Park Capacity for June Just Went Up

[helloconnie]

June was showing yellow and grey across the board. Now most days are green!!! Increased park capacity!

 

[Heather07438]

• May 30, 2021 – Disney’s Beach Club Resort
• June 6, 2021 – Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Late July 2021 – Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

Makes sense with more hotels reopening. Guests need a park to visit.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Could be increased capacity. Could also be reshuffling of categories or cancellations. Only Disney knows for sure!

 

[helloconnie]

Could be increased capacity. Could also be reshuffling of categories or cancellations. Only Disney knows for sure!

Well, considering almost all the days in June were yellow and June 7 & 8 were grey, now they are all green, something big happened. I was watching June 6 because it is our last day and we wanted MK but it was booked, along with DHS. Now they are both available.

 

[Makmak]

Well, considering almost all the days in June were yellow and June 7 & 8 were grey, now they are all green, something big happened. I was watching June 6 because it is our last day and we wanted MK but it was booked, along with DHS. Now they are both available.

I support your theory. Especially because there’s an article on the news thread that discusses the increasing number of cast members being recalled.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Well, considering almost all the days in June were yellow and June 7 & 8 were grey, now they are all green, something big happened. I was watching June 6 because it is our last day and we wanted MK but it was booked, along with DHS. Now they are both available.

It’s definitely possible they increased it, I just know we’ve seen lots of days over the past few months go from yellow or grey to green, while they still claimed to be at 35%. Hopefully if they did increase capacity they’ll start to open more in the parks to absorb the crowds.

 

[focusondisney]

Well they certain had to do something. Parks at capacity 2 months ahead doesn’t really make for good public relations. And 3 more hotels opening, it is time to do something. I assume more restaurants, many of the shows & I would expect some decrease in the social distancing... maybe going down to 3 feet in lines. Now to see what they do with ride vehicle seating.

 

[ChrisM]

From my (admittedly casual) observations as to park pass availability over the past few months, it seems to me they don't make the entire allotment available that far ahead.

So they may not have increased max capacity yet, but are just making more slots available intermittently.

 

[helloconnie]

From my (admittedly casual) observations as to park pass availability over the past few months, it seems to me they don't make the entire allotment available that far ahead.

So they may not have increased max capacity yet, but are just making more slots available intermittently.

That makes sense.

 

[luv2cheer92]

Yea, we've been seeing this happen lots for months now without capacity increasing. Sure, it could be increasing, but I wouldn't just make that assumption.

 

[tcherjen]

I was so glad to see this post earlier!!! I was able to switch our HS day!

 

[TikiRob]

This availability is giving me hives. Now I feel like I need to reshuffle our whole itinerary...

 

[glocon]

Does anyone know what positions the recalled cast members were brought back for?

 

[mamaofsix]

Yea, we've been seeing this happen lots for months now without capacity increasing. Sure, it could be increasing, but I wouldn't just make that assumption.

I'm curious how we know they haven't been slowly increasing capacity the past month or two? The last announcement from Disney confirming they were operating at 35% was many months ago. Even then, Disney made no promises to make more announcements when they chose to increase capacity. They could increase it back up to 100% without saying a word about it.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

I'm curious how we know they haven't been slowly increasing capacity the past month or two? The last announcement from Disney confirming they were operating at 35% was many months ago. Even then, Disney made no promises to make more announcements when they chose to increase capacity. They could increase it back up to 100% without saying a word about it.

I'm not the poster you quoted but I'll give my 2 cents. I agree it's unlikely that they will announce when they increase capacity, but alongside the increase we should see the opening of more things inside (and outside) the parks. More shows, attractions, restaurants, shops, etc. Otherwise we'd see a noticeable increase in wait times and a lot more complaints about crowds, which we haven't seen yet. I do think it's possible that May/June has increased and we'll start to hear about some park re-openings tied to that.

 

[jlwhitney]

I'm not the poster you quoted but I'll give my 2 cents. I agree it's unlikely that they will announce when they increase capacity, but alongside the increase we should see the opening of more things inside (and outside) the parks. More shows, attractions, restaurants, shops, etc. Otherwise we'd see a noticeable increase in wait times and a lot more complaints about crowds, which we haven't seen yet. I do think it's possible that May/June has increased and we'll start to hear about some park re-openings tied to that.

Good Points. I do see capacity increasing sometime by the 4th and I don't see them announcing it. This summer will be interesting to see how things play out.

 

[mamaofsix]

I'm not the poster you quoted but I'll give my 2 cents. I agree it's unlikely that they will announce when they increase capacity, but alongside the increase we should see the opening of more things inside (and outside) the parks. More shows, attractions, restaurants, shops, etc. Otherwise we'd see a noticeable increase in wait times and a lot more complaints about crowds, which we haven't seen yet. I do think it's possible that May/June has increased and we'll start to hear about some park re-openings tied to that.

Oh, interesting. I would have said we've seen a massive increase in wait times, crowds and complaints during this March and April compared to December / New Year when parks were similarly "booked solid."

It certainly seems as though the capacity has been incrementally upped since the Christmas holidays without more things opening up to absorb those crowds?

 

[jbock]

Oh, interesting. I would have said we've seen a massive increase in wait times, crowds and complaints during this March and April compared to December / New Year when parks were similarly "booked solid."

It certainly seems as though the capacity has been incrementally upped since the Christmas holidays without more things opening up to absorb those crowds?

I have reservations booked the last week of June. I've been waiting to think about a few things:
Is it worth it to stay on property if no FP, no EMH aside from the 30 mins. (So do I save $$$$$ and stay offsite)
Is it worth it to even go at all if there are no FPs AND lines are horrible?

Topics for another thread, I know. But related to capacity, I do know that during my week of stay I've watched carefully and seen it go from complete open avail in all open resorts when I first booked to, particularly in the last week or two, dwindling inventory down to AoA, CB, and SSR as the only options. So people definitely are filling up slots - at resorts that I COULD book on earlier dates when parks were completely unavailable on the reservation system. So unless a bunch of people are staying on site & not going to parks, and/or fewer locals are booking AP / dated tix spots, there's definitely capacity increase.

 

[appledown]

Topics for another thread, I know. But related to capacity, I do know that during my week of stay I've watched carefully and seen it go from complete open avail in all open resorts when I first booked to, particularly in the last week or two, dwindling inventory down to AoA, CB, and SSR as the only options. So people definitely are filling up slots - at resorts that I COULD book on earlier dates when parks were completely unavailable on the reservation system. So unless a bunch of people are staying on site & not going to parks, and/or fewer locals are booking AP / dated tix spots, there's definitely capacity increase.

I think that's entirely possible. On the other hand, the fact that rooms are filling up could also be used to support the argument that they shifted AP reservations over to resort guests to accommodate the increase in people booking rooms.

 

[jbock]

I think that's entirely possible. On the other hand, the fact that rooms are filling up could also be used to support the argument that they shifted AP reservations over to resort guests to accommodate the increase in people booking rooms.

Well played.