ParrotHead
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2000
Originally posted by thedscoop
Well, I think sometimes, those of us who go every year (or every month) prematurely find staleness in the parks. I'd guess most guests go probably once every 7 or 8 years (maybe a little more, maybe a little less). So, if you're only doing two trips a decade, alot of the "staleness" perceived by regulars may well still be "newness" to the more typical guest.
That's absolutely true.
But Disney is busting its butt trying to convince folks to come back more often than two trips a decade--or at least the heavy effort put forth by their marketing machine would seem to indicate this. Every year they have a "special" event going on. So many of them, in fact, that they're not really so special any more. But the point is that they're continually working hard to put out the message that there are new things to do at Walt Disney World.
As for the staleness of Epcot... Well, I wasn't really putting forth my own opinion on it. I was just commenting on what the Disney suits said in the memo I read, and their comments were based on guest surveys (although I certainly don't think the surveys are flawless). Epcot's attendance was dismal (the worst of the 4 parks), and their solution was to freshen things up and add new rides.