Here now and things are great!

[MinnieMSue]

Arrived Tuesday evening and went to MK Wednesday and AK Thanksgiving. Hitting Eocot today. So surprised how great it is! Yes walkways are crowded and lines can be long but we have been so lucky. Pop busses have been plentiful. When we were at the bus stops there had continuous articulated busses to MK. Waited 10 min for AK bus and return trip I new we just missed AK bus to Pop and one came back within 10 min. Only saw three or less standing on all busses even counting return from MK post second parade. Attitudes have been great - maybe because it isn't so hot. Have not seen anyone at FP scanners turned away or holding up lines. Chatted with lots of families and cast members from all over. No hard core planning but did hit rope drop at MK - they did welcome show early and freed us into the park 10 min early. Didn't hit AK rope drop but no regrets there. Only thing we wanted to do outside FP was primeval whirl and that was 10 min wait. Lion king without FP - arrived 15 min early and got right in. Dtr rode Everest 5 times single rider and once with me FP. Hit the pool at pop - a little chilly with the wind but relaxing. Honestly enjoying this trip more than any previous - just relaxing and letting the Disney happen. We haven't gotten any "extra" pixie dust but don't care - having so much fun.

 

[anniemae]

Thats great, I heard yesterday was not that bad at all. I checked my app at around 5:00, now granted it was dinner time, but the wait times at MK were not bad at all. Many around 30 mins.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

We are here as well. Our observations have been the same.

 

[bmalonef45]

Agree with all above. Weekend before and Monday seemed much worse than the last two days. Weather is AMAZING and the crowds are manageable!

 

[wdw4rfam]

Same here, was expecting so much worse. Buses are great too. We defiantly all voted that we can handle crowds over heat any day, this is great. No more September trips for us. Love this time of year

 

[MinnieMSue]

One glitch today though. We have FP for Soarin and did rope drop rush to test track with 1000 of our closest friends only to discover it was down! Waited it out and finally opened around 910-915. Got on within minutes of ride open and now in FP line for Soarin.

 

[Accident]

Honestly enjoying this trip more than any previous - just relaxing and letting the Disney happen. We haven't gotten any "extra" pixie dust but don't care - having so much fun.

I had a similar experience last year when it was a spontaneous no time to plan trip. We just enjoyed the place, took it what we could and it was the best trip ever. We've starting going a lot more often and that touring style just works really well for us. It probably won't be perfect the entire time but just relax, take it in, go where the day takes you and the occasional glitch is just an opportunity to try something else.

 

[krc99080]

So glad you're having a wonderful trip! I'm very much looking forward to my Disney trip this coming week and hoping we can give the same report.

 

[DisneyPups]

I know a lot can change in 9 days, but how are the temps?

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I know a lot can change in 9 days, but how are the temps?

Nice! Chilly evening on Wednesday, but near 80 today. Don't recall lows, but I don't like chilly and didn't even need a jacket this morning.

 

[Planogirl]

I just checked one of the Apps and it looks like it might be busier today. I hope that it stays relatively quiet for you though!

 

[MinnieMSue]

I know a lot can change in 9 days, but how are the temps?

Perfect temps! A couple less than 5 min rains Wed and Thurs. highs near 80 and lovely breezes. Have worn shorts and tshirts whole time. Did put a jacket on after swimming in the evening because the wind was chilly. Haven't broken a sweat yet!

 

[MinnieMSue]

I just checked one of the Apps and it looks like it might be busier today. I hope that it stays relatively quiet for you though!

Yes Epcot is pretty busy. We have never had such nice weather so we enjoyed walking all the way around the countries. My daughter is in single rider line for TT - the main line is 165 minutes! Single rider said 80 but she has been in 30 and getting on next

 

[Smile4Me]

We will be there tomorrow! Great to hear that the weather is so nice! Glad you are having a great trip!

 

[anniemae]

IMO November is the BEST weather. Not scorching hot. Just warm in the afternoon and cooler at night. Best weather for park touring IMO.

 

[jinsally]

Here as well since yesterday. Looking at the TP crowd levels of previous few days ( 10 of 10 at ALL 4 parks!) we were prepared for the worst but we actually managed to do quite well! We got to MK yesterday around 4:30 -5PM Yes, it's crowded but we started out with knock it off the list rides (LOL) such as stitch, monsters. inc, people movers then went to speedyway with fastpass. We were sprinkled with pixie dust by an amazing CM who noticed my son's birthday button with same name as his.... who gave us one free fastpass for any attraction that day!!! (we of course used it for 7 dwarf ) We rode speedway then did barnstormer, dumbo and teacup. We had 7:40PM BOG dinner so we eat dinner (and met the beast). Rushed our dinner a bit to make it to Wishes! then we did Winnie the Pooh with FP, Electrical parade near liberty bell, then haunted mansion and peter pan with FP, 7 dwarf with special FP, met mickey at the town hall and headed to hotel at 11:45PM

No rope drop this morning, arrived at MK around 10:30am, did Aladdin with FP, Swiss tree house, shootin' arcade, jungle cruise with FP, tiki room, dole whip then train from frontier to fantasy, met donald and goofy, rode buzz with FP, got 4th FP ( PoC), ate lunch, saw the Festival parade and back to hotel for a quick swim and nap.

After dinner, we plan to head back to MK to use our FP and finish of MK for the rides we missed.

The only time I felt the crowded was when we saw the wishes last night, when we were buying lunch today and during the 3pm parade. It's really not that bad at all!

 

[ols386]

I am here now too. It's been great. Doesn't seem anymore crowded than it normally would be. Weather is fantastic.

 

[MinnieMSue]

This has really been one of my most enjoyable trips. I cannot believe the bus service. Rarely has anyone had to stand on any of our Pop busses! They must really push out the busses at peak park times. Well gotta get to sleep - very early and long day at HS

 

[famy27]

We were there Sat-Thurs. Saturday and Sunday were fine, but Monday and Tuesday were VERY crowded (10 out of 10 on crowd level). Wednesday was not quite as bad, and yesterday was actually even better than Wednesday. The weird thing was that the crowd calendars were all predicting 4-5 for Tuesday. Not so much.

 

[CynBeth]

Today is our last day. We have been here since 11/20. We did a split stay between Poly and AKL and the bus system was great. It was a lot more crowded than we were here the same week 4 years ago but manageable. This was our first time ever getting a FP and we were so glad we did. When there was a 2 hour standby wait for Soarin' we got on in 30 minutes. Some of our other FP rides I noticed for standby were at least an hour and we got on either right away or in a few minutes. I noticed the lines for the FP kiosks were super long so we did not bother trying to get the 4th after we used the 3 but no big deal as we have done just about everything we have wanted to. We met a lot of nice people and had an amazing time.