we, too, found it more crowded than last year. Clearly as the week wore on it got more manageable, but was still busier than we like it. We found that while all the "big" attractions might not be able to be done without planning, many of the secondary attractions were't that bad. Of course, attitiude is everything and being our 9th trip, if we didn't get something done, it was not big deal. We're still planning to go next year, but may plan more days out of the parks. Good time to see other things Orlando has to offer. After all, 70 degrees is still better than 20 degrees (although this year was a little chilly for us the first few days.LOL)