California Adventure Is Hitting Capacity

[jonvn]

If you want the park to continue to exsist then your gonna have to deal with crowds

Not me. I don't go if it is crowded.

It used to be that during the summer, the park was open from 8am to 1am daily. On some days, it'd be open until 2am.

I don't recall it ever opening at 7am, though. 8am was pretty much the standard opening time.

During the non-summer hours, the park would be open 10-6.

It's much more crowded now than it used to be, all year long.

[dlfreak]

I remember 2am closings. I wish they'd still do that. Then they could close DCA at midnite.

[Pinocchio85]

The later they close DCA the better. The park looks amazing at night.

[ocnative1964]

Guys, Nemo is exactly right in saying this topic is for another thread, capisce?

Then why didnt he post it in its own thread???

[club33az]

Who can tell, oc.

I don't remember DL being open at 7am either. However, I do remember getting in at 7am for Magic Mornings when the park was opening at 8am. And the latest I've seen DL be open 'til was 1am, assuming it's not New Years.

[Marcie]

I know some on other sites get their information from "shop talk" with fellow leads at Starbucks. I get my information from internal documentation that captures the real numbers and percentages. Let me set the record straight about this past weekend and the impact that the 2fer offer has had on DCA over the last weekend.

It is true that DCA saw a very healthy day on Saturday. In fact, DCA did exceed 30k, but was under 35k and was up 19% over plan that day. Whereas DL was down 1% that day. However DCA has had bigger days with reaching total attendances of 38k before, so Saturday was not the biggest day in attendance by far.

On Sunday, DCA was up only 2% and DL was up a whopping 17%. Yeah, I can see how the 2fer is dramatically impacting DCA more so than DL in the final weekend and how all those people waited until the last minute to go to DCA over DL. Both parks seem to be evenly getting a boost in the final days leading up to the end of the 2fer promotion.

And yes, expect this upcoming weekend and the subsequent weeks and weekends to see slower days at DCA, and DL for that matter, as we end spring break this week and go into the transitionary period before the end of the school year. That is a typical pattern every year in May, so there should be no surprises to anyone.

And by the way, DCA on Monday didn't show any dramatic increases in attendance against plan. However, DL did spike up again on Monday, but nothing like it did on Sunday.

Just some food for thought.

[Michael]

I know some on other sites get their information from "shop talk" with fellow leads at Starbucks. I get my information from internal documentation that captures the real numbers and percentages.

You mean you don't get it from being a lead working at an e-ticket attraction either? Wow.

[club33az]

I've always felt the janitors had the best info.

[Michael]

I've always felt the janitors had the best info.

Shhhhh don't tell anyone about that

[9oldmen]

originally posted by Chavez Ravine: Theme parks don't have grades. The closest thing I can think of to a grade would be attendance numbers (and that's spotty logic at best) That would put DCA as one of the top 10 parks in the world.

No it wouldn't!!! DCA isn't in the top 10 worldwide! Here's the numbers for 2005 from coastergrotto.com:

1	Magic Kingdom - Orlando, Florida, United States	16.2m (+6.5%)
2	Disneyland - Anaheim, California, United States	14.5m (+8%)
3	Tokyo Disneyland - Urayasu, Chiba, Japan	13.0m (-1.5%)
4	Tokyo DisneySea - Urayasu, Chiba, Japan	12.0m (-1.6%)
5	Disneyland Paris - Cedex, Marne La Valle, France	10.2m (0%)
6	Epcot - Orlando, Florida, United States	9.9m (+5.5%)
7	Disney-MGM Studios - Orlando, Florida, United States	8.6m (+6%)
8	Disney's Animal Kingdom - Orlando, Florida, United States	8.2m (+5%)
9	Universal Studios Japan - Osaka, Osaka, Japan	8.0m (-19%)
10	Universal Studios Florida - Orlando, Florida, United States	6.1m (-8.5%)

No DCA, see? And notice that DCA is the only Disney park (except WDSP) not on the list.

originally posted by Disneyfreak1736:
It is crazy to say DCA is themed better or even close to this.

And that's just one picture, of a sit-down restaurant which is still open!!?? This is a park which, until last year, was getting higher attendance than DCA, as was USF proper.