Frustrated -December park hours. Who to believe.

[cman]

We're arriving next week. 12/29-1/3. I'm trynig to finish my plans.

The Disney site, DIS, TP and EasyWDW all have conflicting info. Especially for shows\fireworks.

Who do I believe?

Thanks!

 

[hops&dreams]

Josh at Easy WDW has never steered us wrong. We also ran into conflicting info (to vs easy wdw) and followed easy wdw- crowds were light and wait times never over 20 mins.

But keep in mind- we went during value season when crowds are light anyway. We followed josh for our last trip. And it was great.

Ymmv. Good luck!

 

[SmithSmith]

Surprisingly, Easy WDW has conflicting info just on that site. On the calendar Josh has Wishes at 9 pm on 12/30 & 12/31, and doesn't even list the NYE fireworks. However, on the individual daily write ups he lists the 12/30 Wishes at 8:30 & 12/31 Wishes at 7:30. To contrast, Disney scheduled Wishes at 7:30 on both dates.

Personally, I would trust Disney's own schedule.

 

[Robo]

Personally, I would trust Disney's own schedule.

Sorry, but based on over a decade of nearly daily experience, that is one of the least reliable sources on the web.

Yes, of course it CAN be correct (and may be in this case) but, overall, it's not a reliable source.

 

[Dan Murphy]

This is Josh's source document from Disney Travel, always the most accurate.


http://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDWTravelAgent_december.pdf

 

[SmithSmith]

Sorry, but based on over a decade of nearly daily experience, that is one of the least reliable sources on the web.

Yes, of course it CAN be correct (and may be in this case) but, overall, it's not a reliable source.

http://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDWTravelAgent_december.pdf

^ but these schedules are what websites like EasyWDW base their schedules on in the first place.

 

[SmithSmith]

This is Josh's source document from Disney Travel, always the most accurate.


http://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDWTravelAgent_december.pdf

^ What he said.

 

[siskaren]

http://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDWTravelAgent_december.pdf

^ but these schedules are what websites like EasyWDW base their schedules on in the first place.

This schedule does come from Disney, but for some reason they don't do a good job of keeping their own website up to date on changes, which is what Robo is referring to.

 

[Skywise]

But even that PDF says that Wishes is at 7:30 on both 12/30 and 12/31 - I'd be curious where the 8:30 on 12/30 comes from?

 

[SmithSmith]

This schedule does come from Disney, but for some reason they don't do a good job of keeping their own website up to date on changes, which is what Robo is referring to.

I see. I was referring to this one because it's the only one I know. Thanks!

 

[SmithSmith]

But even that PDF says that Wishes is at 7:30 on both 12/30 and 12/31 - I'd be curious where the 8:30 on 12/30 comes from?

That is curious. Maybe a typo?

I find it's usually best to follow Disney's published word. If it's wrong than you can complain to Disney and hope they make it right. If you follow a 3rd party's advice and it happens to be wrong then you have no recourse. If you complain to Disney they'll tell you the only official word comes from Disney, no one else.