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Article: Shamu and the Zoo vs. Mickey Mouse: local attractions hoping for trickle-down from Disney's 50th anniversary.
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 20, 2005
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If dreams really do come true for San Diego's theme parks and attractions, they'll become the after-party destination for Disneyland's 50th anniversary celebration and see a spike in gate counts this summer.
Judging from some recent numbers released by the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, they need a boost like that.
Theme park officials typically keep attendance figures and business strategies close to their vest. However, figures on aggregate attendance supplied by ConVis show that the total gate for attractions in April was 983,397, down 15.7 percent from the same year-ago month.
Meanwhile, local amusement park officials expect to cash ...