emilyrachael
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2009
They moved the opening on party days to 8am in November as well....and I'm even going on a week that's supposed to be not as crowded (between Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.)
Yeah, I imagine there were some complaints because the Christmas parties start at 6pm instead 7pm this year. I don't think it's crowd related, because the non-party days retain the 9am opening.They moved the opening on party days to 8am in November as well....and I'm even going on a week that's supposed to be not as crowded (between Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.)
We are here now - currently at MK. We have been here since 8:45 - watched he castle show and then headed off to rides. Touring Plans updated and told us to head to 7DMT instead of fantasy land when we were at the morning show so we did / but the line was insane so we bailed and went to Buzz. Got in line for Buzz with a 5 min wait. Next went to Space. Touring Plans predicted a 15 min wait or so - posted was 30. We are no where near riding and have been here for 48 minutes now. At 9:55 or so they finally opened up the second track.
I don't mind crowds so much but I believe these waits are artificially inflated by Disney choices to save labor $$...that's going to make me write a letter if this keeps up for our entire trip. They know how crowded things are going to be and could definitely do more.
Even worse with free dining offers.Easier to get restaurants too. Harder in the winter with shortened hours
DHS today Monday 10/16 was beyond packed. We called it quits after 4 hours. Too many issues all around. It just wasn’t worth it.
I just feel that DHS is going to be awful (and getting worse) until Toy Story Land opens. That will at least give two more attractions, another restaurant and more LAND for the guests to spread out into.
With only 4 true "rides" and a very small area that guests are packed into, DHS is just awful right now...
Could be. As of 10:25am, the Lines app shows Space Mtn with 70min posted and 42min expected.
We were there last week. That Wednesday Oct 11th was especially insane. We slept in (after going to the party the night before) and had scheduled our fast passes starting that evening. I mean, when you see the wait for the carousel is 40 min you know there are going to be issues lol.
I was there with you... Yeah that was unreal for me. 55 minute wait for Small World, 115 for Peter Pan... you, me, and everyone else on the planet all had the same idea to go to MK that day. We spent the morning at DHS and our first FP was for MK at 3pm.... woo boy. Lucky I at least had those lined up because I never would have convinced DH to wait for any of the coaster lines.
Wowza! We went in June (granted it was the beginning but still) and 3 Caballeros had zero wait and we actually just stayed in the boat and rode again!We just returned from our trip Oct 10-18, and yes, I'm officially done with October (which makes me sad bc it was our 3rd October trip). We rope dropped almost every day and use FP wisely, so we did get to experience all the major rides (did FOP twice, it is really fantastic), but just the sea of humanity everywhere, combined with the hotter than normal temps made it unpleasant. Of course we had fun (it's Disney World!), but I just wouldn't choose to go again at this time of year. When the 3 caballeros has a 25-30 min wait time, you know something is wrong.
Wowza! We went in June (granted it was the beginning but still) and 3 Caballeros had zero wait and we actually just stayed in the boat and rode again!
We are here now and the crowds are high. We are managing due to a long trip and lots of fast pass opportunities. I find that the fast pass lines are longer than I've ever seen. Today at 12:15 we hopped in the fast pass lane at the Safari. It snaked out into Harambe and was going to be a significant wait. We bailed and will try again next week. Our flight of Passage fast pass had us wait about 20 min. Still having fun, but it's not like October trips of past years. We were here the first week of August and it was dead compared to this. Didn't wait in any lines that week.
Wowza! We went in June (granted it was the beginning but still) and 3 Caballeros had zero wait and we actually just stayed in the boat and rode again!