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My family is going to Dollywood this summer during a visit to Tennessee. A one day ticket is $84, but a 3 day ticket is only $114. So, yes, Disneyland is "accept no substitutes" pricing.

I would argue that Disneyland should be even more expensive. As Yogi Berra once said (paraphrasing) "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded." People that simultaneously complain about Disneylands price and the crowds are delusional.

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> People that simultaneously complain about Disneylands price and the crowds are delusional.

perhaps in a simplified model of the world in which the only way of allocating limited resources is via a pure free market, and we assume that there's no way to satiate more demand

just off the top of my head for the latter: an online pre-sign-up and scheduling system with phones or wireless wristbands that assigns you times for your preferred rides, should help level demand and avoid bottlenecks, and thus increase throughput, and thus increase turnover, and thus increase daily attendance capacity

essentially MRP but the people are the materials and the rides are the workstations

Uh, so... That's basically Disney World right now. You must reserve your visit to the park, and there's a paid system (Genie+) to compete for ride times without waiting in line.

And there's a really good video someone did on the evolution and systems engineering behind the Genie+ / FastPass system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yjZpBq1XBE

I went to Dollywood as a kid. One of the "attractions" was fishing out of a literall barrel for perch IIRC. that's the memory that stuck with me. not the singing and the dancing and other things. fish in a barrel. can't make that up

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