Touringplans accuracy?

[NewbieMouse]

We're going to be in the parks December 22, 23 & 24. I was checking out touringplans.com crowd calendar, and it rated Wed. Dec. 22th as the busiest day of the three (10/10 for the resort, 9.5 for DL and 9.8 for DCA). Does that sound right to you? I though Fri. (Xmas Eve) would be the worst, but they're rating it the least busy (8/10 for the resort, 6.2 for DL and 7.6 for DCA). They rate Thu. Dec. 23 as 8/10 (8.0 for DL and 8.8 for DCA). I got a three day hopper so we can have MM that day.

I'm starting to get crowd paranoia. I know it's going to be bad, but I was kinda leaving Xmas Eve as our "maybe not go as it will be too crazy" day. In all honesty, DH isn't aware day 3 is even an option, as he is less 'DLR-friendly' than the rest of us. I'm hoping the kids and I can turn him onto Day 3 while we are there, but even when I said two days, he took a couple of deep breaths

Do you think touringplans.com is way off? Maybe I should try ridemax?

FYI - Also posted this in the Christmas thread for those Xmas pros!

 

[sonnyjane]

I would say I agree with that. A lot of people, locals especially, will be spending Christmas Eve with family away from the parks. In fact, Disneyland closes early (9:00 PM) on Christmas Eve so that Cast Members can be with their families, so I wouldn't be surprised if it is a little less crowded that day. Keep in mind though that "less crowded" doesn't mean it still won't be very crowded! Just brace yourself and do a lot of research. Use fastpasses and prioritize.

 

[jason417]

I just loaded a small list of rides into the ridemax software and it spit out the same itinerary for all 3 days you plan to be there with the same wait times each day, so it appears that as of now ridemax is predicting similar crowd levels all 3 days.

 

[NewbieMouse]

Thanks guys, I guess I'll brace myself for crazy crowds on Wednesday!

 

[BecomingObsessed]

I hope they're wrong! A 9.5 out of 10 ?!? That's crazy since the preceeding day is "only" a 6 and it had Thanksgiving at an 8 and people were saying that was a madhouse. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they're terribly, terribly wrong for you!

 

[Mugglemama]

I'm also wondering how much I can rely on TouringPlans' info. I've been checking dates and they often list Saturdays being more crowded than Sundays...when here on the boards, the opposite is usually stated.