re: Bloomberg - Star Wars Is Struggling to Win Over the Next Generation of Kids

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That attendance drop is from April to June. My wife’s company spearheaded a strategic marketing seminar for Disney Parks and they showed some stats that Disney always sees a decrease in attendance a few months before a major new land opening. It happened with Fantasyland and Pandora most recently. The reason is the Disney nuts all want to see the new shite so they book trips after the opening date.

Galaxy’s Edge is no different. The parks will be at capacity from September all the way to next summer. As for Universal, they’ll always be playing catch up because the masses really don’t give a frick about How To Train Your Dragon or Fantastic Beasts. Disney has plans for a 5th Park and if the rumors are true that it will be more geared towards thrill rides and be Marvel universe based then the gap will get wider.

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There have been rumors of a 5th Disney park at WDW for decades. It's not happening. Disney is struggling to transform their current parks into all day experiences. Epcot has been neglected for so long that it's going to take the next decade to bring it up to par. Disney isn't going to construct a 5th park when it's doing everything it can to try and modernize and fix its current parks.

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Yeah once Disney gets Marvel Land up and running they’ll be even more unstoppable

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Marvel Land isn't happening at Disney World. Universal still has the rights to most Marvel content in any theme park east of the Mississippi.