Recent Downtown Disney/Springs Experience

[newestkg06]

Here's our experience from Sat, Sept 19:
We drove over from AoA at around 4:30 pm and immediately pulled into the ramp (awesome by the way!) and found a spot on the top level right away. Would have liked a spot with some shade lower, but what can you do? I was very worried about all the talk about traffic and parking, and even at 4:30 on a Sat, we didn't have much of an issue at all.
We walked over the passenger walkway (also nice!). There were a lot of walls around and we were headed for the LEGO store, which was a little walk, but really not so bad. We had a double stroller and didn't have much trouble getting around. It was VERY hot, and we saw a lot of bachelorette parties (easy to spot by the bride mickey ears and "drunk bridesmaid" tanks, I'm not joking). We hit the stores we wanted to hit and just decided we would rather be at the awesome Nemo pool than here, so we grabbed Earl of sandwich to go and headed out around 7. It was getting busier by then and the traffic did look much worse coming in (but we had NO issue coming out and getting back to AoA). All in all, it was so much easier than the doom and gloom I had read about on here.
Excited for all the changes for there and think the new ramp will really help and be awesome. Hope everyone else has such an easy experience there!

 

[sunshine1]

I love the new marketplace co op store there

 

[EPCOT is a verb]

Thanks for taking time to report in. I had been wondering if we were crazy to book Raglan Road reservations on a Saturday at 5 pm in October. This gives me hope.

 

[Feralpeg]

Thanks for taking time to report in. I had been wondering if we were crazy to book Raglan Road reservations on a Saturday at 5 pm in October. This gives me hope.

You should have no problem. I've been to DTD several times recently, including late afternoon, and have had no problem getting parking. I do find that bypassing the drive in front of the Market Place makes things easier. I am local. I always cut in the back way, drive past Port Orleans and enter at the first light (across from Typhoon Lagoon). If I come in the other way, there is always a lot more traffic.

Waiting to see how things will be during the holiday season. I avoided DTD the past couple of years during the holidays due to parking. Hoping for better times this year!