
"Operating income growth for the quarter reflected an increase at our international operations, while results at our domestic operations were comparable to the prior-year quarter. Segment results benefitted from the timing of the Easter holiday, which fell in the third quarter of the current year compared to the second quarter of the prior year."The overseas success may be attributed to Disney Shanghai having its first quarter of profits without pre-opening costs subtracting from the total, and higher attendance and guest spending in Disneyland Paris due to higher ticket costs and increased spending in food, beverages, and merchandise. For domestic parks, increased costs to Disney were countered by an increase in guest spending and volume of guests. Disney says their higher output was "due to labor and other cost inflation, increased operations support costs, new guest offerings and the dry-dock of the Disney Fantasy in the current quarter". This was offset by increased guest spending related to "increases in average ticket prices for sailings on our cruise ships and admission to our theme parks, as well a higher daily average hotel room rates and food and beverage spending". Higher attendance also helped offset costs to Disney, although those numbers were still slightly affected by the dry-dock of the Disney Fantasy.
