How are the crowds right now??

[annie1995]

I'm sure the TS and CS places are a mad house, but how are the rest of the parks?? I am so hoping the lines will not be crazy

 

[twitch]

We were there Sept 1-8 (in the parks from Sept 2-7). My experiences during that time indicated that the better touring strategy was to do early morning EMH, and skip the evening EMH (in fact, do a different park). We did AM EMH in the MK one day, and did 15 attractions (plus a TS lunch at TOny's) before 2:00PM. We didn't wait in a line more than 5 minutes that day.

The rest of the week was very manageable, but we hit a couple of PM EMHs, and wished that we had done something different those nights...the lines were 45-70 minutes....so we didn't wait, but went back to the hotel.

We did have to wait substantially for meals, but we did have an 11:55am at TOny's where we got seated right away. We had to wait 20-30 minutes for most of our TS ADRs. We tried to avoid standard meal times, but still ran into lines at CS restaurants, even at 2:30 in the afternoon. It seemed that if you could time your meals for earlier slots, it might be better.

 

[danny1649]

That is good information to share,Thank you for posting

 

[twitch]

Hey... i'm a mousketeer now...

when did that happen?

 

[schewy]

I ususally go every year aournd the middle of September. Traditionally the lines are never long and sometimes the fast pass lines are not open becuase there is not a need. I am hoping it remains the same this year when I arrive on the 16th.

 

[maciemouse]

We were there from Sept 1-7. We did not ever have a problem with our TS meals. We were seated promptly. We ate at H&V, Kona Cafe, ESPN, Princess breakfast in Norway, and Liberty Tree Tavern. We did wait about 5 minutes for LTT before being seated. Counter service was always pretty busy so we always ate at the resort. The longest we waited for rides was 45 minutes for the speedway and 40 minutes for Safari in Animal Kingdom. We did not do big rides because I have small children. On Thursday we did a fast pass for Peter Pan and Winnie the Pooh. Peter pan had a 50 minute wait and Winnie the pooh had a 40 minute wait. I can tell you that every CM we encountered was so nice. I did not see line cutting or anything like that on this trip. It was pleasant!