Vail Resorts reported certain ski season metrics for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through January 6, 2019, and for the prior year period through January 7, 2018. The reported ski season metrics are for our North American mountain resorts, and the metrics exclude results from Perisher and our urban ski areas in both periods. The data mentioned in this release is interim period data and is subject to fiscal quarter end review and adjustments. Season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company's North American mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 12.2% compared to the prior year season-to-date period. Season-to-date ski school revenue was up 9.5% and dining revenue was up 14.8% compared to the prior year season-to-date period. Retail/rental revenue for North American resort store locations was up 12.0% compared to the prior year season-to-date period. Season-to-date total skier visits for the company's North American mountain resorts were up 16.9% compared to the prior year season-to-date period. CEO Katz continued, "Primarily as a result of missing our expectations in the pre-holiday period, we now expect full year Resort Reported EBITDA guidance to be slightly below the low end of the guidance range we issued on September 28, 2018. Our guidance assumes normal conditions at our resorts, a stable economic environment and the currency rates in place when the guidance was originally issued."
