Trip planning for July

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We are planning a trip from July 23rd to July 30th. We need to pick our park days fairly far in advance. Trying to gauge park days, and park crowds this far out, with so much in flux has my head spinning. Can anyone share any advice on what they have done during the pandemic? We are buying park hoppers, which we hope will give us some flexibility.

Really hoping to ride RoTR at least once. I have read people selecting HS at least twice to increase their chance of a boarding pass. We arrive at 10:40 AM on that Friday. Was debating if I should try and snag a boarding pass that morning in hopes it ends up being late in the day before they get to our group. I know the boarding pass time is a crapshoot. Thoughts?

I know this is a crazy year. I really think Disney will be super busy this summer with limited international travel. Any thoughts on which parks, on which days? We ALWAYS rope drop, take a break and head out at night.

Thank you!

 

[yaya74]

I am using Touringplans to plan my July trip. It costs some money but TP has some good data behind the crowd predictions. My TA has asked me to avoid MK on weekends. I have reserved multiple days of Epcot and HS. You can always change the reservations based on the availability. My family usually visit Disney during the last week of July and the crowd is manageable with FP. Hopefully FP will be brought back before July.

 

[bigcrit]

Thank you for replying. I have also purchased Touring plans for this trip. I don't trust their current crowd calendars. I really think Disney will be at, or near full capacity by the end of July. I have been using the crowd calendar from Undercover Tourist since their estimates are much higher than TP. We have been to Disney in late july before. I agree with FP, rope drop, and a good strategy it is very manageable.