I know that crowds are expected to increase after the opening of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge but do you think that there will just be more people in general in all parks or just more people at DHS? I'm secretly hoping that everyone will be at DHS and that will leave the other parks much quieter. Is this just wishful thinking?
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Crowd Predictions After SWGE Opening
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CaptainAmerica
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Probably. Pandora might lighten up but I would expect general crowd increases at all parks.
Stupid crazy I would think.
disney4life2008
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Basically avoid Hollywood Studios at all costs. It took animal kingdom about 9 months to calm down.
Frankie The Beer
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Studios will be a zoo. I fully expect fistfights, firework turf wars and possible Disney militia involvement to quell the violence.
Crowd levels after the opening of SW:GE = About a 12 on a 10 scale. Or, in other words, obscene.
GlassHalfFull
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Studios will be NYE MK levels for the foreseeable future.. I will do my absolute best to get down there for my AP preview if they do it.. I couldn't make the Avatar preview and regretted that for months due to crowds.. this will be much much worse
Willmark
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Alderaan was split into more than half, just saying.
JosieBee
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I am hoping that the western half of the country will get it out of their system and go to the one at Disneyland since that may open first. Pandora was busy, but there is just one of those to see. Even so, that is a lot of people who can't make it to California left over to go to Florida. If SW:GE brings more people down to DW, which I am sure it will, they will most likely not want to spend their entire vacation at the same park, they will be visiting all the other parks, too. Being how people are claiming it is more and more crowded at the parks even in traditionally slower seasons and SW:GE hasn't even opened yet, it does not look it will help crowds to die down any when it does.
ppete1975
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I think for two years after it will be packed.... maybe more. You have star wars fans, and you have little new completion in the other 4 parks, and really no competition in the park its in. So the people at Disney world are going to flock there. It should help pandoras lines though, I think it would be huge if it was just star wars... you add in self inflected stagnation and you have a mess.
winstongator
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Attendance for non-AK parks was up 1% in 2017 vs. 2016. Impossible to differentiate pre/post Pandora, but as @CaptainAmerica says, I'd expect all parks to see increased attendance but the massive increase to be at DHS.
Maddad
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Many people like me only make the trip down when you can visit all of the parks or the cost and time of travel doesn’t justify the trip. People have held out just for this and will have the trip of a lifetime. Increases at all parks. Increases On all hotel prices in the Orlando area and everyone on the forums screaming for a new park.
justintheharris
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Eh I got my annual pass in August and, perhaps I just got lucky, but Hurricane Irma very quickly ended the craziness at Animal Kingdom (minus the holiday periods)
justintheharris
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Anyone recall opening day at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter? I would expect this for Star Wars except much worse.
winstongator
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I like that picture!
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