Here. Now- so empty at MK

[Neelloc]

I'm not sure what some people consider LOW crowds, but we have been here all week and the crowds are much bigger than expected for us. I would say the crowds are more moderate this week than low. Triceratops Spin had a 20 minute wait yesterday at AK and the Fastpasses for Toy Story were gone today at 10:45 am. We always travel during low crowd weeks and have never even seem a line for triceratops - crazy. Most of the headliners have had 40 minute more waits. The shops and the walkways are just mobbed with people. Downtown Disney is a zoo right now.

I have to agree with you. The people who are sharing low crowd reports are the ones getting to parks at rope drop and the leaving by mid afternoon, or going to MK on a party day. We have a shorter trip trying to cram a lot in, do making rope drop isn't an option. But we are arriving mid morning and staying til park close (and beyond. Our Adr's have kept us late. )

We know what low crowds are like. We usually go right after Labor Day. I'd agree with the assessment that these are moderate crowds. We went to DTD this am and it was busy. I experienced the same busy this morning at 10:30am that I'd experience on a night at DTD in September. We stopped at POFQ and talked to the concierge. She said they were 100% booked for tonight and only had a handful of rooms for tomorrow.

Ride waits are longer and I agree that there are just more people out and about. Oh, and we are going for the recommended parks. Wednesday was not recommended for MK but it was the day we wanted to see MSEP and we had snagged a BOG ADR.

 

[CarolineB]

I was at HS today until 2:30 p.m. At 9:45 a.m., the Jedi sign up was for either 7:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. except for standby which was at spot 16. At 10:30 a.m., the Toy Story standby line said 70 minutes but only took 45 minutes including the ride time (the fast pass distribution time was for 6-7 p.m.)

Around 12, backstage tour was a 10 minute wait and the 4 people in the show were from our group so that was lots of fun. This quick serve line for lunch near the backstage tour didn't have a line so that was a plus too.

At 2:15 p.m., ToT was a 10 minute standby and RnR was 20 minute standby.

I left the park at 2:30 and there was plenty of curb room for the 3:00 parade at the entrance to the park.

 

[ktlm]

I have to agree with you. The people who are sharing low crowd reports are the ones getting to parks at rope drop and the leaving by mid afternoon, or going to MK on a party day..

Sorry, but I can't agree with you. We have been the week after Thanksgiving the last 4 years, and until today it has been the lowest crowds we have ever seen. Sunday night the Osborne light crowd was very low during EMH. We were at Epcot from open to close on Monday and never waited long for anything. Even Soarin was Only 20 minutes mid morning. We were at MK from rope drop to 11:00 pm. on Tues and never waited longer than 10 minutes for anything other than Merida during regular hours and phineas and ferb during MVMCP. MVMCP was the least crowded we have ever been to. We walked into the Princess room with no wait which has never happened before. We returned to MK Wednesday and I thought it would probably be more crowded, but it wasn't. Other than one issue we never waited more than 10 minutes for anything and we hardly used fast pass because the lines weren't long enough to bother Around 3 or so the line for Space Mountain was 10 minutes, but the ride went down right when we got in line. That wound up being around 25 or 30 minutes and the line did spike up and get long behind us because of the backlog. I think it was posted at 60 minutes for a little bit after that. Today DHS was more crowded, but Star Tours was still walk on this afternoon, and RNRC was only 25 minutes and TOT 10 minutes. TSM was insane though...80 minutes...and the show crowds were pretty full.

 

[Neelloc]

Sorry, but I can't agree with you. We have been the week after Thanksgiving the last 4 years, and until today it has been the lowest crowds we have ever seen. Sunday night the Osborne light crowd was very low during EMH. We were at Epcot from open to close on Monday and never waited long for anything. Even Soarin was Only 20 minutes mid morning. We were at MK from rope drop to 11:00 pm. on Tues and never waited longer than 10 minutes for anything other than Merida during regular hours and phineas and ferb during MVMCP. MVMCP was the least crowded we have ever been to. We walked into the Princess room with no wait which has never happened before. We returned to MK Wednesday and I thought it would probably be more crowded, but it wasn't. Other than one issue we never waited more than 10 minutes for anything and we hardly used fast pass because the lines weren't long enough to bother Around 3 or so the line for Space Mountain was 10 minutes, but the ride went down right when we got in line. That wound up being around 25 or 30 minutes and the line did spike up and get long behind us because of the backlog. I think it was posted at 60 minutes for a little bit after that. Today DHS was more crowded, but Star Tours was still walk on this afternoon, and RNRC was only 25 minutes and TOT 10 minutes. TSM was insane though...80 minutes...and the show crowds were pretty full.

We didn't arrive until Wednesday so I cannot compare crowds before that. To me (and to my DH) it is more crowded than we expected. I have the "right after labor day" mindset, which means ghost town lol but there are more people here than that. I've also been to Wdw during Easter and this is certainly not that crowd level but there's more people than I thought there would be.

