Disney continues to keep peak attendance at 20 percent below pre-pandemic levels at Walt Disney World

Posted: Friday February 10, 2023 12:19pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

During this week's quarterly earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger and CFO Christine McCarthy spoke briefly about Walt Disney World's attendance capacity caps that are still in place in the parks.

Disney executives continue to support the strategy of having less guests in the parks with those there spending more

According to Disney, attendance during peak holiday weeks is now kept at nearly 20% below pre-pandemic levels, which the company says improves the guest experience.

Notably, Disney seems to have settled on the concept of having fewer guests in the parks than pre-pandemic, but having those guests in the parks spend more than they used to. Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products revenues for the quarter increased 21% to $8.7 billion. Disney says that guest spending growth was due to an increase in average per capita ticket revenue driven by Genie+ and Lightning Lane.

Disney's Genie+ service can cost as much as $29 per person, per day at Walt Disney World

Elaborating further on improving the guest experience, Disney executives referred to increasing flexibility and value at the theme parks. Disney has pointed to the increased availability of lowest-priced tickets at Disneyland, more access for annual passholders and park hopper tickets, more complimentary digital photo downloads, and eliminating the Walt Disney World Resort hotel parking fees.

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Brian3 days ago

Very appropriate considering that good-to-go days are the best joke in the tourism industry.

DCBaker3 days ago

Disney has added 2 new Annual Passholder good-to-go days to the calendar - April 1 and 2.

wdwmagic22 days ago

New 'Good-to-Go Days' Confirmed for Disney Passholders - See the Updated March 2025 List https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/ticket-annual-pass---disney-incredi-pass/news/05mar2025-new-good-to-go-days-confirmed-for-disney-passholders---see-the-updated-march-2025-list.htm

wdwmagicFeb 21, 2025

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Jrb1979Feb 19, 2025

Can this farce end now.

DCBakerFeb 19, 2025

2 new Annual Passholder good-to-go days have been added to the calendar - March 4 and 6.

JohnDFeb 13, 2025

A lot of proposals planned. ❤️💘♥️💓😍🩷💕💗💝🥰

monothingieFeb 13, 2025

wdwmagicFeb 13, 2025

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DCBakerFeb 03, 2025

2 more Annual Passholder good-to-go dates have been added to the calendar - February 25 and 26.

surfsupdonJan 29, 2025

WDW still calls this a perk?

GillyanneJan 29, 2025

Thank you! I've only done LLMP 1 other trip for just 2 days and just did them for where we were reserved for. I'm not sure I clicked on different parks to see if it would let me do it. I did see you can pick any 4 when I looked at it recently for this trip; but then it yelled that I was too early etc, so I wasn't sure if I'd get to that point and then it be like "oops sorry can't do it for here"

SingleRiderJan 29, 2025

Even without good to go days, a reservation for any park allows you to buy LLMP for any of the 4 and select return times at any time, it doesn’t have to be at your reserved park since you can hop any time after scanning into your reserved park.

wdwmagicJan 29, 2025

Yes the system ignores existing reservations on Good to Go Days. Eg. On a Good to Go Day, you can have a reservation for MK, and enter DAK first, without issue.