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Christmas and New Year 2013 capacity phased closings and wait times
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71jason
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There's always a tendency to wait until the day after Christmas--for whatever reason(s), people like Christmas at home. I'm guessing a lot of people are (1) off Thursday/Friday, or (2) willing to burn two PTO days early on, since the kids are out of school anyway. Why Sunday was so quiet--it's a travel day.
mimitchi33
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Holy cow! Now that's really crowded!
Despicable Me having a longer wait time than Transformers makes sense to me, as that movie is very popular with kids these days. I often see that and SpongeBob SquarePants watched on drop-down TVs in cars a lot.
I never heard of the extra bars before. I've been doing the New Year's topics for 2 years now and never have heard any mention of them.
They were over Thanksgiving.
That's crazy! How long was the wait estimated to be?
Rock N Roller Coaster has the same wait as before, but now it's a 2 hour and 20 minute wait to ride Toy Story? Woah.
JimboJones123
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Stand by for Safari was walk on.
Fastpass when we went on was almost 20 minutes.
Fastpass when we went on was almost 20 minutes.
JimboJones123
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Despicable Me is the longest wait at Universal Studios almost all times now. it is crazy popular and rarely under 30 minutes after the first hour of park opening.
Then again, Jimmy and Elroy had the use issue too to a lesser extent. The ride has Spaceship Earth syndrome being the first thing seen headed into the park.
Then again, Jimmy and Elroy had the use issue too to a lesser extent. The ride has Spaceship Earth syndrome being the first thing seen headed into the park.
mimitchi33
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That's insane. I wonder why the Fastpass for that was longer today...
Not only does it have Spaceship Earth syndrome, the movie itself is also really popular. The first movie won the 2011 Kids Choice Awards (beating out Toy Story 3!), both movies grossed over $500 million dollars, a lot of kids watch the movie on their cars' TVs, and everyone has Minion stuff-heck, half the kids in my town on Halloween were minions!
JimboJones123
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It needs a second screen like Sorin' needs a third.
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
Islands of Adventure hit capacity and was not permitting anyone but resort guests (and maybe pass holders?) to enter for a large portion of the afternoon.
Not phase close currently.
GymLeaderPhil
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Epcot may reach some stage of phase closure tomorrow based on projections.
Im working a turkey leg cart tomorrow 10:00a-10:30p and have intentions of viewing the 11:40p IllumiNations
luv
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God bless you.
Tom Morrow
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I've been here for many holidays now and this is the busiest I have ever seen Orlando. All parks are maxing out, even Sea World, the roads are packed or completely jammed all over all day. Traffic just to get INTO WDW property on the Osceola Parkway was at a standstill, and I have never seen that before. This is honestly awful.
mimitchi33
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Good luck, Jakester! Tell us all how it went afterward. We'd all like to know.
Oh my god, how long have you been in the traffic for?
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
I concur. It's much more congested than it normally is this time of year.
I leave work at 10:30ish. On a normal night it takes me 7 minutes to get from work to my house, using Western Way, mostly. On a weekend or during the summer it's about 15. Last holiday season it took about 20-30. Last night (I didn't work tonight) it was 45 minutes. I can only imagine what tomorrow will be like.
I will definitely post on this thread again tomorrow during the day when I'm on break and after I leave the madness tomorrow. I am anticipating Epcot NYE