Dorney owner sees dips in attendance, revenue -- themorningcall...

The company that owns Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom said attendance and revenues both declined in August, and now expects to reach the lower end of its previously announced earnings results for the full year.

[Ryan]

Maybe they should lower the prices down and then more people would come to the park.

[ariel326]

OMG!!! Finally it happened, ticket prices went up and attendence went down. It does not happen as often as it should, but I am glad to see that a company finally didn't make out as good as they thought they would. This should happen way more often.

[Michelle]

Maybe the should control the line jumping and fights there, that's when families will patronize the park! They have policies in place and they don't follow them.

[MeeMee]

Ryan wrote:

Maybe they should lower the prices down and then more people would come to the park.

Agreed. Or, at least offer the opportunity to buy just the water park or just the amusement park again.

[lynn]

Michelle wrote:

Maybe the should control the line jumping and fights there, that's when families will patronize the park! They have policies in place and they don't follow them.

AMEN! I will NEVER go again, and I WON'T recommend anyone else to go, I'll advise against it. The line jumping is ridiculous. We went 3 years ago, we waited in line for I hour, the line didn't move!Forget it!
I'd go to Knoebles!

[Who Would Go]

What a surprise - less people want to hang out in that crap-hole infested with scumbags. Maybe they should send in more buses from NYC.

[WeElectedABunchO fIdiots]

John D wrote:

Yeah, outlaw the brown people from coming.. and attendance might rise

You're out of line.

[Johnn]

fsaf wrote:

Maybe more people would come if they didn't charge $7 for parking. Oh and use that money to get some shuttles in the parking lot so people do not have to walk 3 miles up hills to get to the front gate.

Parking is $10

[sad]

fsaf wrote:

Maybe more people would come if they didn't charge $7 for parking. Oh and use that money to get some shuttles in the parking lot so people do not have to walk 3 miles up hills to get to the front gate.

No, it's $10 to park now. I was out Labor Day weekend. I purchase 2 cheeseburgers w/ fries and I refill cup and it was $18.00 and the food was ice cold. They charge too much for the games. If they would make the games $1.00 or $2.00, more people would play and they would make more money. They made the water park a maze to get to the rides.

[Cover Girl]

The season pass is the way to go. I never go to the water park but frequent Halloweekends. It seems to calm down there when fall comes for some reason. But 100.00 for a season pass when I go every weekend in October and some weekends in September works for me. What is it like 30.00 to get in at regular price?

[sad]

John D wrote:

Yeah, outlaw the brown people from coming.. and attendance might rise

outlaw the brown people from coming...everyone else was commenting on the park and how they handle things and here you go pointing out individal people and their color. I think you can come up with something better than that.

[FedUpinLV]

Knoebel's has it all over Dorney...it's definitely worth the drive

[Cover Girl]

John D wrote:

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NO, when I go places, I stand in line like a good citizen... these barbarians have no idea how civizlied people act. They smell, yell like apes, and act like hyenas.
The water has an oil slick after they are done swimming in it!

What you said about the water park is kind of why I don't go in it. I don't know what color the people are that are making it like that though. All kinds of people go to the park. Could be anyone. But yeah, it is disgusting. I will swim in my own pool.:)

[Cover Girl]

FedUpinLV wrote:

Knoebel's has it all over Dorney...it's definitely worth the drive

I really need to go to Knoebel's. Everyone says it is wonderful. Where exacty is it?

[METALMOM]

lynn wrote:

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AMEN! I will NEVER go again, and I WON'T recommend anyone else to go, I'll advise against it. The line jumping is ridiculous. We went 3 years ago, we waited in line for I hour, the line didn't move!Forget it!
I'd go to Knoebles!

AMEN - Haven't been there for years and won't spend my money supporting them!

[Dennis Mac]

All they get there is bus-loads of kids from Brooklyn.

If they don't earn money, let them close the place, and spare us all the headlines about pedestrians being killed crossing 222 for an ice-cream cone!

[Who Would Go]

Cover Girl wrote:

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What you said about the water park is kind of why I don't go in it. I will swim in my own pool.:)

I would swim in a toilet before I got into that filthy azzed water. Actually, that probably is a big toilet for all the scumbags that go there.

[kid from bt]

knoebels is out off of 80 towards bloomsburg.

not enough buses from nj and nyc i guess. quite of bit a problems there that are never reported or known.

i would never go there no more. have not for 10 years. place is a joke.

[NEPA]

I havent been to dorney in a while except for when my fathers company rents the parks for the day and is closed to the general public. I dont think I would ever buy tix and go any other day again.

I dont go to the water park but on either side of the park there is way to many kids jumping in and out of line. I cant stand it. I would rather go to Knoebels or Hershey (which isnt really much better).

[Knoebeler]

Read last week's article about Knoebels, and then see if you can figure out why attendance is dropping at Dorney.