t freaking afford it the way prices are these days.


6 posted on 07/13/2023 1:22:32 PM PDT by webheart
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To: Red Badger
high admission prices

Most likely, families are unable to afford Disney World right now. Not much disposable income left due to inflation.

7 posted on 07/13/2023 1:23:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

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“Disney CEO responds to DeSantis claims that the company is sexualizing children: ‘Preposterous and inaccurate’”


8 posted on 07/13/2023 1:23:29 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: MinorityRepublican

Also High Likelihood of seeing a BEARDED MAN IN A TU-TU.............


9 posted on 07/13/2023 1:24:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Lockbox
It’s the hot weather in Central Florida during the summer

Always. But Disney World was packed last summer.

10 posted on 07/13/2023 1:24:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Or they do not want to expose their kids to fags, child molesters, and groomers


11 posted on 07/13/2023 1:24:29 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Most people but not all dont want their kids groomed, molested, tracked, abducted, and sold into sex slavery and eventually for body parts.


12 posted on 07/13/2023 1:24:50 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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I believe Disney World single- day tickets start at $100+. Might have something to do with it. If you’re a family, a day at disney is going to cost you a bundle. Florida has many ways to have fun that don’t cost that much.


13 posted on 07/13/2023 1:27:33 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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When, I worked at WDW back in the early 90's, Space Mountain lines were at least an hour.

Also the hotels were packed.

14 posted on 07/13/2023 1:28:16 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sorry, will never go to Groomer World or Groomer Land again


15 posted on 07/13/2023 1:28:43 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: MinorityRepublican

If they wanted to go to a tranny show they would just go to the library.


16 posted on 07/13/2023 1:28:54 PM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: Fai Mao

Check and see if your CEO is a Graduate from Harvard, Princeton, Stanford or Yale. They had the proper pronouns and the pigment was the right tone on their epidermis.


17 posted on 07/13/2023 1:29:05 PM PDT by rovenstinez ( )
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“Most likely, families are unable to afford Disney World right now. Not much disposable income left due to inflation.”

Bingo!


18 posted on 07/13/2023 1:29:51 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: MinorityRepublican
Whenever the reason is right in their faces they always come up with "the weather" to blame. Forced COVID shots on pilots and crew with walk-outs and sick-outs, it's the "unprecedented weather" causing the flight cancellations and delays

...Woke corporations and ridiculous ticket price increases causing low attendance at Central Flordia themeparks?...Its the "hot weather in Flordia in the Summer"...

19 posted on 07/13/2023 1:30:26 PM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Red Badger

High White House staff.....


20 posted on 07/13/2023 1:30:29 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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