Question about Crowd Calendars

[GotLabradors]

For those of you who use the crowd calendars (TP and EWDW seem to be the most popular), do you also use the park hopping option? Do those that use park hoppers even bother with the crowd calendars since it doesn't matter if you stay in the same park all day?

Since crowd calendars are readily available, do you think guests are gravitating to the recommended park and therefore upping the crowd levels?


I'm planning a trip for 16 next fall. We're doing park hoppers with some staying on site and some staying off site. Trying to plan FP+ will probably be a complete nightmare and unless some major changes for FP+ are coming down the pipe, I will probably pass on FP+ if the stars don't align.

 

[LSUfan4444]

For those of you who use the crowd calendars (TP and EWDW seem to be the most popular), do you also use the park hopping option? Do those that use park hoppers even bother with the crowd calendars since it doesn't matter if you stay in the same park all day?

Yes, we always hop and we always use crowd calendars as a guide. We try to ensure that we spend our day in recommended parks and only hop to a non recommended park for a short time and usually for the event(s) that make it non recommended (MSEP, p.m. extra magic hours).

Since crowd calendars are readily available, do you think guests are gravitating to the recommended park and therefore upping the crowd levels?

No, not really. Crowd calendars are basically built around tendencies of people to go to parks for special events and if/when they have longer hours. Then, those same people avoid that park the next day.

If MK stays open till 1 am, alot of people will take advantage of those EMH and therefore, the park will be recommended early the nest day.

Even if a calendar correctly predicts the tendency, it won't change it.

I will probably pass on FP+ if the stars don't align.

I strongly encourage that you do participate and make your FP+ as early as you can (60 days for those on site and 30 days for those off site). If it means you teach others how to do it themselves, so be it but you will find sever disadvantages to your trip and touring preferences with no FP+.