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in an orderly (clockwise or counterclockwise) touring sequence. First-time visitors
withoutpersonaltouringguidancetendtobemoreorderlyintheirtouring.Manyfirst-
time visitors, however, are drawn to Sleeping Beauty Castle on entering the park and
thus commence their rotation from Fantasyland. Repeat visitors usually proceed dir-
ectly to their favorite attractions or to whatever is new.
4. WHAT EFFECT DO SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS PARADES, FIREWORKS, AND
FANTASMIC!
HAVE ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS?
Special events such as parades, fireworks,
and
Fantasmic!
pull substantial numbers of visitors from the lines for rides. Unfor-
tunately, however, the left hand taketh what the right hand giveth. A parade or
Fant-
asmic!
snarls traffic flow throughout Disneyland so much that guests find themselves
captive wherever they are. Attraction lines in Tomorrowland, Mickey's Toontown,
Adventureland, and Fantasyland (behind the castle) diminish dramatically, making
Space Mountain, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Buzz Lightyear, Star Tours, the
Jungle Cruise, Indiana Jones Adventure, Peter Pan's Flight, and Snow White's Scary
Adventures particularly good choices during the evening festivities. The remainder of
the park (Critter Country, New Orleans Square, Frontierland, Main Street, and Small
World Plaza in Fantasyland) is so congested with guests viewing the parade or
Fant-
asmic!
that it's almost impossible to move.
5. WHAT ARE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS NEAR TO AND AT CLOSING TIME?
On our
sample days, which were recorded in and out of season, park departures outnumbered
arrivals beginning in midafternoon, with a substantial number of guests leaving after
the afternoon parade. Additional numbers of visitors departed during the late after-
noon as the dinner hour approached. When the park closed early, there were steady
departures during the two hours preceding closing, with a mass exodus of remaining
visitors at closing time.
When the park closed late, departures were distributed throughout the evening
hours,withwavesofdeparturesfollowingtheeveningparade(s),fireworks,and
Fant-
asmic!
Though departures increased exponentially as closing time approached, a huge
throng was still on hand when the park finally shut down. The balloon effect of this
last throng at the end of the day generally overwhelmed the shops on Main Street,
the parking lot, trams, and the hotel shuttles, and the exits onto adjoining Anaheim
streets. In the hour before closing in the lands other than Main Street, touring condi-
tions were normally uncrowded except at Indiana Jones in Adventureland and Splash
Mountain in Critter Country.
DISNEYLAND PARK TOURING PLANS
