Crowd levels?

[RockAndRollBallerina]

On a scale of:

1-2 being a ghost town

3-4 being light

5-6 being moderate

7-8 heavy park traffic

9-10 shoulder to shoulder crowds in the parks

What am I looking at for crowd levels for the end of January?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Darkbeer1]

Weekdays or Weekends?

Have you seen this site?

http://www.isitpacked.com/disneyland-crowd-forecast-predictor-calendar/

 

[RockAndRollBallerina]

Weekdays or Weekends?

Have you seen this site?

http://www.isitpacked.com/disneyland-crowd-forecast-predictor-calendar/

Weekdays, and I haven't seen that site before. Thank you for the link

 

[ChloroformSdxn]

End of January has always been good for us.The issue, however, isn't crowds so much as it is ride closures.They don't really have anything showing on the calendar now, but that's often when they'll pull rides for refurbishment. Splash Mountain, Grizzly River Run, etc. So I would always check that, they usually post them about 6 weeks out.

 

[disneychrista]

5-6 being moderate

7-8 heavy park traffic

9-10 shoulder to shoulder crowds in the parks

Only the above exist anymore. Weekdays end of February will be 6 - 7. If you are visiting on a Friday expect 8 - 9 by evening.

 

[tarheelalum]

Only the above exist anymore. Weekdays end of February will be 6 - 7. If you are visiting on a Friday expect 8 - 9 by evening.

True. Even when it's raining it's often crowded.

 

[chickapin parterre]

your scale is in relationship to what you value. On a Wednesday mornng, riding splash, you will find a ghost town and Haunted Mansion also. During that same hour you can also ride snow white several times in a row without leaving vehicle. If you are lucky and can catch a gate opeing for the park, then you will also have a 3-4 for awhile, but by noon it is 7-8

 

[felice]

Even as a visitor to DLR and DCA from the UK, it has to be said that even when both parks and Downtown Disney are "full" of people, the crowds do keep moving quite well even if they might well be moving a little bit slower than normal. It is normally possible to get to the attraction that you are heading for without too many difficulties; at least from how my wife and I have seen it over the times we have been visiting since 2007.

Part of the credit for this has to come from the visitors to the parks as well. They seem to have quite a lot of common sense in order to avoid potential bottlenecks being created in the general walkway areas. Those visitors who have small children / babies with them in particular seem to be able to deal with whatever issues arise without disturbing the general crowd step of direction too much, ie, pulling out of the crowd entirely in order to check on why their baby or small child has started to get upset or similar. Much better handling overall than in the UK.

 

[ClaraOswald]

The days around MLK day will be 9-10. After that...I'd say a weekday might be a 5-6....just based on our trip in early February 2015. From what I hear, anything under a 5 is rare these days.

 

[prestoncaldwell]

Even as a visitor to DLR and DCA from the UK, it has to be said that even when both parks and Downtown Disney are "full" of people, the crowds do keep moving quite well even if they might well be moving a little bit slower than normal. It is normally possible to get to the attraction that you are heading for without too many difficulties; at least from how my wife and I have seen it over the times we have been visiting since 2007.

Part of the credit for this has to come from the visitors to the parks as well. They seem to have quite a lot of common sense in order to avoid potential bottlenecks being created in the general walkway areas. Those visitors who have small children / babies with them in particular seem to be able to deal with whatever issues arise without disturbing the general crowd step of direction too much, ie, pulling out of the crowd entirely in order to check on why their baby or small child has started to get upset or similar. Much better handling overall than in the UK.

You must not have been there Christmas Day midday, when it was solid gridlock at Tomorrowland, the central plaza, and New Orleans Square. People standing and staring at each other, no one able to move. I am a vocal fan of DLR over WDW MK, but I have to say that more real estate in the Orlando park helps traffic a lot at peak attendance.

 

[alvernon90]

You must not have been there Christmas Day midday, when it was solid gridlock at Tomorrowland, the central plaza, and New Orleans Square. People standing and staring at each other, no one able to move. I am a vocal fan of DLR over WDW MK, but I have to say that more real estate in the Orlando park helps traffic a lot at peak attendance.

Last year during Christmas week we also experienced this same thing near IASW. We wanted to get to the Magical Map show, and from where we were standing we could see the entrance to the theater about 100 feet away. But the crowds were totally locked and there was no way to get there. We had no choice but to turn around and skip it. I can't even imagine what it must have been like to have all of Tomorrowland locked up.

Disney has to move the rocket ride back to the back of Tomorrowland again. That whole area by the hub is a mess because of that placement. It might have been OK years ago when they first moved it, but with today's crowds (which will only get 10x worse when Star Wars Land opens) that one decision screws up traffic flow in the entire park.

 

[pharmama]

Last year during Christmas week we also experienced this same thing near IASW. We wanted to get to the Magical Map show, and from where we were standing we could see the entrance to the theater about 100 feet away. But the crowds were totally locked and there was no way to get there. We had no choice but to turn around and skip it.

I have also been trapped in the area near IASM during the holiday period and ultimately had to give up on where we were trying to go. Am hoping to go to the park next week and want to do PTN dining On the Go (Aladdin's Oasis) but that past experience has me scared we won't even be able to reach the reserved seating area.....