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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by vel0city on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:29AM (#32152948)
Disney World didn't open until 1971, 11 years after your 1960. So just with that, we actually have 2x more Disney's than we did in 1960. But in reality there's actually a lot more.

Epcot opened in 1982. Hollywood Studios and Typhoon Lagoon opened in 1989. Blizzard Beach opened in 1995. Animal Kingdom opened in 1998. California Adventure opened in 2001. These are only the parks in the US, not including the parks overseas. On top of that a few of these parks have had a good bit of expansion since their original opening, there has been more engineering to increase effective capacity of the rides, etc. Disney alone can move a lot more people through a Disney park every day than they could in 1960.

And then this ignores all the other theme parks which opened since Disney. Universal Orlando Resort opened in 1990. Universal's Islands of Adventure opened in 1999. Kings Island opened in '71. Carowinds opened in '73. Six Flags alone has 11 theme parks they still operate which opened after 1960, and all water parks they operate opened after 1960. Our stock of amusement parks has increased a ton since 1960.

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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by treis on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:50PM (#32155411)
That's my point. They're comparing Disney to Disney prices but neglecting the other options. Tickets for my local six flags are less than the inflation Disney prices and you can get annual passes with parking for the equivalent of two tickets.
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