Newspaper says Universal Studios Japan attendance down 30%

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Universal Studios Japan Inc, a movie theme park affiliated with Vivendi Universal SA, will likely attract 30 percent fewer visitors in its second year of operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. The park has suffered from negative publicity following bad water and food incidents.

Read more from Bloomberg via The Taipei Times.

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30% Ouch!

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Please visit the small parks. We don't know what's happening behind the scenes
Woodencoaster.com

And we thought DCA was bad....

I guess TD Agent #20459 completed his mission of posioning the enemies lifeline supplies....

j/k

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The Mole

I can't say I'm surprised. They saw other parks getting into Japan and someone in marketing convinced a lot of other people to go along with the idea of a Japanese park.

Sort of like when airlines drastically cut their fares to match those of low-cose competitors. The competition isn't taking away market share, they're just expanding the market. It ends up hurting them.

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Is that a Q-bot in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

And yet TokyoDisneySea continues to flourish. If you build it, they will come... :)

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The Trip: CP, SFWoA, PKI, KW, HW, IB, SFGAm, MiA and LeSourdsville too.
8 Days- 10 parks. May 2003

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