touring plans question

[crazylady]

I'm playing around in TouringPlans for our upcoming trip and the wait times seem way to low. I'm looking at Sat, May 30 which is supposed to have high crowds. TouringPlans is giving me a wait time or 19 minutes at 6:44 pm for BTMR, or 18 minutes for HM at 9:34 pm, 24 minutes for PP at 10:00. Are these numbers realistic or are they way low?

We don't plan to see the evening parade. If we get there around 5 and do a few things in Adventure Land/Frontierland and head over to Fantasyland/Tommorrowland around 8, will we be able to move freely about in those lands without worrying about the parade routes for the rest of the evening?

Thanks

 

[crazylady]

One other thing. If we decide we want to leave the park around the 11:00 MSEP, would the best exit strategy be to hop on the train to get to the front of the park or should we battle down Main Street instead?

 

[soniam]

What crowd level is TP projecting? High is a relative term. Also, this is a predicted actual wait time, not a Disney posted wait time. Last week, SB posted wait times seemed to be highly inflated.

As for exiting, I would get to the Tomorrowland side and take the back alley exit that goes behind the Main Street stores, assuming it's open.

 

[mom2rtk]

I've been considering a visit to the MK on that night. I think those numbers are very optimistic. I expect crowds to be very high that day. It's a Saturday. It's EMH. And the park closes at 7 the next day for a private event.

 

[crazylady]

Actually, TP has it as a 6. I thought it was more like an 8 the last time I checked. I like the idea of a 6 much better than an 8 or 9. Thanks for the info on the back alley. I thought that was on the Adventureland side of the park.

 

[Alesia]

I'm playing around in TouringPlans for our upcoming trip and the wait times seem way to low. I'm looking at Sat, May 30 which is supposed to have high crowds. TouringPlans is giving me a wait time or 19 minutes at 6:44 pm for BTMR, or 18 minutes for HM at 9:34 pm, 24 minutes for PP at 10:00. Are these numbers realistic or are they way low?

We don't plan to see the evening parade. If we get there around 5 and do a few things in Adventure Land/Frontierland and head over to Fantasyland/Tommorrowland around 8, will we be able to move freely about in those lands without worrying about the parade routes for the rest of the evening?

Thanks

We were there at that time last year and found the crowds to be very reasonable. The wait times seem about right to me.

 

[DrummerBoy523]

I'm playing around in TouringPlans for our upcoming trip and the wait times seem way to low. I'm looking at Sat, May 30 which is supposed to have high crowds. TouringPlans is giving me a wait time or 19 minutes at 6:44 pm for BTMR, or 18 minutes for HM at 9:34 pm, 24 minutes for PP at 10:00. Are these numbers realistic or are they way low?

We don't plan to see the evening parade. If we get there around 5 and do a few things in Adventure Land/Frontierland and head over to Fantasyland/Tommorrowland around 8, will we be able to move freely about in those lands without worrying about the parade routes for the rest of the evening?

Thanks

TouringPlans shows 5/30 MK a 6. I think those wait times seem typical. The week post-memorial day typically is an off-week crowd wise from my past experience (which is why we'll be there that week!)

 

[cigar95]

I looked at the TP wait time predictions for that day and attraction, and it's interesting. After 6 pm, the wait times are declining, and around the time you're looking at, there's a "blip" where the times go from 26 minutes down to 19, and then back up to 26 again in the course of about a half hour. So you're falling into a little window where the wait is predicted to be shorter.
At this point, it's beyond my expertise - I'm not aware of what in the TP database causes a brief "lull" like that. Given that it's so short, you might be safer in thinking that their prediction is really 26 minutes, as it is before and after that specific time. Still pretty short, given a Saturday in high season.