No waiting allowed!

Our 9 days at WDW has started and hit EPCOT yesterday and MK for extended hours last night...What a great way to start your Disney vacation by walking right onto rides with no waiting! 85-90 degree sunny weather all week, great rides and food and limited idiots who feel the need to rush ahead of you then wait for the doors to open!

Going to start a daily blog with pictures for anyone who is interested....

KM

:wave:

 

[TinkerChelli]

That would be great. Enjoy your time there ok. We go Next Thursday, can hardly wait! Thx so much ~Tinkerchelli!

Our 9 days at WDW has started and hit EPCOT yesterday and MK for extended hours last night...What a great way to start your Disney vacation by walking right onto rides with no waiting! 85-90 degree sunny weather all week, great rides and food and limited idiots who feel the need to rush ahead of you then wait for the doors to open!

Going to start a daily blog with pictures for anyone who is interested....

KM

:wave:

 

[wdwfan100]

Always interested in hearing about Disney World. I hope you have a great time.

 

[mayk]

Yesterday we hit these rides (walked right on with no waiting at the preshow or ride)
Epcot/World Showcase
Space Ship Earth (0 minute waiting)
Soarin (Fast Pass-5 minutes total from entering line)
Norway Boat Ride (00 minute waiting)
Mexico Boat Ride (0 minute waiting)
Journey to Imagination (0 minute waiting)
Ellen's Universe of Energy (0 minute waiting)
Finding Nemo (0 minute waiting)
Breakfast at Sunshine Seasons (no waiting)
Honey I shrunk the Kids (walked right into the preshow)
Mission Space (Green) No waiting and was SELECTED THE MAGIC FAMILY OF THE DAY and got to go behind the scenes, personal tour and walked into our "special ship!!!
Kim Possible (only did it to China-was OK, but our kids 7, 10, 13 wanted to go on more rides)

Magic Kingdom
Train Ride (walked right on)
Pirates (only 6 of us on the boat!!)
Jungle Cruise (walked right on board)
Dumbo (15 minute wait)
Small World (Walked right on! )
Speedway (2 minute wait at most)
Tea Cups (5 minute wait)
Haunted Mansion (Walked right into the preshow)
Buzz Lightyear (walkek right in...and lost to our 13 y/o daughter!)
Spectro Magic-Front Row by Bear Jamborie
Wishes by Buzz Light year
Magic Carpet (walked right in and got yelled at for not moving fast enough)
Philharmagic -no wait

Dinner at Kona (great food but 95 minutes is a tad long for a meal...the chocolate desert was worth the wait!!)

The blog website and pictures will be on my personal photography site....address will be up shortly....:wave:

 

[bgraham34]

Now thats a great trip thus far. Thats how I want to enjoy myself. Have a fun filled time.

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

Our 9 days at WDW has started and hit EPCOT yesterday and MK for extended hours last night...What a great way to start your Disney vacation by walking right onto rides with no waiting! 85-90 degree sunny weather all week, great rides and food and limited idiots who feel the need to rush ahead of you then wait for the doors to open!

Going to start a daily blog with pictures for anyone who is interested....

KM

:wave:

Sounds like a great trip so far! So glad you got nice weather!

 

[chwilson88]

sounds great. I was there last week, and same thing, not much wait at all..the big crowds around easter time have officially died down back to normal...I was there the day they put up the signs for the space mountain closure at MK...so sad...the sign said space mountain will not be launching anymore until Winter 2009.

 

[Glasgow]

Dumbo was the longest wait ... what does that say about MK??? lol (ahem, WDI .. new E-Ticket please)

 

[devoy1701]

Dumbo was the longest wait ... what does that say about MK??? lol (ahem, WDI .. new E-Ticket please)

Could be alittle misleading considering that the rides that normally have long waits weren't mentioned:

BTMRR
Splash
Peter Pan
Astro Orbitor

Also, Test Track wasn't mentioned at Epcot and the only thing mentioned about Soarin was how long the fastpass transaction took..

hmmm...just putting that out there.

 

[JWG]

Could be alittle misleading considering that the rides that normally have long waits weren't mentioned:

BTMRR
Splash
Peter Pan
Astro Orbitor

Also, Test Track wasn't mentioned at Epcot and the only thing mentioned about Soarin was how long the fastpass transaction took..

hmmm...just putting that out there.

True. Though I was surprised at walking on to HM (unless it was very late in the day, which that does tend to be a time where it happens).

