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I feel like this trip gave me very unrealistic expectations for the next time I go to TDR. It was so much quieter and easier to tour than the US parks, and I only visit those in lower times as well. I heard Golden Week was generally pretty quiet this year as well, so just an oddball of a year I guess.
It's possible that the crowd level changes may last for a while though due to no more annual passes and multi-day tickets. The cost of hotels around Tokyo has also gotten astronomical with the cheap yen. An American may not feel as much of a price increase but to someone earning yen, a lot of hotels now cost 50-100% more than they did in 2019.
The weak shows and seasonal events, especially at DisneySea, are also softening crowds. And standby pass is convincing people who don't want to wake up early to not even bother going in.
While the extremely low crowds due to Fantasy Springs are definitely an anomoly, we may also be in a new era of lower crowd levels.