Post #744808 by wizzard419 on Sat, Jun 13, 2015 8:47 PM

But they aren't... the bands are likely not making people spend more just making them use a different payment option. The FP+ program gives them more granular data, but the reality is that operating the rides/the whole park is more or less a sunk cost. Predicting crowds is pretty simple when you just look at reservation data. You might get a slight edge over it with specific ride reservations, but you won't see them saying "We need extra staff for 2PM on July 22nd, 2015" because the resources don't work that way. Everything else they already had prior to the changeover.

The one difference, aside from swipe fees, is that these have merch directly tied to them in the form of band decorations. At the same time the media has a shorter shelf-life where if they do not move them in a timely manner, they end up having dead bands due to the batteries running out.