Crowds

[cartydog]

We are leaving for our first trip on Sunday. How are the crowds? We are doing Sunday to Friday, and staying at RP, so we’ll have express passes. Just wondering how busy it is. Thanks

 

[Loudbmw]

We were there last week, Sunday to Wednesday at the Royal Pacific. Sunday was busy so express was handy. Weekdays had low crowds but be aware that the capacity of rides/shows is greatly reduced due to spacing of guests. Again, front of the line made things very pleasant but not all attractions have it.

The Bourne Stuntshow (no express) has a normal capacity of 800 guests but they were only seating 200 per show. Try to make the first show of the day or you may wait an hour to get in at a later show.

 

[tony67]

I think last week was fall break so it was busier than usual - still one of the vloggers said it back to where you really need EP most of the time

 

[istillbelieve]

We returned last night and we were so thankful for express pass this past week. It was busy and hot. The load capacity is reduced so it does increase the wait times. For example the train was 90 minutes on Thursday and we waited around 30 with express pass (they had quoted 45 minutes).

 

[NicoleLarson]

We are here now and have EP. It was a complete lifesaver today! You'll be fine with EP but it is VERY crowded just FYI. I think it should be better through the week though.

 

[cartydog]

Fingers crossed!!!

 

[Scubadaddy32]

Just returned last night from a Sunday to Friday trip. Like the above posters stated, during the week it wasn't bad, but EP was nice to have. The only ride that doesn't take EP was Hagrid's. The ride times typically were posting 60 to 90 minutes for that one, but in reality we never waiting longer than about 40 minutes. The only issue is food, you can mobile order, but the restaurants in the park are seating your party first before preparing your order. That's different for sure. The other issue we ran into. A few of the restaurants in City walk are only open Thursday - Sunday. Our experience on Monday night, was that all of the other restaurants were on an hour to 2 hour wait in city walk and the fact that we were staying at RP didn't matter. (I was told otherwise.) That was kinda a joke. Of course, Jake's is open at the hotel and you can set a reservation. Antajito's has online reservations, so I'd suggest making them as backups just in case as you can always cancel them. There is a Cheesecake Factory not too far from the resort as well. We actually ate a Disney Springs and Disney a few of nights because we wanted a little higher end food. (Boathouse, Sanaa and Narcoossee's)