Californian Elitist
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I know. I'm saying IF.
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Phase closing and wait times - holidays 2012
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I know. I'm saying IF.
Gt2BtheGoodLife
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Actually when I hit it around 3:50pm on Christmas day (when I had originally posted the comment) the place was empty, but the park had re-opened about 20 minutes earlier.
WDW1974
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sigh......leave it to 1974 to turn a thread about stage closings to one about the quality of the MK.
Cheer up, the MK is only as bad as you choose to see it ... just have some faith, trust and Pixie Dust and all will be fine.
WDW1974
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You can have any opinion you wish. I know I have never in my life been bored at DL (and I had a second home in Beverly Hills for seven years, so I was local to TWO resorts). There is so much more to see and do at DL, despite the smaller size. As to the castle, that's just a fanboi deal ... I honestly find the MK's to be least 'MAGICal', but much of that has to do with the removal of all the trees so it looks too big and fake and the fact they've made it into a place for only young girls (I can't dine there anymore. I can't shop there anymore. And I don't wish to be made up like Jon-Benet). The best Disney castle in the world is in Paris, by far.
You do get crowded quicker at DL, to be sure. But MK is quickly apporaching with all the triple wides driving ECVs or pushing double wide strollers. Pretty soon, there won't be any place to walk, yet instead of discouraging their use, Disney has given in.
WDW1974
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I've been to HKDL multiple times. I was a local and APer in 2010 when working in China. The park may be small, but it's like a perfect little jewel of a park that gets better with each visit. And they have added two new lands (with a third on the way with what looks like an amazing ride, Mystic Manor, in 2013) since I left HK. The park is spotless. You could eat off the ground as my Spirited father USED to say about WDW. The CMs are all friendly and helpful and genuine. The food is great (mostly, but not all, Chinese ... some tasty western and Indian food can be had) and priced at levels that would shock you. Their seasonal entertainment for Halloween, Christmas and Chinese New Year's is suberb and not upcharged for at all. They have fewer attractions than other MKs, but what they have is quality and they two E-Ticket caliber shows.
They are already talking about the next expansion when this $970US million project ends as well as adding another resort hotel to the beautiful two that sit on the South China Sea.
I think I'm pretty unique in that in addition to visiting every Disney park in the globe, I've been fortunate enough to be local to both US resorts and HKDL. I can't in good conscious say MK is better when HKDL wins out in show, efficiency, cast friendliness, entertainment, food and value for the dollar. It is also incredibly lush and beautiful, unlike the MK where trees have been massacred to make way for ECV pathways and better views for pyro shows.
FWIW, I bought at AP (the least expensive) while living there. It was $82.70. That was less than a one day one park ticket at WDW. And it came with plenty of discounts, including 20% at the resort's top dining locale, the Crystal Lotus at the HKDL Hotel.
No closures on the 26th - bad weather may have been a factor, or as you say, a calm before the storm.
FireChiefGoofy
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At 10:15 am this morning (12/27) World Drive is backed up from the MK toll plaza to Hollywood Studios.
Dec 27 2012 11:17am
Magic Kingdom currently closed to some guests due to capacity (phase 2)
Magic Kingdom currently closed to some guests due to capacity (phase 2)
Dec 27 2012 - 12:22pm
UPDATE - Magic Kingdom capacity closure moved to phase 3
UPDATE - Magic Kingdom capacity closure moved to phase 3
71jason
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Agree the bad weather may have kept people away, but headed to DTD around 11:30 last night I couldn't believe the back-up coming the other way on World Drive (toward 192/I-4). The guests got there sooner or later.
PhotoDave219
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I saw a photo from my brother of Epcot turnstyles earlier. Wall to wall people.
Today might be one of those days that crowd calendars should say "Avoid at all costs"
Today might be one of those days that crowd calendars should say "Avoid at all costs"
GLaDOS
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Yup. The other Orlando parks are mobbed as well. Getting reports from a friend in IoA that Forbidden Journey is over 3 hours in wait time, and Spider-man and Hulk are over 2. And another one working at SeaWorld says they're the busiest she's ever seen them.
wsmith1978
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Wow! I'd love to see pictures of the crowds.
PhotoDave219
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Doesnt New Fantasyland just replace the HRC (hourly ride capacity) of closed attractions? We lost Snow White but gained an Omnimover (Mermaid). Mermaid is 1300 (so i was told) but I dont recall what SW was an hour but I cant see there being a giant gain for guest capacity.
That being said, New Years will be brutal.
BryceM
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If my Universal Orlando wait time app is correct then Hulk is currently at 100 mins, Spider-Man is at 100 mins, Forbidden Journey is at more than 120 mins. Even Dr. Doom's FearFall is at 75 mins.
It might be the year to be here, but it's not the day to be there! *ba-dum-chhhh*
GLaDOS
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Wow, Mermaid is only 1300? Seems low.