We were there 10/9-10/14 and I can second that insane crowd level. Granted, it's been a while since we've gone in the fall, and maybe we just ended up traveling with the pack, but there were just so many people. I will say that ride wait times were manageable (with the exceptions of SDMT, Peter Pan and Space Mountain), but trying to walk anywhere felt like you had to maneuver through walls of humanity. We only went to MK and EP.
Notes related to recent discussions here:
- MK bathrooms were consistently disgusting across the park. Not just "not up to Disney standards" - disgusting. There was literal poop smeared all over the floor at the Pinoccio bathrooms at one point. I've never seen them in that bad of shape before. I didn't see a single overflowing trashcan in the park though.
- The Tomorrowland rocks look really nice in person. They fit in well with the new paint scheme.
- There seemed to be some sort of FastPass testing or issues happening in Tomorrowland around Buzz Lightyear and Splash Mountain on 10/12 and 13 - not sure if anyone has heard anything about that? We had long FastPass return lines both days; it didn't seem to be an issue earlier in the day.
- Epcot was very crowded, and many of the adults I saw were well on their way to stumbling drunk. Every single bathroom in the world showcase had a line starting at 4pm and increasing through the night. It was rather disappointing - not a scene I was very proud to show my kids. I don't feel the need to ever go back during F&W.
- New Soarin' was cute. We were seated on the far left side which gave a huge curve to everything on the screen - the Eiffel Tower looked like the front end of a parentheses . ( I don't remember that being an issue with the California version, but maybe I just never rode it that far to the side. Anyone else have that experience?
