Crowd calendar

[Mary Diehl]

I am looking for the site that used to post the yearly projected crowds for the month, which parks were open early/late etc. I cannot find my info on it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[SaintsManiac]

Do you mean Touring Plans?

 

[Mary Diehl]

Do you mean Touring Plans?

It was a calendar that listed all four parks per day and which ones to avoid and which ones that historically had the lowest crowds.

 

[gharter]

Most likely Touringplans or kennythepirate.
While I look at crowd calendars, I don't put much faith in them. And after SWGE opens, the old calendars will be totally useless.

 

[ellbell]

Because crowds have changed at Disney in the last 3 or 4 years most calendars don't really apply any more. Which is probably why you can't find what you use to look at.

 

[reisdawg]

You might be referring to easywdw. Josh stopped giving suggested dates and parks because of the changes to crowd levels over the years. Basically if you have a good touring plan and get to the park an hour before it opens you will get lots done...

 

[Klayfish]

It was a calendar that listed all four parks per day and which ones to avoid and which ones that historically had the lowest crowds.

Some have stopped doing them. They're snake oil anyway, don't waste your time or money.

 

[mshanson3121]

Kenny the Pirate still has them (and free). I've read his are pretty accurate.

 

[ronnie2hotty]

As the post above states, Kenny the Pirate still does his. As does Touring Plans, but I believe theirs are for a subscription cost. Josh at easyWDW stopped doing his a few years ago when Disney stopped releasing projected attendance data. Although if you've followed his advice in the past and understand his reasoning, then you can kind of predict it yourself.

As someone who's seen all three in years past, all three will have different views on most days and different reasoning for their opinions. Generally they all say that parks with extra magic hours are to be avoided unless it's an AM one and you get there in time to utilize the extra hour. Mondays and Saturdays at Magic Kingdom are to be avoided. Mondays are the best day to visit Epcot. Epcot on Saturdays when any of the seasonal Festivals are to be avoided. They all do pretty much say that a good touring plan is better than picking the "right" day.

I've been a pretty staunch follower of easyWDW for years for his touring plans/cheat sheets.

 

[Rach3975]

The one other crowd calendar that I know of is Undercover Tourist. As someone who doesn't go to the parks often enough to have a real sense of crowds without the calendars, I still find them helpful. Problem is that I look at all 3 (Touring Plans, Kenny the Pirate, and Undercover Tourist) and they never agree! So in the end I look at the rationales and all 3 sets of recommendations and then combine bits and pieces of their advice with the things I know (like wanting certain parks later in the trip so I can get hard to get FPs or needing to go to a given park on the only day a specific ADR was available).

 

[Chrizwald]

The one other crowd calendar that I know of is Undercover Tourist. As someone who doesn't go to the parks often enough to have a real sense of crowds without the calendars, I still find them helpful. Problem is that I look at all 3 (Touring Plans, Kenny the Pirate, and Undercover Tourist) and they never agree! So in the end I look at the rationales and all 3 sets of recommendations and then combine bits and pieces of their advice with the things I know (like wanting certain parks later in the trip so I can get hard to get FPs or needing to go to a given park on the only day a specific ADR was available).

This sounds like a great piece of advice. I picked my days using undercover tourist only but i may need to do some more research