merlinsgang
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2005
Just some observations from our tip just last week week after Labor Day). Pros - Crowds were generally pretty light. We got fast passes, but only used them about half the time as our longest wait was about 20 minutes. Shows were easy to get into. Even the street shows we could see just by walking up to them. It was easy to get good views of the parades. Still got there about 30-45 minutes early, but we got a spot on the curb. We coupld probably even have goteen there a little later and still got good seats.
Cons - During the week FPs were only available on a few rides. Not a big deal since we didn't really need them, but good to plan around. The BPB parade at DCA did not stop on Tuesday. We waited about 30 minutes to see the 3 floats roll past in about 10 minutes. On Saturday they did stop and it was much better. The Columbia sailing ship was not operating until Saturday. There were a lot fewer shows/acts until the weekend. The big shows like Aladdin were only Friday and Saturday and the same for the fireworks and Fantasmic.
All in all it was a great trip and we got to see and do pretty much everything during our 5 days.
Cons - During the week FPs were only available on a few rides. Not a big deal since we didn't really need them, but good to plan around. The BPB parade at DCA did not stop on Tuesday. We waited about 30 minutes to see the 3 floats roll past in about 10 minutes. On Saturday they did stop and it was much better. The Columbia sailing ship was not operating until Saturday. There were a lot fewer shows/acts until the weekend. The big shows like Aladdin were only Friday and Saturday and the same for the fireworks and Fantasmic.
All in all it was a great trip and we got to see and do pretty much everything during our 5 days.