I went to epcot today at 5:00 and the park was empty, even during the two ToD performances, and Illuminations!
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Empty Epcot?
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CmdrTostada
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Thats weird. Its usually packed during RoE.
Timekeeper
Well-Known Member
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Rain often discourages the tourist groups and gets them to leave early. Floridians know that this is the best time to go (if you don't mind a little water.) Also, many people went out of their way to travel for the 4th of July weekend, so this week may be considered a "refractory period for tourism."
Tk
Rain often discourages the tourist groups and gets them to leave early. Floridians know that this is the best time to go (if you don't mind a little water.) Also, many people went out of their way to travel for the 4th of July weekend, so this week may be considered a "refractory period for tourism."
Tk
Don L Duck
New Member
I noticed it was starting to thin out a couple of days ago
DisneyCP2000
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woohooo!!! An empty park! I'll be looking forward to that. :sohappy:
cymbaldiva
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Re: ??
Got me! Hope someone answers soon...and hope I don't feel TOO stupid when they do! :animwink:
Got me! Hope someone answers soon...and hope I don't feel TOO stupid when they do! :animwink:
DisneyFreak721
New Member
I agree...The length of the line always has an effect on our opinion/view of the ride...especially one like Test Track
cymbaldiva
Active Member
:sohappy: I don't feel so stupid! Least it wasn't an easy one! :animwink:
light and magic
New Member
has anyone noticed that the number of visitors at wdw is winding down, not only at epcot but in the other parks as well?
CAPTAIN HOOK
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Was it just Epcot, or were all the parks down on numbers ??
wdwcrazy
New Member
No actually park attendance has generally been up especially since 9/11. Crowds were huge at Magic Kingdom and lines were pretty long as well. I think that park attendance is up, but with the weather and rain people tend to leave early. We just put on our ponchos and keep going!
Don L Duck
New Member
I noticed that the attendence was down in all the parks and the people that were there tended to gravitate towards the big rides.
There were waits of up to an hour at Splash Mtn.,Thunder Mtn.,Test Track RNR,TOT, ETC.
There were waits of up to an hour at Splash Mtn.,Thunder Mtn.,Test Track RNR,TOT, ETC.
We were there middle of June and noticed all the parks were light on attendance except Magic Kingdom. This was even during that really rainy period of time. It was quite nice not to have to contend with long lines. Magic Kingdom was the only place line were in abundance but even at that they were managable.
Geordi
New Member
On several trips to WDW during the fall and spring, I made a point of asking one of the CMs what the daily counts were like... Disappointing to say the least.
During both seasons, weekday crowds in MK were around 9-10K, Epcot was about 5K Weekend crowds were better, 12K for MK and 7-9K for Epcot. Epcot seemed to be getting the higher numbers in the spring, especially for the garden festival.
I didn't ask about AK or MGM, didn't really think to. MK and Epcot are kinda the standard by which the crowd is measured, as everybody tries to do MK at least once during their trip.
Crowds are definetly coming back tho. On each of the trips I have made this year, I have not gotten NEAR TT even once! There has always been a 60 minute+ queue, even 120 minutes once. Thats insane, if you ask me.
--Jim
During both seasons, weekday crowds in MK were around 9-10K, Epcot was about 5K Weekend crowds were better, 12K for MK and 7-9K for Epcot. Epcot seemed to be getting the higher numbers in the spring, especially for the garden festival.
I didn't ask about AK or MGM, didn't really think to. MK and Epcot are kinda the standard by which the crowd is measured, as everybody tries to do MK at least once during their trip.
Crowds are definetly coming back tho. On each of the trips I have made this year, I have not gotten NEAR TT even once! There has always been a 60 minute+ queue, even 120 minutes once. Thats insane, if you ask me.
--Jim
dponisci
Member
i work as a travel agent on the side and we recently received word that disney hotels are finally returning to normal in terms of capacity since 9/11. i know for a fact our agency is getting busier with more and more people wanting to get away, especially to disney. so hopefully this will continue. however, when pop century opens, it will be interesting to see how the hotels do and if they continue to run at normal capacity.
