Is purchasing the Lighting Lane necessary for park visits at the end of August?

[Zgold5103]

II'm going to Disney from August 21st to August 28th. Is purchasing the Lighting Lanes necessary during these times? I hear the crowds are much lighter during this time.

 

[wdwmagic]

There will be a new system Lightning Lane system rolled out at that time, so it is difficult to know at the moment. It also depends on your experience in the parks. Have you been before?

 

[Zgold5103]

There will be a new system Lightning Lane system rolled out at that time, so it is difficult to know at the moment. It also depends on your experience in the parks. Have you been before?

I have, but never during this time. I hear it's lighter crowds during this time so I was wondering if it is necessary to purchase any kind of lighting lanes whether it's the multi pass or single pass

 

[me_stitch]

I went a couple of years ago from August 10th to 17th and it was fairly busy but not too bad, I looked at the wait times when I got home and the week after it was dead. I'm going this year from the 17th to the 24th so I'm hoping it's like that again.