{"id":1968981,"date":"2023-07-10T18:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-world-sees-previously-unfathomable-sign-of-fans-jumping-ship-over-july-4-holiday\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T18:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:36:32","slug":"disney-world-sees-previously-unfathomable-sign-of-fans-jumping-ship-over-july-4-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-world-sees-previously-unfathomable-sign-of-fans-jumping-ship-over-july-4-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney World witnesses unexpected decline in attendance during July 4 holiday as fans abandon ship."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-world-sees-previously-unfathomable-sign-of-fans-jumping-ship-over-july-4-holiday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1968981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Disney World Faces Unprecedented Challenge as Attendance Drops<\/h2>\n<p>Disney World, known for its sold-out tickets and bustling crowds, is now grappling with a new obstacle &#8211; low attendance.<\/p>\n<p>According to travel analysts and advisers, Disney&#8217;s theme parks in the U.S. have encountered several issues in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to attract new customers amidst the dwindling crowds, Disney is offering <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/disney-plus-room-offer\/#:~:text=World%20Resort%20hotel.-,Disney%2B%20subscribers%20can%20save%20up%20to%2035%25%20on%20rooms%20at,26%20to%20December%2025%2C%202023.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hotel discounts<\/a> during the typically busy Christmas season this year.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe that Disney&#8217;s price hikes and park modifications have deterred families from visiting, resulting in the decline in attendance, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/disney-world-crowds-universal-studios-florida-36b0a579?mod=hp_lead_pos7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the Independence Day weekend, a data-tracking company recorded Disney&#8217;s lowest crowd turnout in a decade.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrill-data.com\/waits\/park\/wdw\/magic-kingdom\/#dailywait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thrill Data<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">average wait time<\/a> for all of Disney&#8217;s theme parks from July 1-4 this year was around 21-23 minutes, a 16-minute drop compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>Disney&#8217;s Magic Kingdom experienced its lowest wait times during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/independence-day-extreme-pride-american-near-record-low-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independence Day<\/a> in years, with an average wait time of 27 minutes on Tuesday, compared to 31 minutes last year and 47 minutes in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Touring Plans described this as the &#8220;third-slowest day&#8221; in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s something that nobody would have predicted &#8211; just unfathomable,&#8221; said a computer analyst to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Journal, Disney and its competitors can manipulate wait times for rides to guide visitors towards or away from certain areas within the parks.<\/p>\n<p>Former Disney finance chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-getting-desperate-travel-expert-drops-major-clue-house-mouse-headed-toward-cliff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christine McCarthy<\/a> acknowledged that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-world-sees-previously-unfathomable-sign-of-fans-jumping-ship-over-july-4-holiday\/\" title=\"Disney World witnesses unexpected decline in attendance during July 4 holiday as fans abandon ship.\">company anticipated lower crowd turnouts<\/a> for its U.S. parks following the conclusion of Disney World&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-pleases-his-communist-chinese-overlords-by-posting-ancient-poem-to-social-media\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Pleases His Communist Chinese Overlords by Posting Ancient Poem to Social Media\">50th anniversary celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Disney enthusiasts expressed their surprise at the shorter lines in the theme park.<\/p>\n<p>Jaime Brown, a Walt Disney World annual pass holder, visited the resort three times during the Independence Day weekend and was amazed by the reduced crowds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t believe how light the crowds were,&#8221; Brown said, noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/13-ways-save-money-visiting-disneyland-walt-disney-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney<\/a> was much busier during the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>However, since 2021, Disney has embraced a more &#8220;woke&#8221; approach, which some believe has contributed to the decline in visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Disney challenged Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibited lessons on &#8220;sexual orientation or gender identity&#8221; for children under 10 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Disney incorporated woke messages and characters representing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justin-trudeau-joe-biden-moment-trying-keep-newest-lgbt-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT community<\/a> in its films.<\/p>\n<p>However, this decision has resulted in a loss of over $900 million for the company across its last eight films, as reported by the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12236445\/Woke-Disney-loses-900Million-recent-box-office-flops-liberal-agenda-turns-movie-goers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Disney Shareholders absolutely dumbfounded by massive drop in movie sales &#038; theme park tourists.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost as if parents don&#8217;t wish to expose their kids to a perverse woke groomer corporation&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Go figure. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hL61rsV4o9\">pic.twitter.com\/hL61rsV4o9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Concerned Citizen (@cotupacs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cotupacs\/status\/1678426277668167684?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Independence Day weekend is typically one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/article\/travel\/record-crowds-expected-to-travel-this-fourth-of-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-decries-biden-admins-withholding-of-some-jfk-assassination-records\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. criticizes Biden Admin for withholding JFK assassination records.\">busiest holiday weekends<\/a><\/a> in the U.S. However, Disney, which rarely had to worry about attendance in the past, struggled to attract visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-world-sees-previously-unfathomable-sign-fans-jumping-ship-july-4-holiday\/\">Disney World Sees Previously &#8216;Unfathomable&#8217; Sign of Fans Jumping Ship Over July 4 Holiday<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney World, accustomed to packed crowds and sold-out tickets, now grapples with an unfamiliar obstacle: dwindling attendance. Travel analysts and advisers reveal that Disney&#8217;s U.S. theme parks have encountered various challenges lately. Consequently, Disney is compelled to adapt its strategies to address the issue of low visitor numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2186,"featured_media":1968982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}