Attendance 2015

[DianaGail]

We are headed down now.  Hopefully it won't be that busy

[sanddunerider]

Runner, I don't know,, 
shave or swoosh may be able to answer that question..
I am sure it is based on last year sales/attendance and weather..........

But in my world,       
OTC + Sat + 50degrees + No Rain = 18-20,000 minimum,, 

LOL,not the 15,000 they had estimated for yesterday....

[Swoosh]

Some of the issues stem from different traffic (people in the park and actual traffic as in vehicles) than previous seasons.  Due to unseasonably warm temps, people are sticking around after the first parade whereas in the past the crowds usually dissolved after the 7pm parade. 

Regarding crowd flow in the park.  The latest news is that there will be some major changes around the Saloon and PK junction before next year. 

The new front gate area / tram loading is gaining momentum again. The stress on the front area infrastructure and the new bag check policy is making PTB take a serious look at whether or not the timetable should be sped up. 

[biscuitcreek]

WOW!!  I saw some posts again on sat about traffic backed up...  So I checked and found out the attendance count for yesterday, sat the 19th...Was....................................
wait for it................................................
......................................................24,857!!

The park was expecting about 15,000,   Surprise!!!!

Sure glad we went on Friday....

[Citydweller84]

Went today after a last minute cancellation yesterday, we got stuck in traffic forever and turned around. Crowd wasn't bad until around the time of the first parade. Then it just got nuts.

[sanddunerider]

Big day Sunday the 20th.. 

Count was over 19,500.!

another great day in the city,.,!

[DianaGail]

Leaving was a nightmare yesterday. 

[shavethewhales]

You've gotta love that the park is finally benefiting from some good weather though. Seems like for the past few years it's been the opposite more often than not.

I hope they announce the numbers from the Christmas season sometime. I'm guessing over 300,000 just for Christmas. They had 1.9 million total for the whole year last year.

[palallin]

We headed out of the City about 5:30 on Saturday (12/19), and the line of cars waiting to get in stretched almost back to the 465 interchange, about the same length it had been around 11;30 when we arrived that morning.

[Tmboote]

So how many people do you guys think will be there this weekend? The rain will probably drive people away, but it's also everyone's last chance to visit this year.

[sanddunerider]

Hard to tell for sure.. temps are supposed to be very mild for the time of year, so that wont be a factor..

the rain? will slow down attendance a little.. but unless it is storming bad, expect people every day through the end of the year.. 

if there is a clear day, with these temps?.. start early.!

Enjoy you last trip.  Loooong time until march

[sanddunerider]

Man oh Man!!  I checked on todays flow, with all the bad weather.........as of about 6pm, only about 2900 people...  But with the rain letting up there could be more people show up.  Be interesting to find out the final number for today.

[mhguy77]

I wonder what the Break Even number is.

[Tmboote]

Man oh Man!!  I checked on todays flow, with all the bad weather.........as of about 6pm, only about 2900 people...  But with the rain letting up there could be more people show up.  Be interesting to find out the final number for today.

Today from about 5:30-7:30 was the nicest time I have had at the City. The weather was perfect (it stopped raining) and there were few people so no waits for anything. In two hours we rode every coaster twice and the Barn Swing.

[sanddunerider]

Man oh Man!!  I checked on todays flow, with all the bad weather.........as of about 6pm, only about 2900 people...  But with the rain letting up there could be more people show up.  Be interesting to find out the final number for today.

about 1200 people came into the park after 6 or so,  total for the day?  est 4100

good luck today (sunday)