Crowds!

[Elephantay]

We love WDW, own DVC, and hate crowds! When it's wall to wall people we leave the parks and enjoy our resort or other places on property. Monorail and bus waits can be ridiculous. We know there's really no longer a slow time at WDW, and looking at the enormous new lodge getting built which will add thousands of onsite guests are wondering....Where is everyone going to go? What impact will this have on transportation and staying onsite perks ( few, but a little extra park time can go a long way). The parks are already mobbed, parties sell out, and the biggest resort ever isn't even open!

 

[Marthasor]

So, probably going to get flamed for this, but, if WDW really wanted to reduce crowds, they would eliminate the FL resident annual passes. You are making the assumption that most of the people crowding the parks are out-of-town, resort-staying guests. I would speculate it's locals. I find the crowd level dips fairly substantially when there are FL resident AP blockout dates. Just because WDW is building a gigantic new DVC resort doesn't automatically mean it will be filled with guests. If resort capacity were really an issue, there wouldn't still be a TON of resort availability for one of the busiest weeks of the year (Christmas through New Year's). Just checked and almost every resort is available. So, while parks may be crowded and parties are selling out, the resorts aren't. I think the new resort is just another DVC play to get people to buy more timeshare points - I don't know if that will actually translate into more people going to the parks. If demand were that high, we wouldn't be seeing numerous discounts and promotions to try to get people to book the resorts.

 

[OKW Lover]

Adding a resort will have no impact on the parks. All a new resort does is get more people to actually stay on property instead of an off property hotel. The number of people in the parks is unchanged.