Who knows what’s up with the guest count at these VAH events, but all of this chirping is eerily reminiscent of last year mid Summer. Go back to the reviews of mid to late July 2018 and you’ll find many scathing ones.
Granted, the complaint at the time was people abusing lanyards and such leading to many extra people in the park, but inevitably some of it was warm weather, summer break with no bedtimes, lots of people at the event. Probably some of the same this year.
And Disney didn’t change their wording from “little to no” to “low” wait times for nothing, plus add lots of merchandise, extras, stage shows, ride overlays, etc. This thing is like DAH on steroids with added costs.
Not dismissing the complaints, but can’t say I’m surprised. Someone upthread said it very well in that they would have been better to brand this something else outside of the After Hours brand. I suspect I will feel the same once I see it for myself.
Anyways, carry on, just my two cents.