Disneyland Paris announced this morning DLP third quarter financial results and although they are positive they're not exceptional too. Basically, the turnover for the last three months is up 4% at 358 millions d'euros ( instead of €343,2 M for the 2011 third quarter ) and for the last 9 months it's up 1% at 911 millions d'euros ( instead of €900,4 M in 2011 ). The park released a statement saying "We are satisfied of the launch of our 20th Anniversary celebration which helped this 4% growth in our third quarter in difficult economy times." You can download the french PDF of the financial results on DLP Corporate site HERE.
That said, the 11+ millions won't be of a great help to finance new attractions. I'm not even sure these 11M would be enough to pay to WDI the POTC Jack Sparrow audio-animatronics that DLP once envisioned to introduce in the ride in 2013.
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Not a bad result, considering the very bad economy in Europe, and the fact that DLP hasn't opened a new attarction since august 2010 (TS Playland).
ReplyDeleteLet's hope they'll do a small, but necesssary (!!!) investment for 2013 (update Pirates, or even better upgrade Star Tours) to avoid very bad results next year. Because Ratatouille will only open its doors in 2014 (or at best in December 2013). Guests need a good reason to visit the resort in 2013!
It's still hard to believe DLRP is not making more of a profit these days.. the park has been consistently packed with visitors and felt like it could not handle much more people then it already does.. food and drinks prices are as high as ever.. what I did notive though as a big negative point during my last visit this summer is the very low diversity in souvenirs.. where the shops used to have a lot of different merchandising going around it seems that now all shops are offering more or less exactly the same products.. wich makes shopping around much less interesting and made me spend a lot less money then I used to. Also lots of people are opting to eat at other venues that do not belong to Disney because of the incredible long lines at the eating venues (especially the fast food places) we had a couple of great diners in the Blue Lagoon, Walt's and the amazing Inventions buffet at the Disneyland hotel.. but also we went cheap on drinks bacause of the crazy high prices (5,50 euro's for a coke!!).. I do hope they will be able to turn the park around this decade, the product is good, the quality is there, we met some excellent cast members and had a great time.. but we would have spent way more money if things were more affordable..
ReplyDeleteThat's not bad at all considering the European crisis!
ReplyDeleteLet's hope that this result encourages The Walt Disney Co. to invest in the Resort. Because if even without new atrractions, with a very deficient second gate and a deep crisis in the continent it still manages to have a profit, I imagine that it has a lot of potential if it updates and add new attractions on the first Park and do what they did in CA Adventure in the second; especially in a better economy...
It is good for DLP. Now let's hope Hong Kong Disneyland will do the same thing to.
ReplyDeleteyou do realize that the park isn't interested in making any profits?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, i don't think so, i think they would be very pleased to make profits, really.
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