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misery at DHS
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ninjaprincesst
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Yyes it does me to, but it is state wide law so not a lot you can do. You cant evn lie and call them in sick because after two days you have to have a doctors excuse. This is why we always go at Thanksgiving because they have that week off and I just don't do the summer heat very well
armyfamilyof5
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Quick!!! Someone post a link for one of the front of line pass post so this guy will know we are shallow and smug as well, LOL!
BuddyThomas
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Yep- This is all great. I only wish I had found this awesome board before my recent trip. Oh well. I guess I will just have to schedule another.
SteveW
Active Member
Love the camel! Had to have it as a ringtone.Cue the camel
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
Impossible. I've read a lot of posts and a lot of threads on here and it is honestly the difference from being say, in being on a nice peaceful planet as opposed to the Death Star. The people on this other board were absolutely ridiculous. You guys seem full of fun and good humor. Obviously, there will be disagreements anywhere, but this is totally refreshing.
And in full disclosure, this other board banned me for a week, right before my September 14 trip, for getting in a debate over tipping (I was respectful, and I was defending tipping your server. Annnnd BANNED!!) I was like, are they nuts?
I deleted the app from my phone immediately and will never be back. I respect moderated boards, and I know this board is moderated as well, but the people over there seem like they are on power trips or something.
Anyway, glad to be here, and thanks for harboring a refugee (LOL) but back to the point of the thread ------ my September trip was as mobbed as NYC is right now. I have no idea why but it was. Will maybe try February next, but then I think you start to run into Spring Breakers?
G00fyDad
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That may have been the case for you, but we go in October every year and even in September last time and it was out by 10:30am. We went from rope drop to the ride, quickly, and the FP return times were already 2pm or later by the time we got to the ride. I forgot about getting FPs and we just got in line.
copcarguyp71
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I guess that depends on whether you are rebel scum or part of the Empire! Illness genetically engineered out, free uniforms, 401K with matching contributions and all of the blasters you care to have...as long as you can't hit the broad side of a Bantha!
flynnibus
Premium Member
A good suggestion for things like this is to just buy a subscription for touringplans.com to pick your week. for the $6 or $8 or whatever it is.. you can get a well researched opinion. If you're going to blow a few grand on a trip, it's worth it, and you get their lines app on top of it.
Weather_Lady
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We went October 8-13th, 2012, and had a WONDERFUL time. The weather was perfect (a couple of light rain showers that passed very quickly and otherwise beautiful), the crowds were very manageable (about a 4 out of 10 according to Touring Plans) and with the use of a flexible touring plan and 3 or 4 Fastpasses per day in the MK (only 1 or 2 in the other parks), we got to ride all of the headliners at least twice, everything else at least once, and never waited in line more than 10-15 minutes for anything. I think you're going to be just fine and I'd recommend a first-half-of-October visit to anyone!
One tip: if you have Parkhoppers, hit the Magic Kingdom on the days it has MNNSHP. The crowds are light on those days because people who don't have parkhopper tickets avoid MK since they know they'll have to leave before the party, and don't want to waste an entire one-day ticket on a partial day at MK. We'd enjoy a morning there with very low crowds, and then hop to another park in the evening. Also, plan your Epcot visits Monday-Thursday, particularly in the morning and afternoon, if you want to avoid the crowd swell for the Food and Wine Festival during evenings and weekends. During weekdays, you'll have the F&W kiosks virtually all to yourselves.
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Stitch_Fan_NJ
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Complaining about a 45 minute wait for RR and TT... That's nothing... Ever been during peak season?
CtDisneyGuy33
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We went October 8-13th, 2012, and had a WONDERFUL time. The weather was perfect (a couple of light rain showers that passed very quickly and otherwise beautiful), the crowds were very manageable (about a 4 out of 10 according to Touring Plans) and with the use of a flexible touring plan and 3 or 4 Fastpasses per day in the MK (only 1 or 2 in the other parks), we got to ride all of the headliners at least twice, everything else at least once, and never waited in line more than 10-15 minutes for anything. I think you're going to be just fine and I'd recommend a first-half-of-October visit to anyone!
