Anyhow, on the first page of his 4 part article he notes, as I pointed out the other day when we deconstructed Midway Mania, that the DCA version:
they're now able to pull in 1,000 per hour counts and keep the line consistently shuffling past Mr. Potato Head.
So despite the ribbing I took from several on my math being a little shaky, I'll take Al's post as an indication that I wasn't too far off.
I have not been able to confirm that the setup in Florida is the same, but my guess is it's only the queue area that is different, and not the ride itself. So I'd expect around 1000-1100 guests an hour on average. That's a little smaller than the 1500 I've seen quoted in several places, but it's still a lot of people (over 10,000 in a typical 10 hour operating day).
Al's post also talks about the economy and its affects, as we did in another post last week as well, and its possible effects on Disneyland (which may or may not be the same for Florida). Looks like the biggest impact right now out west is in DVC sales for the first Disneyland Resort DVC not meeting initial expectations.
That shouldn't be much of a surprise I reckon, since it is a big commitment in this economy to post a $15,000+ downpayment plus signing up for yearly dues for a fractional ownership plan. But then you have to add in the additional costs of travel, tickets, food, etc. It is not a trivial cost, and this from somebody who LOVES to go to DisneyWorld. However, I'd say at the moment that for the typical Disney visitors the economic mood is as much psychological as anything.
That doesn't mean that Disney parks won't continue to thrive, just that new DVC sales may be plateuing just a bit, probably in Florida as well. That's probably the first indication of a slightly cooling market. I wonder how well they are doing for sales with all that hyper-expansion in Florida for DVC?
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