Comcast says Universal theme park quarterly revenue up 25.7% over last year

Now we know where all those Six Flags profits went.

The thing that I find staggering about this is that it shows how the spending in Orlando is not a zero-sum game. Sure SeaWorld has taken a hit, but not even remotely in the neighborhood of anything that would account for the gains by Universal and Disney. The scary thing is what could happen to the local economy if all of this success were to take a serious dump. Not so much for the general white collar work pool (contrary to popular belief, not everyone here works for theme parks), but for the service industry workforce.

Right. Even though Disney, and to an increasing extent Universal, do what they can to keep guests within their confines, my mind is always blown by the kajillion hotels and resorts and the bazillion restaurants and shops outside (and sometimes way outside) the gates. I guess its not on account of nothing that it's the busiest place on earth.