One tip: if you have Parkhoppers, hit the Magic Kingdom on the days it has MNNSHP. The crowds are light on those days because people who don't have parkhopper tickets avoid MK since they know they'll have to leave before the party, and don't want to waste an entire one-day ticket on a partial day at MK. We'd enjoy a morning there with very low crowds, and then hop to another park in the evening. Also, plan your Epcot visits Monday-Thursday, particularly in the morning and afternoon, if you want to avoid the crowd swell for the Food and Wine Festival during evenings and weekends. During weekdays, you'll have the F&W kiosks virtually all to yourselves.
YES!! You just made my day! We checked out the Crowd Levels on Undercover Tourist and a couple other sites (didn't pay for Touring but may going forward) and all had it as a slow time. We have tickets to MNNSHP on Sunday (10/6) so we may just stay there the whole day, especially hearing this good news. It was supposed to be low per those other sites, but wasn't sure.
And as a Major League foodie (its a curse), I'm hoping to hit Epcot a couple days for the F&W. We have tickets for Universal and HHN on Thursday (10/10), so that leaves several days to hopefully hit all the foods and see a concert.
Thanks for the good news!!
jkl2000
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Listen to this - my brothers and I went to a private school, and one time my younger brother and I both happened to have the flu, but we needed to take the train to meet my father for the weekend (my parents were divorced). We were in Penn Station waiting for the train so killed some time in a video arcade there (I was 16 or 17 at the time, my brother was about 15). Truancy officers were sweeping the place for kids playing hookie, and they grabbed us too! We were flabbergasted, and insisted the officer let us call our father so he could speak to him. Fortunately the officer let us, and my father explained and they let us go. But we were breaking no laws, were not in the public school system at all, yet came this close to being taken "downtown," or wherever they take truants. Until then, I thought truancy officers were only something from "The Little Rascals." For all they knew, we could have been visiting from another country, or been home-schooled. It was crazy.
DznyGrlSD
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this made me LOL
daisyduckie
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The Disney Studios seems to be becoming a first thing in the morning park. I am usually one who is at the gates before open, and my last few trips DS is jammed pack before open. Sleeping in even an hour means you had a lot of other guests who were almost 2 hours ahead of you in line.
draybook
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I think it was just the day I went. All the sites I checked had DHS as the best park for that day. Apparently everyone else took that advise too haha. I went to Epcot yesterday and MK today, both very manageable. I don't recall waiting over 30 min for anything. I will say that overall the crowd levels are higher than I was expecting. I'm gonna chalk it up to the free dining and F&W festival, but like others have said, DHS just doesn't have a lot to offer so it appears more crowded.
dhsaddict83
Member
Since we're talking about misery here, I was at DHS on Friday the 13th (of September 2013) during the day, and for the most part was light, but trying to come back after a late lunch and errands (around 4pm) was an
epic FAIL due to the "Villainous" night time event. I don't have any pics, but as I drove by, I remember seeing cars bumper to bumper and intersections blocked. I didn't even bother returning, I just kept driving and asking myself, "wt* is going on here". On the way home, I stopped at one of those Helicopter Tour places off 192, forked out a wad, and after informing the chopper pilot what I was looking for, it was fun and interesting to fly over that mess and see the LONGGGGGGGG line of traffic trying to barge in and the busses blocking intersections, etc. lol. I don't like being old-fashioned, which is why I didn't bother reading about that event in Mickey's Monitor. I want to make another thread about May 24th, but this reminds of an awful lot of May 24th, the only difference was I got in to that one, and ended up experiencing epic GRIDLOCK on Main St. in person!!!
epic FAIL due to the "Villainous" night time event. I don't have any pics, but as I drove by, I remember seeing cars bumper to bumper and intersections blocked. I didn't even bother returning, I just kept driving and asking myself, "wt* is going on here". On the way home, I stopped at one of those Helicopter Tour places off 192, forked out a wad, and after informing the chopper pilot what I was looking for, it was fun and interesting to fly over that mess and see the LONGGGGGGGG line of traffic trying to barge in and the busses blocking intersections, etc. lol. I don't like being old-fashioned, which is why I didn't bother reading about that event in Mickey's Monitor. I want to make another thread about May 24th, but this reminds of an awful lot of May 24th, the only difference was I got in to that one, and ended up experiencing epic GRIDLOCK on Main St. in person!!!
daisyduckie
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The site I use showed it is an ok park for that day, but it was still the 3rd choice out of the 4 main parks. And it did say you would be best served by arriving at 8:20 am.
I tried to enter the name of the site, but apparently that is a no no.