HydroGuy
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Because of the recent number of high crowd reports I wanted to give an update on what is happening this week.
We are on our third day in the parks and the crowds are still pretty light. I have kept track of some wait times. Today (Thursday) was another light day. At noon the Splash posted wait time was 45 minutes. Indy at 11:15 was 45 minutes. BTMRR at 9:45Am was 10 minutes. We walked onto Splash at 8:50AM. Yes, that is early, but in the past Splash always seemed to be 20 minutes long by 9AM. And while it is not hot, it is warming up
FP availability was also an indicator of light crowds. Got Indy FPs at 12:30PM today with a return window of 2:45-3:35PM. My summer experience is Indy FP windows are usually after 8PM by noon.
DS15 just called me - he is at DL with DS17 as they slept in and did not need an afternoon break - I am on the balcony of the GCH looking at Grizzly Peak
. It is 2:45PM and the Space Mtn FP window is 9-10PM. He wanted to check if he should pick up another FP set for the whole crew. I told him YES!
DCA is having some wierd traffic patterns because of World of Color, ToT FPs turned off, GRR FP's turned off until mid-day, park hours til 11PM and the PP rides closing at 8PM.
CA Screamin FPs are in higher demand that usual. Wait times yesterday afternoon for CS were 25-30 minutes. A little heavy for summer days but not too bad. TSMM seems heavier this summer than the last two. Maybe because of TS3? Wait times seem to be 45 minutes all day and are not dropping much into the evening.
We have done two Magic Mornings and crowds are light at the gates at 7AM. We arrived Tuesday at security at 6:30AM and were second in line. They held folks at security until 6:45 for some reason and when we got thru we made it to the DL gates first in our line.
So this morning Thursday we just wanted to ride Nemo Subs during MM and I saw no reason to get there at 6:30 again. So we arrived at about 6:45AM and got to the DL gates shortly thereafter. Even so we were about the fifth family in line at our gate. We just missed getting on the first sub and went on the second.
So MM crowds are lighter than I have seen in recent years too.
For those who are not summer regulars let me be clear that I am not saying it is uncrowded this week. I am saying it seems to me to be quite a bit less crowded than normal summer. There are still of people here. But the lines for rides and such are comparatively light. Early arrival and FP usage are still the right approach.
We are on our third day in the parks and the crowds are still pretty light. I have kept track of some wait times. Today (Thursday) was another light day. At noon the Splash posted wait time was 45 minutes. Indy at 11:15 was 45 minutes. BTMRR at 9:45Am was 10 minutes. We walked onto Splash at 8:50AM. Yes, that is early, but in the past Splash always seemed to be 20 minutes long by 9AM. And while it is not hot, it is warming up
FP availability was also an indicator of light crowds. Got Indy FPs at 12:30PM today with a return window of 2:45-3:35PM. My summer experience is Indy FP windows are usually after 8PM by noon.
DS15 just called me - he is at DL with DS17 as they slept in and did not need an afternoon break - I am on the balcony of the GCH looking at Grizzly Peak
. It is 2:45PM and the Space Mtn FP window is 9-10PM. He wanted to check if he should pick up another FP set for the whole crew. I told him YES!DCA is having some wierd traffic patterns because of World of Color, ToT FPs turned off, GRR FP's turned off until mid-day, park hours til 11PM and the PP rides closing at 8PM.
CA Screamin FPs are in higher demand that usual. Wait times yesterday afternoon for CS were 25-30 minutes. A little heavy for summer days but not too bad. TSMM seems heavier this summer than the last two. Maybe because of TS3? Wait times seem to be 45 minutes all day and are not dropping much into the evening.
We have done two Magic Mornings and crowds are light at the gates at 7AM. We arrived Tuesday at security at 6:30AM and were second in line. They held folks at security until 6:45 for some reason and when we got thru we made it to the DL gates first in our line.
So this morning Thursday we just wanted to ride Nemo Subs during MM and I saw no reason to get there at 6:30 again. So we arrived at about 6:45AM and got to the DL gates shortly thereafter. Even so we were about the fifth family in line at our gate. We just missed getting on the first sub and went on the second.
So MM crowds are lighter than I have seen in recent years too.
For those who are not summer regulars let me be clear that I am not saying it is uncrowded this week. I am saying it seems to me to be quite a bit less crowded than normal summer. There are still of people here. But the lines for rides and such are comparatively light. Early arrival and FP usage are still the right approach.
We have reservations at RFC in DTD for 12:30 so maybe I can poke in right before we leave. 
I am always prepared for the busiest crowds, knowing that every day is different!
