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This excerpt taken from the DIS 10-K filed Dec 7, 2005. Seasonality and Competition
All of the theme parks and the associated resort
facilities are operated on a year-round basis. Historically, the
theme parks and resort business experiences fluctuations in
theme park attendance and resort occupancy resulting from the
seasonal nature of vacation travel and local entertainment
excursions. Peak attendance and resort occupancy generally occur
during the summer months when school vacations occur and during
early-winter and spring holiday periods.
The Companys theme parks and resorts compete with all other forms of entertainment, lodging, tourism and recreational activities. The profitability of the leisure-time industry is influenced by -15-
various factors that are not directly
controllable, such as economic conditions including business
cycle and exchange rate fluctuations, travel industry trends,
amount of available leisure time, oil and transportation prices
and weather patterns.
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