With that said its just DH and I. No touring plan this trip so it's go where we feel like when we feel like it. But walking around there are more people around in general. TP put HS at a 5 crowd level today. I totally agree with that

 

[palmtreelover08]

Friday we went to HS for rope drop - grabbed fast passes for Tsm- rode RNR, star wars, TGMR , and used FP for TSM- also waited half hour to see wreck it Ralp and grabbed another FP for TSM for 4:55-5:55. We grabbed the fasts pass around 10:15-10:30am. We left the park and went to AK. Grabbed FP for Everest, ate lunch at Dino place, rode dinosaur, and primeval whirl, then Everest. Went and got a milkshake , shopped and went back to HS. We grabbed FP for RNR, waited 20 minutes to see new POTC show (pretty cool and DD was picked to hold the key ).used FP from earlier to ride TSM again, saw little mermaid show, rode RNR.by now it was 5:00pm. We ate at pizza planet then were on Streets of America in time for light pre- show. After first set of dancing lights we got in line for photopass picture under light canopy. We watched the lights until about 7:30 and were out of there . Only waits we had were the new POC and Ralph-

This planned worked for us because we have been here before- not sure if it would be a good plan for first timers. One "new " item at the light show was Santa Goofy where the Nativity scene was last year- that line was about 15-20 groups deep.

Lots of cheerleaders at HS yesterday but all were very well behaved, well supervised and we had no issues at all.


Today- Epcot
Tomorrow MK and back to NJ.

 

[aubriee]

I went last year the week after Thanksgiving, arriving the Saturday after Thanksgiving and leaving nine days later, (the next Sunday). I was shocked at how empty all the parks were that week. As an AP holder I go to WDW 4-6 times a year. I always go in Sept, sometimes in Oct for F&W, then first or second week of Dec, and then the first or second week of May, then sometimes throw in a Jan or Feb trip. Last year was the first time I had ever been the week after Thanksgiving. Both WDW and Universal were dead after the weekend that week. I went again this year in Oct for F&W and was not pleased with the crowds, so next year will be back the week after Thanksgiving.

 

[LaurieN]

Sorry, but I can't agree with you. We have been the week after Thanksgiving the last 4 years, and until today it has been the lowest crowds we have ever seen. Sunday night the Osborne light crowd was very low during EMH. We were at Epcot from open to close on Monday and never waited long for anything. Even Soarin was Only 20 minutes mid morning. We were at MK from rope drop to 11:00 pm. on Tues and never waited longer than 10 minutes for anything other than Merida during regular hours and phineas and ferb during MVMCP. MVMCP was the least crowded we have ever been to. We walked into the Princess room with no wait which has never happened before. We returned to MK Wednesday and I thought it would probably be more crowded, but it wasn't. Other than one issue we never waited more than 10 minutes for anything and we hardly used fast pass because the lines weren't long enough to bother Around 3 or so the line for Space Mountain was 10 minutes, but the ride went down right when we got in line. That wound up being around 25 or 30 minutes and the line did spike up and get long behind us because of the backlog. I think it was posted at 60 minutes for a little bit after that. Today DHS was more crowded, but Star Tours was still walk on this afternoon, and RNRC was only 25 minutes and TOT 10 minutes. TSM was insane though...80 minutes...and the show crowds were pretty full.

I have to agree with you, we've been this week 3 out of the last 4 years and have found it much lighter than the past! Toy Story Mania has been the only real crazy wait time all week. Went to MVMCP on Tuesday and was very surprised how empty it was, very reasonable wait times for most characters (e don't visit Princesses so I don't know about them) even the line for the dwarves was under an hour.
I did notice a big difference in the crowds at MK last night prior to the party, but I assume it was do to the parade taping and all the dance team families spending the day there.
Laurie

 

[WilsonFlyer]

It won't be empty todaaaaaayyyyyyy!

 

[jcmaro]

I thought it was waaaay more crowded than when we went the same time 2years ago. 45min for Big Thunder, 90 for Tower of Terror, 120 for Toy Story, 60 for Soarin', horrible lines for buses, they didn't even have anyone do the show for the Backlot tour because it had a 20-30 minute wait. Looking at different times of the year for the next trip because it's just getting too crowded for our tastes.

 

[pjew]

I sure hope its not as busy next year the week after Thanksgiving since it falls the first week of December.

 

[North of Mouse]

We too have been here since the Tues. after Thanksgiving (27th) and the crowds are low to us. We have been here every season of the year, and this is definitely the lowest.

Walked on most of the attractions at MK Tues-Fri. We went to parks early morning and couldn't believe how easy it was to walk around. The crowds have been more crowded for the week end, but expect them to be low again for the coming week. Even at 10:00 this morn. - walked right on Splash Mtn. 0 wait time. Loving it!