Been thinking about a Fan Appreciation Night concept that could work and satisfy customers and Universal. Here's my pitch:
- FANs are Thursday-Sunday opening weekend, then every Thursday and Sunday through September, select Thursdays and Sundays in October, and any days of operation in November.
- Capacity is sliced in half (most of these weekdays are low attendance anyway -- but such an experience might drive more people to attend).
- No Express or RIP tickets will be sold (might be more crowded than a typical low day, but lines will move more quickly and smoothly).
- Tickets are $200-250 -- twice the cost of General Admission (to recoup the budget of capacity in half).
- Merchandise and select food are 10-15% off (illusion of sales will drive people to buy more, recouping budget from missing Express and RIP tickets).
- Photo op areas with monsters exclusive to FANs.
- SuperNintendoLand is open to all exclusively on these nights (but will continue to close early at 9pm).
- Virtual Queue for Chainsaw Man/Dreamworks Theatre shows (because that wait must be brutal, Express or not, and this will help alleviate the situation).
- One-time Express (utilizing the Virtual Queue system) for a ride of your choice, excluding Mario Kart and Terror Tram (only available while time slots last -- those who somehow miss out or wish to opt out of rides can instead get prime seating for The Purge).
- Buy a ticket and get a 20% discount on an additional FAN night or 10% off a General Admission night.
- Event closes at 12am (Universal saves some money on employees working).
*The Frequent Fear Pass structure will have to be re-examined. It might even make sense to make those more for General Admission nights.