OMG to the crowds O M G!!!!
I was absolutely STUNNED by the crowds today, Friday OCT 8th at IOA/WWoHP. I have been to Disney/Universal 5 times now since 2003 and am a total Disney junkie, so I consider myself a veteran. Normally go during slower times Oct/Jan and rarely wait to go onto anything.
Have planned this trip for almost a year now and was happy to see that touringplans.com gave todays crowd rating a "1" on a scale of 1-10. That level rearly happens, and the next couple days are supposed to be busy according to them. WELL, got to Universal at 7:50am(more than an hour ahead of time) and hotel guests were inside by 8. The place was hopping, and while I was able to get into FJ rather quickly once allowed in, after that the entire WWoHP was a MADHOUSE!!!!! I mean WOW. EVERY shop had a wait to go inside for the priveldge to buy things
, not just talking Olivianders mind you, but ALL of them. Couldnt TOUCH butterbeer lines..... 45 min wait for spidey, 60 min for Dudley do right, thats how regular IOA was at 12 noon.
1000's of Scots have invaded here(i think a convention or a soccer thing or something)???? but I just wasnt prepared at all. Its 5:00pm and my crew is planning to go for our 5th anniversay dinner at Raglan Road tonight at Downtown DIsney, wish us luck.
I Love my Winsdor Hills house BTW, the FJ ride was amazing....Capones dinner show the night before was easily the best dinner show in Orlando....not even close.....but those crowds today wore me out and I'm trying real hard to shake off the bad feeling im getting about the 10 day stretch I chose to do this.
Read the boards all the time, so I thought!!!! I was prepared.....nope.....if your coming to Dis/Universal this next week, be prepared for high 80's temps and crowds..