How busy are parks.

[youngb1978]

We are booked at CB Oct. 30-Nov. 6..how busy are the parks during this time we have 3 park unlimited so can go to the parks every day. I am really tossed up about upgrading to the Pacific. What's holding me back is after exchange it's 600 more..we have a family suite at CB so if we go to pacific one kid has to sleep on the air mattress and we wouldnt have a fridge and microwave..I don't mind waiting a bit to ride a ride..that 600 could be used for our food and such. So just wondering how busy that week is?

 

[phillymummer]

I was there Nov 7-8, 2015. I was a Saturday and Sunday. Sunday was noticeably more crowded but most of the stand-by times were under a half hour. The exceptions were Gringott's, Forbidden Journey, Despicable me, Hogwart's Express and Pteredon Flyers. At some point in the day they all had waits of 45- 75 minutes, but many times the wait was less. Many rides were 10 minutes or less even during the peak of the day. If you use Early entry, you can get on those rides I mentioned with very little wait. I think you'll be okay staying at CB. I hope more experienced visitors chime in.

EDIT- I want to add that on Sunday, the line for Gringott's didn't get over a half hour until late morning/early afternoon. We didn't get the park until about 9:30 and rode gringott's twice- both times it was about a 20 minute wait. We rode the HE mid -afternoon and the wait was about 30 minutes.

 

[Squirlz]

Looks pretty good according to Touringplans crowd calendar.

Sun, October 30, 2016 3 out of 10
Mon, October 31, 2016 3 out of 10
Tue, November 1, 2016 3 out of 10
Wed, November 2, 2016 3 out of 10
Thu, November 3, 2016 3 out of 10
Fri, November 4, 2016 3 out of 10
Sat, November 5, 2016 4 out of 10
Sun, November 6, 2016 3 out of 10

 

[youngb1978]

That looks pretty good...I have only been to disney. Once was end of April and it didn't seem to busy and once last week of August and it wasn't too bad

 

[dixonsontour]

We did the week before this year and 2014. Crowds were 3/10 in the main. We thought it was very doable with no express with multiple days (did 6 park days)
I'd use early entry or rope drop. Evenings couple of hours before closing were good too. We don't wait for rides maybe 15 mins is my limit. We rode everything we wanted to.
If universal studios is early entry do diagon alley one day, minions one day (always a long line later in day) and ride train to islands to get a head start on hogsmeade - train starts running when islands opens but you have advantage of being dropped off st hogs mead not walking from park entrance with the crowds.
Cabana is a great resort with kids. Morning and evening parks, afternoon in pool would be my vote.