Enormous Crowds!

[NelsonRD]

Kids in Colorado have a lot of time off. CO only has 160 days of school annually.

That give Disney more time to cater to the family from Denver.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Does anyone know what the cause of this huge spike in attendance is? Is there some sort of new discount? I can understand a gradual increase in the number of cars due to less people flying, and I could understand Columbus Day, but the crowds have still barely died down! Nemo was almost an hour long wait earlier!

And yet there is another thread where people are swearing that attendance is down, so at this point? Who knows.

 

[Lilofan]

That give Disney more time to cater to the family from Denver.

Actually more free time for kids from CO to get mile high.

 

[FutureCEO]

Apparently, the sky is falling so the crowds are a figment of your imagination.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

We were there from the 6th to the 17th. The crowds were insane everyday!! Mostly at MK and EPCOT. One Saturday night we went to dinner at the WL and on the boat ride back to the MK, we saw the fireworks. Once we docked, instead of going to catch our bus to POFQ, we thought we’d go to the MK and catch a few rides. Well we got in and at the end of Main St near the Plaza and Casey’s, there was a HUGE jam up of people. You could absolutely not move at all. I’ve never seen it like that. Not to the point where everything just stopped. We waited about 10 minutes and after not moving even a few feet, we decided to leave. It was actually kinda scary.

Yeah…unfortunately October sucks

And has been increasingly for many years

I think it’s a case of “everyone having a great idea”

 

[Andrew25]

June/July was very soft (very shocking), an uptick in attendance started in September.

Those discounts are helping

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

That give Disney more time to cater to the family from Denver.

It really is their mission…isn’t it? We all can respect that!


Speaking of…anyone notice the roll out of a big fat batch of “exclusive after hours”
Today?

Hmmm…anyone notice the “perks”…an additional bad fireworks show and dropping some virtual queues?

I wonder why they’re doing that?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

June/July was very soft (very shocking), an uptick in attendance started in September.

Those discounts are helping

Not with hotel bookings…so who’s at the inns?

 

[Andrew25]

Not with hotel bookings…so who’s at the inns?

I Drive/US 192 has been pretty busy lately, so definitely looks like folks are staying offsite - good indication its just FL residents driving this boom right now

 

[Jrb1979]

I Drive/US 192 has been pretty busy lately, so definitely looks like folks are staying offsite - good indication its just FL residents driving this boom right now

That's not good at all. They need to out of state people to come. The discounts aren't working.

 

[Andrew25]

That's not good at all. They need to out of state people to come. The discounts aren't working.

The parks are flooded with guests right now, but yeah in the long-term they need to seriously rework their pricing model

 

[JusticeDisney]

And yet there is another thread where people are swearing that attendance is down, so at this point? Who knows.

If you read this board long enough you will come to understand that when WDW is slow it is because the place sucks but if WDW is crowded it is only because of some temporary fluke and in short order the place will suck again.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I Drive/US 192 has been pretty busy lately, so definitely looks like folks are staying offsite - good indication its just FL residents driving this boom right now

If that’s where the peeps are coming from…i 100% support it.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

And yet there is another thread where people are swearing that attendance is down, so at this point? Who knows.

If you read this board long enough you will come to understand that when WDW is slow it is because the place sucks but if WDW is crowded it is only because of some temporary fluke and in short order the place will suck again.

Let’s see what your sweatered messiah says in a few weeks?

 

[JusticeDisney]

Let’s see what your sweatered messiah says in a few weeks?

Look who’s trying to start YET ANOTHER internet argument with strangers!

Gee, would have thought your temporary ban from this thread might have gotten through to you. Would have been wrong though!

 

[networkpro]

Let’s see what your sweatered messiah says in a few weeks?

He'll say "Bentkey BAD, Disney Good! Disney only say what Snow White is"

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Look who’s trying to start YET ANOTHER internet argument with strangers!

Gee, would have thought your temporary ban from this thread might have gotten through to you. Would have been wrong though!

It’s not an argument…it’s a request.

And a pretty nice one in lieu of all that patronizing nonsense above.

It’s a good deal…take it. Or just hit the button.

 

[KeithVH]

Crowds …. And why are some experiences with normally low waits now 1hour+?

Why has Buzz Lightyear’s wait increased so dramatically?

That's actually a really telling question. Is anyone aware of data that might give us a clue?

I'm thinking ride wait time average per hour and then aggregated at the monthly level. Show the average hourly waiting time by month for the last 5-10 years. I could get a lot from that info.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Crowds …. And why are some experiences with normally low waits now 1hour+?

Why has Buzz Lightyear’s wait increased so dramatically?

Rides…buzz is a ride. We pay for access to rides. Just a reminder

 

[networkpro]

Rides…buzz is a ride. We pay for access to rides. Just a reminder

Theming as well, after all, it calls itself a "theme park". Ride land then AOA for less or FunSpot if you want to just do away with any pretense of a theme.