Sesame Street doesn't have to be like Potter to be successful. The merch and photo sales alone should help SeaWorld.
SeaWorld Orlando's Future Plans
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Sesame Street doesn't have to be like Potter to be successful. The merch and photo sales alone should help SeaWorld.
I had hope. I'm loosing hope.
Blind management and fierce competition is going to destroy this company if nothing changes soon. It's kinda sad because some of their attractions are (or could be or were) some of the best, too.
Blind management and fierce competition is going to destroy this company if nothing changes soon. It's kinda sad because some of their attractions are (or could be or were) some of the best, too.
This is a plague that's quietly infected Universal too. Seriously, take a step back and you'll notice how many there are. Only Disney have avoided it so far.
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That still sounds better than Antartica, even in your worst case experience.
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It's not like people are going to avoid the park because they have a fear of Elmo or something. I would imagine those attendance drops were probably due to something else. I don't think Sesame Street will drive vacations or anything, but it may draw in a few extra locals who have kids that want to go see it.
I think the key thing is it's not a big deal, but might help a little and also give the impression that there's something new at Sea World when in reality it will probably be mostly a re-themed Happy Harbor.
I'm fairly certain they agreed to bring Sesame Street into SWO as part of negotiations for their licensing contract extension recently. Might not have been to increase attendance, but just to sweeten the deal for Sesame Workshop. SeaWorld Parks gets to build a new Sesame Place park as part of the renewed contract, (and not have to rip out existing Sesame Street things from the parks they have now.)
Yes. No doubt. Just showing this as an example of SS not being a significant. attendance booster.
Dinoland in AK has (had?) them and Paradise Pier in DCA has them.
I don't understand why these games exist. Do they really make that much money?
The parks always say they make money, but I never see anyone playing them at Universal.:shrug:....but they do seem to get real busy at the cheaper regional parks, like Cedar Point, King's Island, Kennywood etc.
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Yeah they are tacky and should be removed but let's not pretend Disney doesn't do it too.
I always remember the ones at Jaws being crazy busy back in the day but now that you mention it, you almost never see anybody at them but they must be making enough to justify having them.
I imagine the shooting range at Disney would have been far busier when they used real ammo.
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Carnival games are basically free money. The prizes can be worth less than the fee to play, the employees are cheap, and they take up no space. Certainly you can oversaturate a place with too many though.
A good way to tell how busy they are is by looking at how many people are carrying prizes about.
I've just remembered that my wife and I played one at DCA and won a Bullseye. Granted it had a squint but it's my cat best pal now.
Those people have kids and they can't afford to take them to Disney. It DOES bring in families who can't afford Disney.
I don't want to write off Sesame Street - but they need A LOT more than that.
They need something that makes Mako look like crap.
Someone on Twitter (@onlinehyde) also pointed out that they need to seriously rework their social media strategy; which I completely agree with.
They need to make smart moves, but also take some calculated risks.
They need something that makes Mako look like crap.
Someone on Twitter (@onlinehyde) also pointed out that they need to seriously rework their social media strategy; which I completely agree with.
They need to make smart moves, but also take some calculated risks.
A new social media strategy needs to be part of a much larger marketing pivot for SeaWorld.
Disney's marketing pitch is that they're a great place to meet characters from childhood and have a great family vacation.
Universal's pitch seems to be the same as above, except Universal's cool and is also not Disney. Much larger emphasis on tweens/teens. Oh, and Potter.
Seaworld's pitch is..."we don't kill animals"? They did a whole post-Blackfish thing and then they trudged along doing something or other. I've gotten to a point where I can avoid most online / TV ads, but I still know the Disney / Universal marketing stories. I have no idea what Seaworld's marketing plan is and I'm a theme park fan!
Disney's marketing pitch is that they're a great place to meet characters from childhood and have a great family vacation.
Universal's pitch seems to be the same as above, except Universal's cool and is also not Disney. Much larger emphasis on tweens/teens. Oh, and Potter.
Seaworld's pitch is..."we don't kill animals"? They did a whole post-Blackfish thing and then they trudged along doing something or other. I've gotten to a point where I can avoid most online / TV ads, but I still know the Disney / Universal marketing stories. I have no idea what Seaworld's marketing plan is and I'm a theme park fan!
