They didn’t publish numbers in the past so really no one has ever known how many people were max capacity. Even if you knew percentage it didn’t do much good without knowing max capacity numberDoubt Disney will publish future capacity % since that could be used by places like Universal to their advantage. Assume it will generally be crowded since it is such a draw for people on vacation.
I have a friend down there now, she said it's busier than this time last year when nobody went because of the delta spike. But it's like night and day compared to February of this year.
As in Feb was busier or this time is busier?
Disney has never published their capacity or attendance numbers, and never will. They did claim to have only say "20%" caps but that is just a percentage of an unknown number so fairly meaningless.Doubt Disney will publish future capacity % since that could be used by places like Universal to their advantage. Assume it will generally be crowded since it is such a draw for people on vacation.
As in Feb was busier or this time is busier?
February was substantially busier.
Early august weekday. We got Guardians virtual queue right after 7am—group 39. Then immediately got LL for test track return time around 1230. Boarded guardians around 9:20am. Got out and right at the two hour mark, booked LL for Frozen around 5pm. Thought I had done pretty well. While we were at our resort for a midday break, looked at my phone and nabbed remy LL for 4:30pm. It was amazing. Did all four of those with essentially no lines in one day and no paying for individual LL. We were super lucky.It works pretty well at MK and HS, provided of course you stay on top of bookings throughout the day. Not as well as FP+ mind you, but well enough to get on everything you want.
Epcot and AK are trickier because they have fewer high demand attractions and the availability dries up faster. At Epcot for example, its difficult to get Guardians, TT, Remy's, and Frozen as these can be all gone by midday. Soarin' is no longer what I would call a high demand attraction. Standby often is at 30 minutes or below, and LL availability can usually be booked real time or at least less than 30 minutes in advance.
Yes, if you only had to look at your phone once and found Remy, very lucky. We were also there the first 2 weeks of August. On the full Epcot days our experience was similar regarding these 4 attractions. Able to get three, then the 4th (Remy, TT or Frozen) would be gone by 1pm (the 2 hour window). I would do a lot of refreshing the rest of the day trying to get the 4th. One day it eventually worked, the other never showed availability (or it was gone when I clicked).Early august weekday. We got Guardians virtual queue right after 7am—group 39. Then immediately got LL for test track return time around 1230. Boarded guardians around 9:20am. Got out and right at the two hour mark, booked LL for Frozen around 5pm. Thought I had done pretty well. While we were at our resort for a midday break, looked at my phone and nabbed remy LL for 4:30pm. It was amazing. Did all four of those with essentially no lines in one day and no paying for individual LL. We were super lucky.
Disney has never published their capacity or attendance numbers, and never will. They did claim to have only say "20%" caps but that is just a percentage of an unknown number so fairly meaningless.
I was there -
July 4th week 2021
First week of November 2022
First week of February 2022
First week of June 2022
Third week of July 2022
Each trip got more and more crowded. February was a cake walk compared to the two summer trips. The wait times this summer made November and February look like walk on.
Corporate just said we are back at 2019 numbers - that is full parks, back to normal crowds.
" ... average daily attendance at domestic parks across its first three fiscal quarters was slightly below 2019 ..." We are now in 4th quarter.
Yup, back to normal. Didn't feel like there were any caps happening. The fact that they are also pushing people into the other parks tells me attendance is high, good for business.I didn't realize we were there at the same time this year. (July 19th-27th 2022). The crowds felt just like they did pre pandemic, at the same time of the year. Didn't felt terribly busy, just normal busy.
Dan
I did not notice attraction lines being longer, but it did feel like they still need a little ways to go for staffing levels.Yup, back to normal. Didn't feel like there were any caps happening. The fact that they are also pushing people into the other parks tells me attendance is high, good for business.
But I felt attraction lines were overall longer, food was taking longer, CMs were fewer. And we still didn't have some big things open. The lack of staffing does impact the efficiency of the park.