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Darkbeer
11-24-2002, 10:16 PM
Disney still trying to get park on track: Its 'California Adventure' concept comes into question (http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B85452732-3B3E-4D84-93E3-8F6D29760E82%7D&siteid=mktw) - CBS Marketwatch, 11/25/02

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Russ Britt takes a detailed look at the problems with Disney's California Adventure.

QuikQuote: California Adventure, the adjacent Grand Californian hotel and the Downtown Disney shopping district cost a total $1.4 billion. The park itself cost an estimated $650 million. By contrast, the new DisneySea park in Tokyo -- paid for by licensees -- went for roughly $3 billion.
For the week of March 17, attendance was 28 percent below that of the same week in 2001. Other weeks in mid-April, early May and late May show that attendance was off anywhere between 15 and 27 percent from the prior year's levels. During those weeks, weekday attendance averaged 8,772 and weekend attendance averaged 14,959.

SimpTwister
11-25-2002, 02:20 AM
Great article. Thanks for the link, Darkbeer.

The writer got a bit confused here though:


There also will be a live production of "Aladdin" similar to its Broadway versions of "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King" in a new theater. The company is planning to bring in Broadway-caliber talent to star in and produce the show in a new theater where the Soap Opera Bistro stood.

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