**July 2025 Check-in Thread!**

[MonocularVision]

Can a more experienced DL visitor answer this question. We're going to be at DLR July 27, 27 and 29. Right now, the reservation calendar for single day, Imagine and Inspire keys show all these dates still available. Is that an indication that park days could be lighter?

The best way to answer this question is “Why are you asking?” Are you planning on changing your trip/reservations if the answer is “No”? If not and you will be going regardless, it is best to have a plan and go in with that plan over pre-worrying over how busy it might be. The only thing that could do is set you up for disappointment. You never know with DL these days.

 

[LKing]

Can a more experienced DL visitor answer this question. We're going to be at DLR July 27, 27 and 29. Right now, the reservation calendar for single day, Imagine and Inspire keys show all these dates still available. Is that an indication that park days could be lighter?

Imagine and Enchant are blocked most of the summer. Were you referring to Inspire & Believe?

MK have been open all summer. Yesterday it was so crowded in Disneyland that you couldn't walk, yet MK reservations were open all day.

 

[Erin M]

Can a more experienced DL visitor answer this question. We're going to be at DLR July 27, 27 and 29. Right now, the reservation calendar for single day, Imagine and Inspire keys show all these dates still available. Is that an indication that park days could be lighter?

Take this with a grain of salt, but I just checked dining reservations for those dates as we will also be there, and there was almost full availability. Only Blue Bayou was booked out. I remember a time when you had to scramble at 60 days to get a Cafe Orleans or Lamplighter reservation. Now, it’s been a year since my last visit, so things are probably different, but it seems odd to me that so many reservations are available this close.

Even this coming Monday has quite a bit still available.

Things change in an instant though, so maybe things will pick up. As a locals park it’s a little more of a free for all.

 

[katyringo]

5 sleeps for a trip I already postponed for 6 weeks...::!!

 

[maleficent55]

5 sleeps for a trip I already postponed for 6 weeks...::!!

So exciting! 6 sleeps for us!

Wishing you a very magical trip, what’s the first thing you envision yourself doing after entering the parks?

 

[momtohms]

5 sleeps for a trip I already postponed for 6 weeks...::!!

Yay! We’re right there with you! 4 sleeps until we leave for CA, 5 sleeps until our first Disney park day!!

 

[katyringo]

So exciting! 6 sleeps for us!

Wishing you a very magical trip, what’s the first thing you envision yourself doing after entering the parks?

Actually a really good friend of mine whose lives in another state is going to be there for a work conference. My first day is her last day so we are meeting at DCA for the evening. No set plans...

 

[LKing]

No set plans...

Aren't you a Lamplight nacho fan?

 

[katyringo]

Aren't you a Lamplight nacho fan?

Oh yes- I have no set plans the first night- but have reservations for boardwalk the next day

 

[Wilcojoe]

One more sleep (here at The Knotts Hotel) before we check in at the DLH tomorrow morning for EE. Had a great day at Knotts yesterday after flying in from Dallas yesterday morning. The Fast Pass was worth every bit of the $118. I was super skeptical of paying that much but we never waited more than 5 minutes and hit every major ride in the park (some 3x). The regular lines were between 60-90 minutes after the first hour. We also bought the all day dining package and joked that they should have a fast pass for that too. We did not get our moneys worth on that as the food and drink lines were insane. Really makes you appreciate the operations (specifically mobile ordering) at Disney after experiencing that.

Very impressed by the price point and convenience of The Knotts Hotel. Makes for a great beginning to a Disney vacay.