In either case, it shows promise that the last week of April is far better than the 3rd week of February as far as pre or post spring break. Even the mentioned rides had a line when we were there the 17th-24th of Feb. All of Fantasyland had 50+ minute waits for us. They had the temporary rope queuing for Small World out with the person holding the "wait time" sign.

 

[devoy1701]

True. Though I was surprised at walking on to HM (unless it was very late in the day, which that does tend to be a time where it happens).

In either case, it shows promise that the last week of April is far better than the 3rd week of February as far as pre or post spring break. Even the mentioned rides had a line when we were there the 17th-24th of Feb. All of Fantasyland had 50+ minute waits for us. They had the temporary rope queuing for Small World out with the person holding the "wait time" sign.

good points. Despite what some of those "in the knows" say on here, the crowd levels have seemed alot heavier this Feb and March. We've been going 2-3 weekends a month for 3 years now and this year we cut that down alittle over the past couple months because of the higher crowd levels.

HM is very efficient at managing its queue though...but even so, you would expect lines to be heavier with Space Mountain closed. Anyway...for the most part (with the exception of the week before and after memorial day) crowds should be on the lighter side from now through about the 2nd Week of June. Then it'll be heavy through about the 3rd week of August. :wave:

 

[plutoismyhero]

We will be down there end of next week so all this no line talk is awesome...thanks for the info

 

[KCMO]

We will be down there end of next week so all this no line talk is awesome...thanks for the info

Touringplans predicted that the crowds would fall off this week but come right back on friday - with 8's and 9's every day for the foreseeable future. I guess we will know soon enough whether this is grounded in reality or not.

 

[foreverbelle]

Sounds great. Especially the no waiting. Glad it has gotten off on a great foot. I am so jealous..

 

[PhilharMagician]

Hope you enjoy your trip and I look forward to your blog.

 

[DizneyPryncess]

So glad to hear this! Here's hoping the crowds stay this low for a few more weeks. I'm anxious to see what May 1st brings - as crowds are supposed to go back up again. Thanks for posting - glad you had a great trip :wave:

 

[Tayles]

Sounds like you are having a great trip. I wish I was there.:ROFLOL: We are going down May 14th - 19th. :sohappy: Hope the crowds stay low, although touringplans.com says the crowds will be large again. :shrug:
Please keep us posted. Any information from the next two weeks from anybody there will be great too!!!!

 

[mayk]

Disneyworld Today

Eating at Teppan Edo tonight and will hope to have pictures and comments up later tonight...Today at EPCOT went on Great Movie Ride with at most a 5 min wait, (I thought they were going to change the ride but it is all the same and the kids love it)....Star Tours no waiting and the American Idol show was FANTASTIC!!! This is a 'Do Not Miss"...and the guy who won was unbelievable....

The Beauty and the Beast show was 50% full and Tower of Terror wait times were 13 minutes....we got fast passes for later tonight along with Toy Story....

The weather is mid 80s and WINDY which is keeping the comfort level very very high...does not feel hot at all!

Pictures posted soon....
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[Jeff456]

Sounds like your having a great time, look forward to reading more!

 

[mayk]

Hello Forum from wonderful (and STILL not crowded) Disneyworld! I am having issues with my server and placing my blog....will try again later tonight....

The place is still not very crowded and the weather is PERFECT! There is still a strong easterly wind and unless you want to play golf and don't like wind, it is fantastic to have a constrant breeze.

Too many positives to list...from the food....no wait rides....to the all of the employees, ahem cast members, everyone has been great. I am keeping track of all the rides (+'s and -'s), food/resturants, and overall comments....as well as taking pictures of various interesting views...

More later....:wave:

Oh, the Toy Story Ride is by far the best ride to date for families!!! We got on with about a 5 min Fast Pass wait (the line for stand by was out the door and down the street)....I thought I was the king of our family as I scored 70% accuracy...only to find out my final score of 53,500 was third in the family behind our 13 y/o daughters 117,500 and 10 y/o sons 97,800! DONT MISS THIS RIDE...

One thing of interest to all newbies coming to Disneyworld.....Dont be like the family we had dinner with at Teppan Ebo who has been to DW two times before but still thought they had to use the Fast Passes during the hour on their slip.....He told me he has thrown away two ride fast passes so far, because they didnt make it back in time,,,,,his jaw hit the table when I told them they were good all day from the time they become active.....

Off to EPCOT for dinner...