Touringplans has today a 3 out of 10 yet MK lines pretty long?

[Laketravis]

Sounds like we need some pictures!!

 

[Angel Ariel]

There were significantly more people in the parks for our early Nov. trip than there were on our past early Nov. trip. I'm not saying that because of attraction wait times, but because of line to get into the park, general walkway congestion, crowds on buses in the morning, lines for the restroom, line for quick service, etc...

We also felt that walkway congestion, lines to get in the park, etc indicated a higher crowd level on our early November trip, but it was not reflected as much in the wait times at all. It "felt" more crowded than our early OCtober 2013 trip (both trips were over RunDisney weekends), but the wait times were about the same.

What it seemed like, to us, was that it was probably the same number of people in the parks overall (similar, anyway), but that more of them were in the walkways than standing in lines for attractions.

 

[Tarheel girl 1975]

One of the things I like about Touringplans is that they constantly grade themselves and hold themselves accountable. On Nov 15 they predicted a 2 at MK but the the next day they reported that they saw a 7. They then proceed to break down each ride expected vs actual for that day. It doesn't help the person that was misinformed that day but it shows a thoughtful nature that makes me think they will use that data to get better in the future.

http://touringplans.com/magic-kingdom/wait-times/date/2014-11-15

I like the easywdw but outside of the occasional blog post I don't see a corresponding feature there.

I also really like this feature. I find myself looking at the historical crowd levels a lot.

According to touring plans website they predicted a crowd level of 3 for MK on the 11th, but crowds observed were actually a 1. It's worth noting that they only use certain attractions in their algorithm. In MK, these are BTMRR, Buzz, JC, PP, PotC, SM, Splash, and WtP.

 

[wisblue]

I also really like this feature. I find myself looking at the historical crowd levels a lot.

According to touring plans website they predicted a crowd level of 3 for MK on the 11th, but crowds observed were actually a 1. It's worth noting that they only use certain attractions in their algorithm. In MK, these are BTMRR, Buzz, JC, PP, PotC, SM, Splash, and WtP.

This feature, along with the graphs that show Disney's posted wait times (among other things), is very useful for anyone who wants to use actual data taken throughout the park throughout the day instead of relying entirely on isolated observations.

BTW, Haunted Mansion is also among the attractions that Touring Plans uses to make its predictions and evaluations but it wasn't included some days this week because it was closed. I suspect that they are also gathering data on 7DMT but haven't included it yet for purposes of making predictions because it has only been open for about 6 months.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

Yesterday was the deadest I have ever seen MK from 8-12. Today was the most insanely busy I've seen DHS, to the point there were rumors of capacity closings behind mentioned by some guests.

 

[Tarheel girl 1975]

Yesterday was the deadest I have ever seen MK from 8-12. Today was the most insanely busy I've seen DHS, to the point there were rumors of capacity closings behind mentioned by some guests.

DHS does seem to have crowd issues. It's the smallest park and it can't help that it's done to 5 rides. I hope that they make some announcements about it soon.

 

[DebbieB]

Yesterday was the deadest I have ever seen MK from 8-12. Today was the most insanely busy I've seen DHS, to the point there were rumors of capacity closings behind mentioned by some guests.

That supports my theory that MK is less crowded on party days and DHS is more crowded.