Princess Jes
DIS Veteran
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- Jun 15, 2013
Obviously it goes without saying that this is not intended to be offensive or generalizing or any of that, it's just a pondering I had after listening to the show this morning.
So on the Universal show about Lucy a tribute going away and being replaced by a Hello Kitty store, the guys mentioned that perhaps they're trying to tap into the Asian tourist market, and it got me thinking about something my husband and I noticed while touring universal orlando and WDW.
Being from Australia, we get A LOT of Asian tourists here, the area in australia that has the theme parks in Queensland and it's very Asian tourist heavy.
Melbourne also has a lot of Asian Tourists and I'm assuming sydney does too (never been a tourist in sydney, only been there for work) and on my recent trip to Bali (which in Australia is renowned for being filled with Aussie tourists) I found there to also be a lot of Asian tourists.
Based on all of the above (not the bali part as I literally only did that last week) I was expecting there to be a high percentage of Asian tourists in the parks in orlando, but it was the complete opposite. I found it was mostly local (American) tourists and their families, and pardon my ignorance, but a lot of people who spoke Spanish (South American people perhaps?)
Because of the tourism market here in Australia, friends and family asked if there were a lot of Asian tourists and as I mentioned, I was surprised to say no.
Is that usual in orlando? I guess it makes sense that most Asian (and australian) tourists stick to Anaheim because for us, LAX is the main entry point to the states for us, so it's easier to stick to the west coast for the disney fix. It's another 6 or so hours from LAX to MCO, so I can't imagine many people are doing that when disney in Cali is so much easier.
For us it was a no brainer, and we were hitting the main tourist points of NYC and Las Vegas but we also were going to New Orleans, so being down there also made the choice easier.
Also, I guess there's Hong Kong and Tokyo Disney for the Asian markets.
Do you think all of those factors have the impact that pete was talking about on the parks? Surely there's enough draw at WDW and UOR for all nationalities?
So on the Universal show about Lucy a tribute going away and being replaced by a Hello Kitty store, the guys mentioned that perhaps they're trying to tap into the Asian tourist market, and it got me thinking about something my husband and I noticed while touring universal orlando and WDW.
Being from Australia, we get A LOT of Asian tourists here, the area in australia that has the theme parks in Queensland and it's very Asian tourist heavy.
Melbourne also has a lot of Asian Tourists and I'm assuming sydney does too (never been a tourist in sydney, only been there for work) and on my recent trip to Bali (which in Australia is renowned for being filled with Aussie tourists) I found there to also be a lot of Asian tourists.
Based on all of the above (not the bali part as I literally only did that last week) I was expecting there to be a high percentage of Asian tourists in the parks in orlando, but it was the complete opposite. I found it was mostly local (American) tourists and their families, and pardon my ignorance, but a lot of people who spoke Spanish (South American people perhaps?)
Because of the tourism market here in Australia, friends and family asked if there were a lot of Asian tourists and as I mentioned, I was surprised to say no.
Is that usual in orlando? I guess it makes sense that most Asian (and australian) tourists stick to Anaheim because for us, LAX is the main entry point to the states for us, so it's easier to stick to the west coast for the disney fix. It's another 6 or so hours from LAX to MCO, so I can't imagine many people are doing that when disney in Cali is so much easier.
For us it was a no brainer, and we were hitting the main tourist points of NYC and Las Vegas but we also were going to New Orleans, so being down there also made the choice easier.
Also, I guess there's Hong Kong and Tokyo Disney for the Asian markets.
Do you think all of those factors have the impact that pete was talking about on the parks? Surely there's enough draw at WDW and UOR for all nationalities?