For those just back, how are the crowds?

[BroganMc]

I was there the last two weeks (2-16). First week was fabulous weather and crowd-wise. It rained a lot (20 minute downpours in the afternoon with some light rain early evening), but it was warm. Nights were balmy and very comfortable to walk around in shorts and tanks. Wait times were only 20-30 min or more in FantasyLand for rides I didn't bother with. Small World was a walk on everytime I went there.

Second week it was like Spring Break. Heavy crowds, hot sun, little rain, and long waits. The Halloween Parties were manageable (and MK less busy those days), but come Friday it was wall to wall people.

I was in MK Friday, used FastPass a lot, but was surprised by the sheer size of crowds. Saturday I was at EPCOT during the much talked about 2+ hr wait for Soarin and no FP by 1pm. The CMs at Innoventions were joking about the FP going for $50 a pop that day. At one point it reached a 3 1/2 hour wait. by by dinnertime it was down to 50min, until 7:30pm when all the FP people streamed in. Then it went to 75 min and stayed that way to the end.

Weather got very cool at night to the point of needing a jacket as soon as the sun went down.

Next year, I'm moving my trip up a week and go the last week of Sept, first week of October. I want to avoid the Columbus Day crush.

 

[loridean2000]

I wasn't able to go to Disney this October, we usually go every year. I know the crowds have been getting worse every year because of Fall Break. Since all the schools in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, etc go to school in early August; we all get a week of fall break just like spring break. And every one heads to Disney. Just fyi.

 

[needawdwtrip]

I just got back as well it seemed to me that Epcot was the most packed park for the day we were there (Friday 10/14) with soarin' being the longest wait at 50 minutes through most of the day. (Fastpasses are great!!!!!) MK on Sunday was great we rode SM twice, BTMRR, POTC, and Aladdins Carpet Ride all before our 10:15 CP breakfast. The longest wait time I saw through the day was 40 minutes for Peter Pans Flight, everything else was much less of a wait. We watched the 3pm parade then returned to our resort to get ready for MNSSHP. At MNSSHP we walked on nearly every ride with literally no wait!!!!!! The longest lines were to meet the characters.
The longest wait we had at any park during our whole trip was 20 minutes for RRC at MGM (That's only because we got there at 4:30 and there were no fastpasses left)