S-T picked up the story too: https://www.star-tel...e277498453.html
The article mentions making this an affordable destination. I have mixed feelings about that. Sometimes affordable is nice because everyone can enjoy the fun, but from experience, cheaper is not always better and tends to bring out the worst in people too. More people, more lines, more stress and more problems. The one thing I just can't ever get over how many people litter in the parking lots when there's no staff or security around watching, not that that would stop them. I've seen it at water parks, the zoo, the mall, pretty much everywhere.
A friend recently went to Disneyland and spent over $1,000 on tickets (around $100 per day per person) and said there's upgraded passes called Genie, Genie+ and once you get those I think there's still another upgrade called Lightning Lane with separate lines altogether. I went to Disney World as a kid and I recall standing in a few lines but not usually for more than 20 - 30 minutes. You could charge $500 a ticket per day and you'd still see people arguing and fighting in lines. Maybe this is more a commentary on society in general.
https://disneyland.d...y.go.com/genie/
Wait time stats:
https://queue-times..../parks/16/stats