SteamboatJoe
Well-Known Member
Would anyone be able to speak to what the crowd flow tendencies are at the MK now that they are letting people onto Main Street before the official posted opening time?
The reason I ask is my trip in early/mid May will be my first one since November 2015 and I'm wondering if the "plan of attack" my wife and I used last time to avoid having to stand in any big lines at MK (which was pretty effective) is going to work this trip. I am assuming the aforementioned change in opening procedure, along with some other developments, have altered the typical crowd tendencies that my previous plan was formulated under.
During our last trip, we got to the park when it opened at 9 AM and upon entering, we fought every urge to stare at the castle or play around on Main Street and went straight to Adventureland while those not preoccupied on Main Street or the hub headed to Fantasyland or made an instinctive right into Tomorrowland. This allowed us to more or less walk onto Jungle Cruise and PotC. From there we worked counter-clockwise up to Frontierland where we had maybe 5 - 10 minute waits for Splash and Big Thunder. Haunted Mansion was maybe 10 - 15 minutes, if that and then worked our way into Fantasyland. By that point it was a couple of hours in but we had knocked out all of the big ticket attractions on the western side of the park and were able to use our FPs to get onto most of the other big ticket rides as well as all of the night time entertainment.
We took this approach to also make sure we fit in all of the major attractions that first day knowing that we will have at least one or two more days during our trip to go back MK and enjoy the park in a more traditional manner and at a more leisurely pace that allows us to not only enjoy the other "non-major" attractions but also the sights, sounds, nuances, and details that make the MK truly special.
The reason I ask is my trip in early/mid May will be my first one since November 2015 and I'm wondering if the "plan of attack" my wife and I used last time to avoid having to stand in any big lines at MK (which was pretty effective) is going to work this trip. I am assuming the aforementioned change in opening procedure, along with some other developments, have altered the typical crowd tendencies that my previous plan was formulated under.
During our last trip, we got to the park when it opened at 9 AM and upon entering, we fought every urge to stare at the castle or play around on Main Street and went straight to Adventureland while those not preoccupied on Main Street or the hub headed to Fantasyland or made an instinctive right into Tomorrowland. This allowed us to more or less walk onto Jungle Cruise and PotC. From there we worked counter-clockwise up to Frontierland where we had maybe 5 - 10 minute waits for Splash and Big Thunder. Haunted Mansion was maybe 10 - 15 minutes, if that and then worked our way into Fantasyland. By that point it was a couple of hours in but we had knocked out all of the big ticket attractions on the western side of the park and were able to use our FPs to get onto most of the other big ticket rides as well as all of the night time entertainment.
We took this approach to also make sure we fit in all of the major attractions that first day knowing that we will have at least one or two more days during our trip to go back MK and enjoy the park in a more traditional manner and at a more leisurely pace that allows us to not only enjoy the other "non-major" attractions but also the sights, sounds, nuances, and details that make the MK truly special.
