Well first off, I'm so happy to hear people agree with me and been sharing their own experiences the last few weeks as well! It sounds like some people went different days as me and had basically the same experiences!
And again, I want to make it clear, I obviously dont want to give people the idea the parks are dead or anything, they ARE busy, but just very, very managable and well spread out! I think so many people were expecting it to be wall to wall people and huge lines for everything, to now see 90% of the attractions well under an hour after hearing all these horror stories of what they had in their minds have, so far, is really a welcome sight!
Like I said, the REASON I made this thread because like Hydroguy I just kept reading all these doomsday threads and that DLR would be insufferable all summer long, CL would be swamped, creating this tsunami to the rest of the resort and none of that has remotely happend. In fact, DCA, which still has limited capacity compared to DL has not needed to shut down its gates one single day even though it has had record days attendance! So its busy but not INSANE busy as people were predicting.
I think because of Harry Potter at IOA opening a few years back and as recently OMDD which was total chaos I think gave people these crazy impressions that the park was just going to be mobbed like never before. All the horror stories of people waiting HOURS just to get inside Wizarding World, there was queues just to see the shops and the ride with 5+ hour waits gave people the same thing could happen to DCA. Of course what wasnt really talked about that while HP was swamped, the rest of IOA and Universal Studios was pretty much normal capacity that entire summer. People only focused on the crazy waits for the land itself. And like with CL and DCA, they seem to have that in mind.
But yeah, nothing even like that for CL. There was no queue to enter AS people were predicting (and some even suggested Disney make FPs just to get INSIDE the place). There are no 30 min waits just to get inside a shop and outside of RSR and LFT EVERYTHING else in the place is managable. Cozy Cones looked like it was going to be 1+ hours just to get pop corn in the beginning, but now that has fallen to reasonable waits as well. It took 20 mins to get my Chili Cone last weekend. In fact even though the area isnt all that big, CL was built to handle the crowds well and even with the shops being a bit smaller than expected has no problems getting people through now.
So yes, I dont think the crazy ideas that people had all about these ensuing insane crowds will remotely happened this summer. And I wasnt completely immuned to it myself. Even though I thought there was way too much hyperbole over it being packed for months and years on end, I even assumed the first few weeks would just be insane. I expected DCA to had closed its gates at some point opening weekend, especially opening day, but that never happened! So I was surprised too. And as for the crowds that are there, as someone even said, DCA being more busy has made it a better park in many ways! The energy and excitement of the park is truly evident now and since 80% of the attractions in the place is easy under 45 mins thus far makes it a fun park to be in. I actually ENJOY DCA being busier now! Except RSR lol.
But I do want to say DONT change your plans either of course! Its ALWAYS better being safe than sorry! As one poster said, still keep to your plans. If you plan to go early, still go early! If you want to go in September, go in September. And I'm not suggesting people just show up in the middle of the afternoon in July and expect to just jump on everything and can grab all the FPs. Again, still go early and plan like its going to be busy because it might be and yes if you want to do RSR, you are going to have to take out some serious time for it no matter what you do outside of showing up at rope drop and riding it at opening.
I think most of us have simply been saying DONT make all these postponements and radically change dates to avoid the 'crowds' either. There is ZERO reason to wait a whole year to go to the resort if you can go this year. None in fact! Besides the fact there is ALWAYS something new and it will be busy, this summer is proving its going to be a very breezy time even with all the new additions with just a tad bit of planning. It is amazing how many rides have litterally been under 10-20 mins basically daily and like I said FPs have been around until late evenings. Even WOC doesnt sell out until well into the night as before and like Sunday proved, it didnt at all!
So yes, STILL be prepared, but lets stop with the hypberbole. The summer is shaping up to be one of the best I seen. Not with just a rejuvenized park, but a resort that is finding a great balance between the two parks and we now have LOTS to do and reasonable waits to do way more than planned! This is the best of both worlds! I will probably be there 9 more times the next two weeks with how great its been!
I am the most impatient person and I hate long lines with a fiery passion! It will be great no matter what, but this thread has been a much needed balm to my worried little soul. 
