Move over classic attractions! Disneyland is about to close you down to make way for their all new Star Wars extravaganza.
The popular Anaheim theme park is shutting down a significant chunk of real estate for their largest expansion ever. This coming as Disney just raised the price of annual passes more than 31 percent.
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“At the end of the day, you won’t see any attendance drop,” said Dennis Speigel, a theme park consultant and president of International Theme Park Services in Cincinnati. “The tourists will come, hell or high water.” h/t ktla
Starting in January, 10 attractions and eateries will close — some temporarily, some permanently — only a few months after the resort hiked the price of annual passes.
This spring, Disneyland’s biggest rival, Universal Studios Hollywood, plans to unveil a widely anticipated Harry Potter attraction. For any other operation, charging customers more and giving them less would be a perilous business strategy, especially if the competition is upping its game. Not so at Disneyland.