Crowds Thursday before HP Celebration

[DisneyEJT]

How early in the week would crowds in the parks be higher because of the Celebration week coming? Would going on Thursday the 26th be likely to be more crowded (in the HP areas) than a typical Thursday in January? Thank you!

 

[Robo56]

Looks like the Potter events start 9 am that Friday morning. So I guess it would reasonable to think the Potter heads will start showing up on Thursday if not sooner.

 

[StefWalsh]

I went to the very first Celebration of Harry Potter event and arrived in Orlando ahead of time because I came from a fair ways away. I went to the park on the Thursday so I could tour the park as normal before being tied up with all the Potter events over the weekend, and as I recall the park was not super busy. Busy is subjective to everyone I suppose, but there weren't exaggerated wait times for all the rides or anything.

Now that said, I haven't been back for the Celebration since and if its gained in popularity since the first one then I guess it could affect Thursday crowds more than it did when I went.