Here now and crowds?

[Mintycake]

hi! Well we’ve been here since Monday and because my dd isn’t feeling good we took today off from the parks. We were planning to have Saturday as our pool day but switched to today. We are staying onsite and plan to use MaxPass. Just really scared of Saturday crowds. Touring plans app says it will be 8/10. . Anything else we can do to help deal?

 

[mom2rtk]

Saturday will likely be very busy. We were there last Saturday (Candlelight Processional day). I highly recommend being there before the early entry rope drop and maximizing your morning. MaxPass will help too.

Our first few hours Saturday were awesome. We were able to keep getting fastpasses later in the day so we got things done, it just wasn't as enjoyable once the crowds set in. We ended up leaving for a couple hours (by monorail which helped) and that gave us some breathing space. Maybe late lunch away from the parks at Goofy's Kitchen or something?

 

[vettegirl]

We were there Sunday-Tuesday and the crowds never died down the whole time we were there. Monday was just as bad as Sunday. I thought it was off season

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

We were there Sunday-Tuesday and the crowds never died down the whole time we were there. Monday was just as bad as Sunday. I thought it was off season

It's definitely not off season, it's holiday time! The week before that was nice though, probably a little gap between the Thanksgiving travelers and the Christmas travelers.

 

[Mintycake]

Saturday will likely be very busy. We were there last Saturday (Candlelight Processional day). I highly recommend being there before the early entry rope drop and maximizing your morning. MaxPass will help too.

Our first few hours Saturday were awesome. We were able to keep getting fastpasses later in the day so we got things done, it just wasn't as enjoyable once the crowds set in. We ended up leaving for a couple hours (by monorail which helped) and that gave us some breathing space. Maybe late lunch away from the parks at Goofy's Kitchen or something?

We plan to be there for early morning and have a lunch reservation at Downtown Disney. Hope to hop to dca after and hope it won’t be as busy.

 

[Mintycake]

We were there Sunday-Tuesday and the crowds never died down the whole time we were there. Monday was just as bad as Sunday. I thought it was off season

I agree. Dlr in particular has been nuts except for first thing in the morning.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

We plan to be there for early morning and have a lunch reservation at Downtown Disney. Hope to hop to dca after and hope it won’t be as busy.

I've gone three times in the last two weeks and DCA has been busy in the evenings I suspect due to people wanting to go to the food festival (that's why I've been there too!).

 

[mom2rtk]

We plan to be there for early morning and have a lunch reservation at Downtown Disney. Hope to hop to dca after and hope it won’t be as busy.

I've gone three times in the last two weeks and DCA has been busy in the evenings I suspect due to people wanting to go to the food festival (that's why I've been there too!).

DCA was busier than I have ever seen it when we were there last Friday. But that park tends to handle the crowds better than DL. And I don't care as much about what I'm missing as I do when I'm at DL in a high crowd.

 

[cmwade77]

We were there Sunday-Tuesday and the crowds never died down the whole time we were there. Monday was just as bad as Sunday. I thought it was off season

There is no such thing as off season anymore, it is really a choice of:

• Crowded
• More Crowded
• Very Crowded
• Extremely Crowded
• HELP! I can't move!

Disney really needs to cut maximum capacity by about 30% from what it is currently considered to be and then crowds would be more manageable on the busiest days. To avoid crowds, the best bet is to go at rope drop on Saturday mornings these days.