Is it just me or has attendance been down?

[randumb0]

I usually visit parks on the weekend and show up in the afternoon. I normally expect to park near the back of the parking lot especially at MK but it has not been the case. Is anyone else noticing the same thing?

 

[MillauFr]

Well I would expect Summer to be among the slowest times of the year. The weather is horrible down there from May to October.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

I haven't noticed lines or waits to be down. Maybe cars have been fewer but I'm not sure fewer cars equates to fewer guests. Maybe just fewer are driving?

 

[Aprilshack]

If the parks can be empty between August 31st and September 7th, that would be lovely!

 

[randumb0]

If the parks can be empty between August 31st and September 7th, that would be lovely!

They probably will be. That is one of the slowest periods of the year

 

[Narcoossee11]

Still crowded.... Guest are not driving , at least NOT to MK

 

[Smugpugmug]

My parents are local APs and they absolutely refuse to go to the parks until the weather cools down, so around November. It's just too hot for them to walk around a crowded park. I wonder if other locals feel the same way...? The parks are still packed judging by wait times but there are maybe less people driving.

 

[Maria_Ohana]

Are you noticing it during certain times of the day, esp with the afternoon storms?

 

[goofyernmost]

I think you guys are forgetting that the majority of people that are bringing their kids to WDW have no choice but to go in the summer when the kids are out of school. Summer has always been the busiest time of the year for the parks because of that. If you lived in New England like I did, we had a mid-winter school break at the end of February and that is when we would go. The drive down to Orlando on I-95 was like a parade of cars with New England and New York licence plates. So it may be that it is a little slow and, of course, the temps have been record highs.

 

[TraderStitch]

Was there beginning of July and MK was a typical mad house.

 

[Aprilshack]

They probably will be. That is one of the slowest periods of the year

I don’t think there is going to be much slowdown as a lot of people will still be going to make up for Covid cancellations.

 

[Dsny4fun]

If the parks can be empty between August 31st and September 7th, that would be lovely!

I've gone a few times during that week and it's usually pretty empty...Enjoy your trip!

 

[johnnyblz20]

I've gone a few times during that week and it's usually pretty empty...Enjoy your trip!

I’d love to know when the parks have been empty this summer? Lines for anything decent are insane at all times.

 

[Douglas Dubh]

I’d love to know when the parks have been empty this summer? Lines for anything decent are insane at all times.

The poster didn’t say it’s been empty this summer. They said the first week of September usually isn’t busy.

 

[goofyernmost]

I don’t think there is going to be much slowdown as a lot of people will still be going to make up for Covid cancellations.

When did this become a fact. All the years I have been going to the place summer has always been the time when the crowds where the biggest. I know it's hot, but it has always been hot and humid in Florida in the summer months. The only time I ever heard of it being busier would be between Christmas and New Years.

EDIT: I used the wrong quote. I was trying to quote the one that said that summer time was always not the busy time of the year, that, in my mind, and past history I believe is incorrect. Anyway my apologies for any confusion.

 

[Pinnochio]

With all respect, It's you.

 

[Bibbidi_Boo]

I don’t think there is going to be much slowdown as a lot of people will still be going to make up for Covid cancellations.

There is going to be, have you seen what the economy is doing? People may want to travel but they won't able to afford it, people are already starting to slow down and reevaluate plans.

 

[Aprilshack]

There is going to be, have you seen what the economy is doing? People may want to travel but they won't able to afford it, people are already starting to slow down and reevaluate plans.

I'm talking about people who have had to cancel already paid for holidays and have had to rearrange, especially those from abroad. After this Summer is done, perhaps attendance will drop and pick up a little at Christmas and take a nose dive from the new year?

 

[Bibbidi_Boo]

I'm talking about people who have had to cancel already paid for holidays and have had to rearrange, especially those from abroad. After this Summer is done, perhaps attendance will drop and pick up a little at Christmas and take a nose dive from the new year?

By the end of summer most of those people will have done their trips, there will be a few left over holiday periods but the majority are done now.

 

[johnnyblz20]

The poster didn’t say it’s been empty this summer. They said the first week of September usually isn’t busy.

Yep re read. My bad.