Crowd levels last wk(10/17-10/24)???

[The Griswolds]

We are planning to go this same wk next yr(2010)--how were the crowd levels....we are concerned about school fall breaks. We usually go first wk of Oct. and crowd levels (except for weekends of course) are fairly light for Disney standards.

 

[yankspy]

They were not that bad. The weekend was a little busy but other than that I would say the crowds were moderate.

 

[SuzieN]

I left on the 21st and I can tell you that on that day I walked onto BTMR, COP, POTC, HM, and ISASW all in the space of about 1 1/2 hours. It was not crowded at all. Obviously the weekends are going to be busy but the week days were great in the parks!

 

[Tom]

We are planning to go this same wk next yr(2010)--how were the crowd levels....we are concerned about school fall breaks. We usually go first wk of Oct. and crowd levels (except for weekends of course) are fairly light for Disney standards.

We were there 19-23. Crowds were great during the day, but the MNSSHP was an absolute mad-house.

During the day, we almost walked onto everything, except Toy Story, of course, which had its usual 70-min wait.

The bummer about last week was that the temperatures well exceeded the average highs for this time of year. It usually doesn't get much above 80-85, but the last half of the week was miserable for us mid-western folk.

 

[The Griswolds]

wow, that is interesting because the first wk of Oct this yr had very pleasant weather most the wk...mids 80s and low humidity most the wk and hit record lows at night in the low 60's.....make for sipping morning coffee on the porch at OKW very relaxing!

 

[Dj Corona]

Just got back today, and was there since Sunday the 25th. As already mentioned, pretty much most to all the rides were walk-ons, (even ToT, to point it was only myself and two other people sharing an elevator, and that was the middle of the day, kinda weird) Except for a very few lines here or there, smooth sailing.
Didn't get a chance to attend MNSSHP, but was in the park an hour and 45 minutes prior to one starting, and it was an endless stream of people pouring in at that point, so I can only imagine what it was like by the time it got underway.
Did get to check out the F&W Festival a few times though, it was definately doing some business.
As far as the weather, you know the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity"? If your not a fan of breaking a sweat while standing still, not the time to be at the World. But as said, it's been unseasonably warmer then usual.

 

[xsupaxmanxsfnex]

I hope this is the same for when I head down there on Nov 4th! Do you all think so?

 

[docnabox]

We were there 10-18-24. Here is a little more of a detailed idea of our impressions:

Sunday, 10/18 - Studios - Pretty Busy that day which kinda surprised me for whatever reason. TOT had 45 minute waits and RnRC had 60 minute waits by the time we arrived mid-afternoon. TOT down to 5 minutes by later in the night and RnRC down to 10 minutes. Went bac and forth between them for 90 minutes and rode both 8 times or so. TSM was 60+ all day. GMR a walk on, Star Tours, walk on.

Monday, 10/19 - MK - Really not bad. Arrived at 9 and by 11, had done Splash and BTM twice, POTC, JC, HOP, HM, Country Bears and IASW. Crowds and minimal enough that we finished most all we wanted to do by mid-afternoon and went back to see Spectro that night. That and Wishes were crowded but not awfully so.

Tuesday, 10/20 - Typhoon Lagoon - Walked on to most slides. Rented a Beachomber Shack which we loved but there was plenty of seating available
- MNSSHP - Main Street was a mess but once you got away from there, we all thought it was a great way to hit all the highlights again in no time flat. We were allowed to ride Splash over and over without interruption and same for Buzz. Even better after the second parade

Wednesday - Epcot - moderate crowd levels. Soarin was way too long as always but everything else was easy. Even Test Track was only 20 minutes in mid-afternoon but we did the single rider line. No problem getting a good viewing spot for Illuminations with 15 minutes to spare.

Thursday - Animal Kingdom - My nephew and I did Everest 6 times in the first hour of park opening and had breakfast. Dinosaur was 10 minutes, Safari was around 10, Tought to Be a Bug, walked in with minimal wait. Walked straight on to Kali river. Always seems crowded walking around here to me but the waits showed otherwise. The longest wait we had was 20 minutes for Primeval Whirl.

