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oraxx's avatar

The Ark Encounter stands as a monument to ignorance. That so many people would pay to visit this place is a stark reminder of what intelligent and educated people are up against. This place does not fill me with hope for the future of our species.

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So I got bored. I went and checked the Wikipedia page for Walt Disney World, and looked at the attendance records for various years. (Note these do have references listed.) I then took the April attendance numbers for the Ark park and multiplied by 12 to get a theoretical number for this year's attendance. As a round figure, 71000*12=852000; then I figured I'd keep going because why not at that point? Assuming that all of the above attendance is for adults only, I multiplied by 110, which is what a 3 day 'bouncer' pass costs (https://arkencounter.com/tickets/) and got $93,720,000. I must admit my brain kinda froze up for a moment there.

What I learned from all this is that the Ark Encounter is really apparently designed to separate gullible Christians from their money. It may never be on Disney's scale, but I doubt Ham cares; he's undoubtedly laughing all the way to the bank.

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