We just returned from WDW. We only had 1 day in MK (our only Disney day since we were doing Seaworld/discovery cove this trip) Our original plan was to have our MK day March 30, but DS9 wasn’t feeling well so we had to switch it to Thurs. 4/4. I had been watching the wait times all week and couldn’t believe how busy it was on Thursday. I think it was a combination of the start of the 4 day sale tickets plus the weather on Wed. was horrible. I’m guessing many people who were going to do MK on Wed. switched to Thursday.
I have to say, as someone who hates crowds and line, it wasn’t as bad as I expected for such a busy day. Even my non Disney husband said it was a fun day. Looking around people seemed to be having a good time and no one looked miserable, like I’ve seen on summer days.
We roped dropped Tomorrowland. Had lunch at around 1130 and headed out for some pool time around noon. Returned to have dinner around 430 at the Plaza and stayed until around 930.
Once 11 am hit, I stacked lightening lanes for our evening and was so happy to have those. The lines were so long! I saw the no parking hopping announcement on the app and couldn’t believe out of all the days of our trip, we picked that day for MK.
I have never been so happy to be staying at BLT than yesterday. The crowds exiting after the fireworks heading for the boats, monorails and buses were huge. It was awesome to stroll on by to the walkway to the Contemporary.
We were unsuccessful in getting the Tron virtual queue even being on exactly at 7am. I bought the $$$ pass instead for DH and DS. After that I booked the $$$ pass for Seven Dwarves mine train and it was already booking after 3.
I will say my experience is as someone who has been to MK many, many times. If I was on a first trip I would have been a little disappointed I wasn’t able to ride a few things. For instance, we skipped Peter Pan due to the line and I was hoping to see the Belle show with DD6 but that was too long for us.I was happy that Disney seemed to handle the crowds okay. We left a little bit after the fireworks. We exited from Adventureland and they had the path running behind Main Street open. (Doors next to Crystal Palace) That really helped moved the crowds along. Once we excited there were tons of cast members with signs pointing to monorails, boats, etc. It was very organized.