Went back to the Studios that night for Fantasmic - total nightmare for the first show. Not a single seat left I don't think. Before we went in to see that, we walked on to TOT and waited 10 minutes for RnRC

Friday - Studios again - Got in to do TSM twice with 30 minute waits early on and also a fast pass before it went to 60+ and stayed there all day. Similar waits as previously posted for all else.

- MNSSHP again - a much bigger crowd but we had guests with us this time that joined up for the last half of the trip. Again, got away from Main Street and not bad. Arrived at 7 and had POTC, BTM, Splash, HM, IASW, Pan, Snow, Pooh,Philharmagic, Tea Cups and Buzz done with little waits for most except probably Pan. Lines for anything to do with characters were very long that night. Skipped the fireworks. Second parade was moderately crowded.

Saturday, October 24 - Flew Home. We were going to go do some things in the parks but were Disneyed out.

 

[yankspy]

We were there 10-18-24. Here is a little more of a detailed idea of our impressions:

Sunday, 10/18 - Studios - Pretty Busy that day which kinda surprised me for whatever reason. TOT had 45 minute waits and RnRC had 60 minute waits by the time we arrived mid-afternoon. TOT down to 5 minutes by later in the night and RnRC down to 10 minutes. Went bac and forth between them for 90 minutes and rode both 8 times or so. TSM was 60+ all day. GMR a walk on, Star Tours, walk on.

Monday, 10/19 - MK - Really not bad. Arrived at 9 and by 11, had done Splash and BTM twice, POTC, JC, HOP, HM, Country Bears and IASW. Crowds and minimal enough that we finished most all we wanted to do by mid-afternoon and went back to see Spectro that night. That and Wishes were crowded but not awfully so.

Tuesday, 10/20 - Typhoon Lagoon - Walked on to most slides. Rented a Beachomber Shack which we loved but there was plenty of seating available
- MNSSHP - Main Street was a mess but once you got away from there, we all thought it was a great way to hit all the highlights again in no time flat. We were allowed to ride Splash over and over without interruption and same for Buzz. Even better after the second parade

Wednesday - Epcot - moderate crowd levels. Soarin was way too long as always but everything else was easy. Even Test Track was only 20 minutes in mid-afternoon but we did the single rider line. No problem getting a good viewing spot for Illuminations with 15 minutes to spare.

Thursday - Animal Kingdom - My nephew and I did Everest 6 times in the first hour of park opening and had breakfast. Dinosaur was 10 minutes, Safari was around 10, Tought to Be a Bug, walked in with minimal wait. Walked straight on to Kali river. Always seems crowded walking around here to me but the waits showed otherwise. The longest wait we had was 20 minutes for Primeval Whirl.

Went back to the Studios that night for Fantasmic - total nightmare for the first show. Not a single seat left I don't think. Before we went in to see that, we walked on to TOT and waited 10 minutes for RnRC

Friday - Studios again - Got in to do TSM twice with 30 minute waits early on and also a fast pass before it went to 60+ and stayed there all day. Similar waits as previously posted for all else.

- MNSSHP again - a much bigger crowd but we had guests with us this time that joined up for the last half of the trip. Again, got away from Main Street and not bad. Arrived at 7 and had POTC, BTM, Splash, HM, IASW, Pan, Snow, Pooh,Philharmagic, Tea Cups and Buzz done with little waits for most except probably Pan. Lines for anything to do with characters were very long that night. Skipped the fireworks. Second parade was moderately crowded.

Saturday, October 24 - Flew Home. We were going to go do some things in the parks but were Disneyed out.

I was at MNSSHP on Tuesday as well. The crowds were okay. I was also at Epcot on Wednesday and Soarin ran out of FP at about 5:30. The only day that was insane was Friday night at WS. It was packed. I suspect a lot of locals were there.

 

[Billy6]

Here's to hoping that the same crowd levels will be there in December(10-14th). Typically, it is a slow time, after thanksgiving and christmas..The consensus is that it will be...

 

[dvdarvas]

I was there from Oct 17 through Oct 24 and the crowds were not bad at all. The only place we found a little busy was World Showcase due to the Food and Wine Festival. We were also at the Tuesday MNSSHP.