EE in November

[Soupermom]

How does EE affect lines/crowds in November? My friend and I will be making our first visit November 1-5, with our park days being the 2nd-4th; Sunday-Tuesday. We are staying close, but not in a DL hotel so no EE. I know from my time at WDW that EE days mean big crowds in the morning at the park of the day. Is it the same for DL? should we avoid the park that has EE? We have tickets with LL but not hoppers and had planned to do DL, CA, DL; now I'm re-thinking that as 2/3 days are EE days. Crowd calendar shows 8,8,5 respectively. Can anyone offer advice on what to do?

Thanks!

 

[LAS2AMS]

It really doesn’t make a difference at DLR. DLR has 2.900 rooms participating in EE vs. over 40,000 at WDW. And the parks are practically conjoined, so park hopping is fairly easy and simple.

Most DLR guests are locals. They typically show up mid-morning and then again after school/ work. You’ll be fine.

 

[irlandaise]

It really doesn’t make a difference at DLR. DLR has 2.900 rooms participating in EE vs. over 40,000 at WDW. And the parks are practically conjoined, so park hopping is fairly easy and simple.

Although we should mention to @Soupermom that at the DLR you can't park hop until 11:00 a.m. I believe there's no such time restriction at WDW. So if you're at a park that starts getting crowded in mid-morning, you're stuck there until 11:00.

 

[bakofarmgirl]

we usually notice things are usually not crowded in the morning but start to get crowded at 11 when park hopping is open

 

[PiratesOfTheSea]

EE will affect the most popular rides (Space Mountain, Peter Pan at DLR; Guardians, RSR) in that you will be pretty far back in line by the by rope drop, but otherwise it doesn't have a huge effect on overall crowds in the morning. The biggest factor will be ticket prices and MK blackouts, the lower the 1-day ticket for the day and the fewer passes blacked out, the more crowded it will likely be.

 

[bakofarmgirl]

if you go at opening time and have LL you should be good, DCA will be easier but DL wont be bad if you have an idea what you want to prioritize

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

EE doesn’t affect the overall park crowds terribly. If you’ll be rope dropping, just head to one of the lands that wasn’t open during EE (Adventureland, Frontierland, Toontown, etc).

 

[OlliePop27]

Agreed with others. EE has very little impact on RD ops for non hotel guests. But, if there's one benefit of it going away is that in January I can now start at whatever park I want on any day!

 

[Soupermom]

Thank you Everyone!