Super Bowl Legends debunked

Every heard of the legend that Super Bowl Sunday is a good time to visit Disneyland because nobody is at the park? Or how about the legend that two-thirds of all avocados sold in the USA are bought within three weeks of Super Bowl Sunday?

The Super Bowl not only brings football, excitement and arguably the best commercials shown all year, but it also raises some crazy legends.

Snopes.com uncovers some of these Super Bowl legends and also debunks them in detail.

Claim: Super Bowl Sunday is a good time to visit Disneyland, because the park is virtually deserted.

Status: False

Origins: No red-blooded American would miss the Super Bowl just to spend the day at an amusement park, right? Okay, maybe a few women who don’t understand football might pass on watching the game, but women don’t generally visit places like Disneyland without their husbands or boyfriends or children in two, and most of them are watching the game. Must be a great day for the people who so desperate to experience a rare uncrowned weekend afternoon at Disneyland that they’ll risk ridicule and skip the big game in favor of the Magic Kingdom, eh?

Not quite. January does tend to be one of the slower periods of the year at amusement parks, a winter lull between the Christmas and East holidays, but crowds at Disneyland on Super Bowl Sunday are comparable to any other Sunday in January. If you want to spend a leisurely Sunday at Disneyland, you’re better off picking a different weekend in January or February.