Disneyland Attendance?

[JustAKid]

Can someone link me to a site that shows 2008's approx attendance records by month (not total for the year!)?

 

[disneyfaninaz]

I don't think Disney ever publishes attendance rates. Anything else would be estimates.

 

[DLR29]

No official calendar but I can try to break it down for you.

-Early January (1st week): pretty high crowds on the 1st, and crowds start to decrease as kids start going back to school
-Rest of January: low crowds
-Early Feb: low crowds
-President's Weekend/Week: Weekend more crowded than week, but not an overwhelmingly popular holiday week.
-Late February: low crowds
-Early/Mid-March: medium sized crowds
-Spring Break (late March-mid April): One of the most crowded times of the year. Packed!
-Late April-(all of) May: medium-low crowds
-Early June: medium crowds, Grad Nights change up the park hours a bit
-Late June: CRAZY! Especially this past year, Late June was incredibly crowded
-Early July: High crowds, but not as high as late June
-July 4th: not as high crowds as you would expect
-Rest of July-Early/Mid August: High crowds, similar to Early July
-Late August: Very crowded right before schools start
-September: low crowds
-October: weekends very crowded, some parts of the month (Gay Days, Halloween, "Fall Break") can be pretty crowded, but weekdays have low crowds
-November: Low crowds, except Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving. Veteran's Day more crowded than Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving crowds similar to a summer weekday
-Early December: low crowds
-Late December: As Christmas gets nearer and nearer, the crowds increase daily.
-Last 7 days of the year: MOST crowded time of the year

That's a very basic rough outline of the crowd patterns at DLR.

 

[disneyfaninaz]

I've been to DL in October the last couple of years and weekdays can be a little crowded as well, especially during Fall Breaks.

 

[JustAKid]

No official calendar but I can try to break it down for you.

-Early January (1st week): pretty high crowds on the 1st, and crowds start to decrease as kids start going back to school
-Rest of January: low crowds
-Early Feb: low crowds
-President's Weekend/Week: Weekend more crowded than week, but not an overwhelmingly popular holiday week.
-Late February: low crowds
-Early/Mid-March: medium sized crowds
-Spring Break (late March-mid April): One of the most crowded times of the year. Packed!
-Late April-(all of) May: medium-low crowds
-Early June: medium crowds, Grad Nights change up the park hours a bit
-Late June: CRAZY! Especially this past year, Late June was incredibly crowded
-Early July: High crowds, but not as high as late June
-July 4th: not as high crowds as you would expect
-Rest of July-Early/Mid August: High crowds, similar to Early July
-Late August: Very crowded right before schools start
-September: low crowds
-October: weekends very crowded, some parts of the month (Gay Days, Halloween, "Fall Break") can be pretty crowded, but weekdays have low crowds
-November: Low crowds, except Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving. Veteran's Day more crowded than Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving crowds similar to a summer weekday
-Early December: low crowds
-Late December: As Christmas gets nearer and nearer, the crowds increase daily.
-Last 7 days of the year: MOST crowded time of the year

That's a very basic rough outline of the crowd patterns at DLR.

Actually, I was trying to find info on Grad Nights and how it effects the park/attendance etc...can you explain what happens to the park hours, and does it happen to DCA too? Thanks for the info, and your time!

 

[DLR29]

Actually, I was trying to find info on Grad Nights and how it effects the park/attendance etc...can you explain what happens to the park hours, and does it happen to DCA too? Thanks for the info, and your time!

Grad Nights do not affect the crowd size during the day at all. What they do do is make the parks close earlier than normal. In this case the hours will just be shorter for that day. For DCA, it could close around 6PM, instead of 9PM normally, and DL could close around 9PM, instead of 12AM normally. However, Grad Nights are only once (maybe twice) a week and only late May/early-Mid June.

 

[Donalds_best_pal]

Yes the Walt Disney Company doesn't provide that type of information to the public. Regular Cast Members are provided various types of estimates but most regular Cast Members don't have access to exact numbers. Also we usually can find out how many guests are "in-park" at any given time.