I went to DHS First Aid to get aspirin , they gave us some and I could see the several portable beds staged with guests lying down in the AC dealing with heat exhaustion. The heat and humidity during the summer at WDW is nothing to joke about.
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Crowds - Is this normal!?
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MickeyLuv'r
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As I pointed out above, I once went to WDW with 2 extended family members that insisted vacation! = drinking only coffee and alcohol. They just wouldn't listen when everyone else suggested they drink water (or similar).
Or that maybe mixing alcohol and spinning rides wasn't the best combo?
Adults do dumb stuff. I was only going to police them a little. The kicker was one of them actually emptied a water bottle in order to sneak vodka into MK. Ugh!
Sure enough, on day three: Classic dehydration.
And that wasn't a summer trip, it was spring.
Eeyorenot74
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For comparison, last week (1/26) at Universal Hollywood was the least crowded I've ever seen a park. Walked to the front of the line every ride all day with no special pass. It was my 1st time there so don't know what it normally is like but it has me kind of dreading my return to Disneyworld at the end of this year. Experiencing a park with no lines kind of spoiled me to having to wait in lines. Don't know if LA restrictions had anything to do with attendance.
Den Carter
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DHS today felt as busy and crowded as I've ever seen it, equal to a mid summer or holiday crowd level... It wasn't fun
Club Cooloholic
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To be fair my father in law walks every day. But he's in jersey and just wasn't ready for the humidity
Brad Bishop
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Another thing no one considers, both for crowds and costs:
- an increase in population while the number of parks and number of attractions remains (relatively) constant.
- an increase in population while the number of parks and number of attractions remains (relatively) constant.
JoeCamel
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Anyone that has been paying attention thinks that. Stagnant capacity for 10 years with an increasing customer base is a recipe for crowding and imparting a foul taste in the mouth of generations. They will play catch up for years, Bob don't care, he got his and is out
Exactly that. It's the single greatest issue facing Disney guests. All other issues spring from this one.
Crowded but limited options to spend your money as a number of merchandise stores at HS are still closed.
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rct247
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There is no slow period anymore. People have searched the hell out of it online and Disney has found ways to make it shrink.
Believe it or not, Summer has become sometimes less crowded than periods in the Fall and early months of the year. All the blogs talk of daily thunderstorms, terrible heat, tour groups, and everyone being on vacation so we see a growing trend starting to shift.
Believe it or not, Summer has become sometimes less crowded than periods in the Fall and early months of the year. All the blogs talk of daily thunderstorms, terrible heat, tour groups, and everyone being on vacation so we see a growing trend starting to shift.
MickeyLuv'r
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I am also curious to see how much price manipulations come into play this year. I'm not quite sure how to say in this space, but a few months back, it did not LOOK like WDW was going to offer any discounts. but peak spring season bookings must have been down quite a bit, so they lured people in with spring discounts. Sumer might = discounts, or it might not.
Another factor is how many WDW hotel rooms are really open right now? It might appear a hotel is 'open' but if WDW doesn't have enough demand or staff to service the rooms, the full capacity of rooms might not actually be available for booking. Disney might want to create the illusion that the hotels are fully booked, or much closer to full than they are.
Take Starcruiser. If it looks like it is fully booked, that makes it look successful. If, on the other hand, it is NOT fully booked, then it quickly loses appeal in the eyes of many.
MattFrees71
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I remember going on family trips as a kid in the 2000-2006 period in February and it was great in terms of crowds...
I also remember going in the period right after Christmas and before New Years in 2010, and it was wonderful.
I also remember going in the period right after Christmas and before New Years in 2010, and it was wonderful.
CntrlFlPete
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we (wife and I) had gone to the MK on 1/24 and we were really surprised at how crowded it was. We then learned that the park was to close at 4:30 the next day. I figured that played into the crowds that Monday -- seeing that the MK was set to close at 4:30 on 2/8, we decided to stop by on a short hour day.
Now I know it was cold and rainy and that kept folks away, -- we had not but we had a good time, the crowds were real light. We could have easily done everything if we were there from 9 AM to 4:30 PM -- we only went from like 1 to 3 but we got in more rides than our last 3 MK visits combined.
Now I know it was cold and rainy and that kept folks away, -- we had not but we had a good time, the crowds were real light. We could have easily done everything if we were there from 9 AM to 4:30 PM -- we only went from like 1 to 3 but we got in more rides than our last 3 MK visits combined.
CntrlFlPete
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I know the rain had some impact, but I really think the days around an early closing draw more folks since folks skip the short day. I imagine 2/7 and 2/9 were slammed while 2/8 (w/ a 4:30 closing) was a rather low crowd day (was cold and wet as well)From Disney Food Blog today…
anyway, just a pic from MK on 2/8/22:
Rickcat96
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This is ALL the effects of Genie +. They killed Star Wars- Parks is next.
But why wouldn’t the wait times have been this elevated at Christmas, if the situation were entirely the fault of Genie+ (which was already fully implemented then)?
Roy G. Dis
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Low staff counts?