Crowds first week of January - The DIS Discussion Forums

chell · 07-19-2009, 02:28 PM

How are the crowds the first week of January? We will be arriving December 31 and leaving January 9. I know it will still be packed the 31st and the 1st. I figure most people will be heading home the 2nd and 3rd. How will it be after that? I've been before the 2nd and 3rd weeks in December, several wees in September and the first week of October. Those are the weeks I have been in the most recent years is that helps you to have anything to compare it to.

But I'm also wondering what the wait times will be like on the large rides. We will have my sisters, nephews, my father and step-mother with us. I don't want it to be too crowded since this will be the first trip I've had with my nephews. I hope to get to do a lot with them.

DisneyObsessive · 07-19-2009, 02:31 PM

i went this year from the 5th to 10th and honestly, the crowds were just right. even toy story mania was only a 30 min wait, practically walked on to everything else.

chell · 07-19-2009, 02:37 PM

That's great to hear! Those are my kind of crowds. Last year we went Dec. 6 - 13 expecting light crowds but everything was packed. I was so disappointed because not only was it our Honeymoon but also my husband's first WDW trip.

JennyDrake · 07-19-2009, 05:40 PM

I have to disgaree with PP. The closer it gets to the marathon, the thicker the crowds get. It is no longer the super Slow No Crowds time of year that it used to be (this is when we used to go each year.) We were there in 2008 and by teh day before teh marathon, waits were 45-60 minutes for most rides. A bus driver told us that over 40,000 guests would arrive in conjunction with the marathon. I would put the crowds on par with the first week in December.

chell · 07-19-2009, 05:49 PM

Thanks Jenny. I was wondering how the marathon affected the crowds.

GovieMom · 07-19-2009, 06:04 PM

We've gone twice the first week of January, and those were the most crowded weeks we've ever seen! Families with school-age children stayed throughout the week, along with tons of visitors from Britain and South America who get extended holidays. Our resort was filled with marathoners as well.

DisneyObsessive · 07-19-2009, 07:34 PM

yeah i forgot to mention we did leave the saturday of the marathon weekend, so most of our week was before marathon crowds and friday we were at universal... so i cant comment on crowds then.

1pirate1princess · 07-19-2009, 09:12 PM

We go down for the Marathon every year and honestly, we don't find it to be overly crowded!

chell · 07-20-2009, 07:46 PM

Thanks. Guess we just have to wait and see for ourselves. No matter what we are going to have a great time! This will be my first trip with my nephews and I'm going to enjoy seeing it through their eyes.

If it is crowded I will have to keep reminding myself not to stress. I will have to remind myself that we are glad and lucky to be there together and that I want to enjoy every second of it.

07-19-2009, 02:28 PM	#1
chell Mushu's Best Friend...now in color! Can you tell if my tag is real or fake? Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: In NC and NOW married to the man of my dreams... Posts: 20,291	Crowds first week of January How are the crowds the first week of January? We will be arriving December 31 and leaving January 9. I know it will still be packed the 31st and the 1st. I figure most people will be heading home the 2nd and 3rd. How will it be after that? I've been before the 2nd and 3rd weeks in December, several wees in September and the first week of October. Those are the weeks I have been in the most recent years is that helps you to have anything to compare it to. But I'm also wondering what the wait times will be like on the large rides. We will have my sisters, nephews, my father and step-mother with us. I don't want it to be too crowded since this will be the first trip I've had with my nephews. I hope to get to do a lot with them. __________________ Michelle "I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales..."

07-19-2009, 02:31 PM	#2
DisneyObsessive DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Queens, New York Posts: 1,061	i went this year from the 5th to 10th and honestly, the crowds were just right. even toy story mania was only a 30 min wait, practically walked on to everything else. __________________ Oct PTR: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?...1#post33627211 Days Inn- Thanksgiving, 1988 Port Orleans, French Quarters- Christmas, 1998 Hotel Royal Plaza- July to August, 2003 Vistana Villa Resort- July, 2004 Pop Century (one night), Friends home in Tampa- Star Wars Weekends, May to June 2007 Coronado Springs-January 2009 Pop Century- October 2009

07-19-2009, 02:37 PM	#3
chell Mushu's Best Friend...now in color! Can you tell if my tag is real or fake? Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: In NC and NOW married to the man of my dreams... Posts: 20,291	That's great to hear! Those are my kind of crowds. Last year we went Dec. 6 - 13 expecting light crowds but everything was packed. I was so disappointed because not only was it our Honeymoon but also my husband's first WDW trip. __________________ Michelle "I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales..."

07-19-2009, 05:40 PM	#4
JennyDrake Darkwing Duck's Biggest Fan Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 883	I have to disgaree with PP. The closer it gets to the marathon, the thicker the crowds get. It is no longer the super Slow No Crowds time of year that it used to be (this is when we used to go each year.) We were there in 2008 and by teh day before teh marathon, waits were 45-60 minutes for most rides. A bus driver told us that over 40,000 guests would arrive in conjunction with the marathon. I would put the crowds on par with the first week in December. __________________ Jenny Drake

07-19-2009, 05:49 PM	#5
chell Mushu's Best Friend...now in color! Can you tell if my tag is real or fake? Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: In NC and NOW married to the man of my dreams... Posts: 20,291	Thanks Jenny. I was wondering how the marathon affected the crowds. __________________ Michelle "I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales..."

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07-19-2009, 06:04 PM	#6
GovieMom DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,174	We've gone twice the first week of January, and those were the most crowded weeks we've ever seen! Families with school-age children stayed throughout the week, along with tons of visitors from Britain and South America who get extended holidays. Our resort was filled with marathoners as well.

07-19-2009, 07:34 PM	#7
DisneyObsessive DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Queens, New York Posts: 1,061	yeah i forgot to mention we did leave the saturday of the marathon weekend, so most of our week was before marathon crowds and friday we were at universal... so i cant comment on crowds then. __________________ Oct PTR: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?...1#post33627211 Days Inn- Thanksgiving, 1988 Port Orleans, French Quarters- Christmas, 1998 Hotel Royal Plaza- July to August, 2003 Vistana Villa Resort- July, 2004 Pop Century (one night), Friends home in Tampa- Star Wars Weekends, May to June 2007 Coronado Springs-January 2009 Pop Century- October 2009

07-19-2009, 09:12 PM	#8
1pirate1princess Earning My Ears Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 45	We go down for the Marathon every year and honestly, we don't find it to be overly crowded! __________________ Jennifer Mom to Avery (2) Peyton (4)

07-20-2009, 07:46 PM	#9
chell Mushu's Best Friend...now in color! Can you tell if my tag is real or fake? Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: In NC and NOW married to the man of my dreams... Posts: 20,291	Thanks. Guess we just have to wait and see for ourselves. No matter what we are going to have a great time! This will be my first trip with my nephews and I'm going to enjoy seeing it through their eyes. If it is crowded I will have to keep reminding myself not to stress. I will have to remind myself that we are glad and lucky to be there together and that I want to enjoy every second of it. __________________ Michelle "I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales..."

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