On Friday, April 24th my wife and I went to Magic Kingdom for the day. Afterwards I commented that we have made 15+ Disney trips since the early 80's and I thought FP was taking away from creativity in a Disney trip. FP was forcing people into choosing rides resulting in loner lines than before they had FP. The crowd was rated a 6 that day.
Last Friday, May 1st my wife and I went to Epcot for the day and found a major difference. The crowd was rated a 5 but FP does not affect Epcot in the same way because all the lesser attraction in Epcot were still empty. That was not the case in Magic Kingdom. In Epcot, Ellen, France, Canada, Figment, Mexico were still 5 minute or less or next showing waits. Now Epcot does make you select Soarin or Fast Track so we chose Soarin and skipped Fast Track. But I am sure after we used our first FP we could have booked Fast Track for later that day. I saw a post where many people were complaining about the new Frozen Attraction being placed in Epcot. Many posters felt it did not fit Epcot and should have been in MK or Movie Studios. But from a crowd standpoint, it is a perfect fit in Norway since the countries are still pretty much ignored attraction wise. Frozen will provide Epcot w a lure away from MK and also drive the younger crowds into the countries.
Last Friday, May 1st my wife and I went to Epcot for the day and found a major difference. The crowd was rated a 5 but FP does not affect Epcot in the same way because all the lesser attraction in Epcot were still empty. That was not the case in Magic Kingdom. In Epcot, Ellen, France, Canada, Figment, Mexico were still 5 minute or less or next showing waits. Now Epcot does make you select Soarin or Fast Track so we chose Soarin and skipped Fast Track. But I am sure after we used our first FP we could have booked Fast Track for later that day. I saw a post where many people were complaining about the new Frozen Attraction being placed in Epcot. Many posters felt it did not fit Epcot and should have been in MK or Movie Studios. But from a crowd standpoint, it is a perfect fit in Norway since the countries are still pretty much ignored attraction wise. Frozen will provide Epcot w a lure away from MK and also drive the younger crowds into the countries.