okay just got back from my trip.
may 19-may 24th.
May 19 - Weather - RAINY LIKE CRAZY, just checked in to our resort, and hung out...
May 20th - Magic Kingdom. Morning was overcast with hints of sunshine every now and then crowds pretty light (was able to get fast passes for anything with a return time 40-60 minutes later). Longest wait was maybe 10 minutes for the rides we decided to stand by on. By 3pm though it started pouring down rain (so glad we were wearing crocs and not sneakers), crowds really cleared out, but we left as well considering we did everything we pretty much wanted to do that day, and it gave us ample time for dinner.
May 21 - Epcot - Weather for the day was pretty much overcast with sunshine here and there. A few sprinkles here and there during the day but nothing to warranty whipping out your umbrella or poncho. At night on the other hand (and during illuminations) the rain picked up, nothing crazy like the day before but since you were standing out side waiting to watch illuminations having the poncho on and/or using an umbrella was a good idea. Crowds for the day were medium level to me. Waits throughout the day for Maelstrom were only 10-20 minutes stand by. Test-track and Soarin had waits around 40-60 minutes, but both had fast passes available up until like 6 pm that day. Most of the Soarin return times were within 50-70 minutes, but when we came back at 6 the fast pass return time was like 8 pm.
May 22 - Animal Kingdom day and Hollywood studios at night. Weather @ animal Kingdom was overcast in the morning with some sunshine here and there. But honestly you wanted the overcast because of the humidity in that park it was HOT, sweaty and gross after a while. However by 1-2 pm the thunder storms came...and shutdown expedition everest. =(. So I didn't get to ride it and my fast passes went to waste. Line waits for Kilamanjaro safari was around 30-40 minutes most of the morning. But fast passes easy to grab, kind of silly if you ask me. (i.e. 40 minute stand-by time vs a fast pass return time 40 minutes later...hmmm....)
Hollywood studios that afternoon-evening - Star Wars things for the day was done. weather was overcast some sprinkles here and there. Very light crowds for everything (i.e. 10 minute standby for rockin rollercoaster). Howeveer 60 minute standby time for TOy Story mania and all fast passes gone when we showed up at 5 pm. =(.
May 23rd - We show up at 8:30 a little late for EMH @ hollywood studios. the weather for the day was pretty bright and hot. by 8:30 fast passes for Toy Story mania was already at 11:00 return time, by the time I got to th emachine return time was 11:20. When 11 am rolled around fast pass return time was 6 pm...by noon it was gone. Rockin Rollercoaster fast pass and stand by times remained normal throughout the day 40-60 minute return times, 15-25 min standy by time. The crowd itself was pretty packed and lines for star wars characters larger than I'd like to wait behind. We went to Magic Kingdom that afternoon...hung around..it was definitely a lot more crowded. Still fast passes available, but place was crowded. It started to pour rain around 6 pm. We left and called it a trip.
That night we definitely noticed the crowds were in judging by the lines for dinner at any of the restaurants in our resort while all the days before you probably didnt even need a reservation.
May 24th - Easy morning, quiet again, but we didnt go to any parks...just to the airport. and said our good byes to WDW.
~G
