Day 2 - Parks Are Much Busier Than I'd Hoped

[Mugglemama]

Disneyland, especially. We're still able to catch mostly decent line waits (although we FP'd Splash, it was an hour for standby), but the walkways are really congested.

Having a good time! On IASW now, heading into the building, so that's all for now.

 

[californiamomof4grls]

That's what we noticed while we were there too. The walkways have tons of people but the waits were mostly walk on with a few 30 min waits. It took us more time to get from ride to ride then waiting in line! There seemed to just be people everywhere! We had a lot of field trip groups while we were there.

 

[Mugglemama]

That's what we noticed while we were there too. The walkways have tons of people but the waits were mostly walk on with a few 30 min waits. It took us more time to get from ride to ride then waiting in line! There seemed to just be people everywhere! We had a lot of field trip groups while we were there.

Are you here again tomorrow? I'm wondering what Grad Nites will bring.

 

[kailuagirl]

Have fun! Wishing you short lines and less crowds tomorrow

 

[ArchOwl]

This was my experience when I was there the last weekend in April. The wait times were not bad at all, but there were a lot of people in the parks. The walkways were congested, but Indy was only a 25 minute wait!

This led to weird patterns at times, Jungle Cruise on Friday night was a 20 minute wait while next door, Indy was at 30 minutes. You could hardly move in Tomorrowland, but standby on Star Tours was 45 minutes. The lines for food were longer than the lines for rides in the some cases. The Jolly Holiday line was out to the street, but Space Mountain was a 30 minute queue.

Just when I think I understand crowd patterns, they change!

 

[Mugglemama]

Thanks, Kailua!

ArchOwl, these unexpected line/crowd dynamics have made it kind of weird. At rope drop now, and crowd levels seem far more normal than the last 2 days. For now anyway, lol.

ETA: I was mistaken. Rope drop was not mild at all. Crowds built up a loy and people were actually *sprinting* to PP. It was just a little bit ridiculous. :/

 

[perlster]

I'm not there, but not surprised.

Those web sites or mobile apps that supposedly predict crowd levels seem to "mail it in" - if it's a non-holiday, non-summer weekday, they always forecast an uncrowded park, always ignoring other factors.

 

[blackjackdelta]

I'm not there, but not surprised.

Those web sites or mobile apps that supposedly predict crowd levels seem to "mail it in" - if it's a non-holiday, non-summer weekday, they always forecast an uncrowded park, always ignoring other factors.

I had the same thought, many variables are left out sandbagging those who might think the park is less busy than X.

Jack