Do we know if Universal had increased their capacity like Disney did, though not saying anything about it until weeks after the fact like Disney did ?
Do we know if Universal had increased their capacity like Disney did, though not saying anything about it until weeks after the fact like Disney did ?
Mostly just curious. I would 'guess' they've been using their own 'internal formula' , and it's likely significantly above the early covid much quoted 25% capacity. Probably increased it when DeSantis took the ceilings offThe idea of "capacity" is much more vague/amorphous for Universal than it is Disney (who can simply close/open reservation slots). I wouldn't read too much into it either way.
Mostly just curious. I would 'guess' they've been using their own 'internal formula' , and it's likely significantly above the early covid much quoted 25% capacity. Probably increased it when DeSantis took the ceilings off
a good time ago. Of course, i doubt Universal would want to make those internal decisions public knowledge if they weren't required to do so. Keep controversy to a minimum. I would doubt any Universal employees,
except the most high executives, would be privy to the 'real' attendance and self standardized attendance ceilings. '
The demand makes sense. On a slightly different level, the malls we've shopped in the past couple weeks are as crowded as they were 10 to 15 years ago before the malls started dying. Statistics are showing savings are at an all time high, and with the exception of those pour souls out of work, there's lots of disposable income....plus people are getting antsy and covid exhaustion has set in. Retail economists today projected a very healthy Xmas sales season with 3% to 5% growth over last year. And that's with wide swaths of the country, like California, under fairly heavy lockdowns. Orlando parks are surprising many it seems....Good for future Epic decisions.Remember "Capacity" for USF pre-COVID was close to 50K. And they rarely hit that. The parks mostly run at 40-60% "capacity". Summer, the Holidays, and Spring Break were the only times they actually came close to capacity.
That said, aside from today's numbers, I am hearing REALLY positive things about how things things are going all over Orlando. Westgate is sold out through early Jan. Universal are opening Portofino and Dockside months earlier than projected. Disney is opening more rooms and dining across the resort. Things are happening because demand is there.
All good things to hear, even with our current winter spike we're experiencingRemember "Capacity" for USF pre-COVID was close to 50K. And they rarely hit that. The parks mostly run at 40-60% "capacity". Summer, the Holidays, and Spring Break were the only times they actually came close to capacity.
That said, aside from today's numbers, I am hearing REALLY positive things about how things things are going all over Orlando. Westgate is sold out through early Jan. Universal are opening Portofino and Dockside months earlier than projected. Disney is opening more rooms and dining across the resort. Things are happening because demand is there.