Thanksgiving crowds...

[PhilosophyMagic]

Can anyone tell me what the crowds are like on the days before thanksgiving, on thanksgiving day, and on the days following thanksgiving?

Any guesses as to the wait times for the very major attractions?

Thanks, everybody! :wave:

 

[Main Street USA]

Well, I just may be able to aswer this one. We generally choose Thanksgiving week, as well as the week after, for our annual WDW trip.

Thanksgiving Day is generally the most crowded day of that entire week. The day before and after are suprisingly average as far as crowds go, maybe even a little more empty than average. Wait times for rides such as Splash Mountain during that week, again with the exception of Thanksgiving day itself, are an estimated 30 minutes at best.

Whats the best thing about a November WDW vacation, you ask? In my opinion, it's the weather. Nice 70 - 80 degree days with no rain. What's even better? The nights. Temperatures reaching the upper 50's, which is just chilly enough to add to the crispness of the air in such a magical place.

Ah, yes, the Thanksgiving week WDW vacation. Experience it. It can't be beat.

 

[mkt]

gobble gobble Zac

 

[NemoRocks78]

-Crowds were pretty good, it was packed, but not capacity-like packed. M:S had a 90 min. wait, it said Singles Line was 60, so we took that and waited in line and rode all under 30 minutes. Test Track was busy the entire day, 60 min. in the early afternoon, at night that grew to 75, Singles was 45 min. but again we waited in line and rode all under 30 min. Living With The Land was at 30 min., Food Rocks was walk-on. HISTA had a 20 min. wait, JIIWF was at 10. SSE was 25 min. when we got there, but we went back at 8 PM and walked on. We skipped UoE. Maelstrom had a 35 min. wait, and El Rio Del Tiempo was walk-on. So this can give you a picture of what crowds were like, only the big, major rides were crowded.

-The place was very crowded, but not like it was during the Columbus Day holiday weekend. Pirates was at 45, Splash was at 30 when we rode at 11:30, but when we came out at 12:15 the line was at 75 min., Big Thunder Mountain stood at 20 when we went into SM, but was 40 when we came out, Country Bears Christmas was walk-in, Hall of Presidents was walk-in, Haunted Mansion was at 25, Peter Pan was at an astonishing 55 min. (when I last went during the Columbus Day holiday, it was at 100 min.), it's a small world was at 40, Snow White said 10, but it looked like 25-30, Pooh was at 70, Indy Speedway said 30 MIN, but it looked like 130 min, Space Mountain said 30, we did it in 15 but when we rode the TTA it said it was at 60, TTA was walk-on as usual, Carousel of Progress was walk-on, Buzz Lightyear was at 55. That gives you an idea of the crowds. Fantasyland was PACKED, you could not get through.

I took those straight from a Thanksgiving holidays update I posted in 2003. The Epcot one is from Thanksgiving day, and the Magic Kingdom one is from the day after. Both of those should give you an idea of the crowds.