Artygal90
DIS Veteran
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- Aug 1, 2017
Is there a page on Touring Plans where they post the actual crowd levels for each day at the different parks? We just got back from 5 days in Orlando and spent 3 of them at Disneyworld. We went to every park and did most of the headliners either with FastPass+ or at rope-drop. But by midday everything seemed packed and it was difficult and stressful to move around. We waited something like 20 minutes in line for coffee and cinnamon rolls at Gaston's Tavern on Wednesday at 9:30 am (not by my choice!)
Despite all that, the longest line we waited in was 40 minutes at 7DMT during the last hour of evening EMH, followed by 30-ish minutes at Haunted Mansion around 10 am. So I'm wondering - were those crowds 8 out of 10? 4 out of 10? 10 out of 10? Just wondering, because I REALLY want to go back ASAP and am wondering where on the spectrum of "crowded - not crowded" that our trip fell. I'm love with rope-drop because there were so few people around.
FWIW, our itinerary looked like this:
Tuesday 3/13 - Rope dropped Hollywood Studios and hopped to Epcot after 12 pm. Lines for Flower and Garden booths were looooooong. Only got a couple rides done during evening EMH this night too. Zero FP availability for anything except Nemo after about 4 pm.
Wednesday 3/14 - Magic Kingdom all day, 8 am - 1 am (can't believe we did this! with only a short resort break too!). Rope-drop was fine over in Frontierland/Adventureland, but crowds started building by about 10 am. EMH was all walk-ons except for 7DMT.
Thursday 3/15 - Rope dropped Animal Kingdom. The FOP line was out of control, but Navi River Journey, Festival of the Lion King, and Dinosaur were walk-ons. By 11:00 am it was getting uncomfortably crowded and was still that way even after our FOP FP around 4 pm.
Despite all that, the longest line we waited in was 40 minutes at 7DMT during the last hour of evening EMH, followed by 30-ish minutes at Haunted Mansion around 10 am. So I'm wondering - were those crowds 8 out of 10? 4 out of 10? 10 out of 10? Just wondering, because I REALLY want to go back ASAP and am wondering where on the spectrum of "crowded - not crowded" that our trip fell. I'm love with rope-drop because there were so few people around.
FWIW, our itinerary looked like this:
Tuesday 3/13 - Rope dropped Hollywood Studios and hopped to Epcot after 12 pm. Lines for Flower and Garden booths were looooooong. Only got a couple rides done during evening EMH this night too. Zero FP availability for anything except Nemo after about 4 pm.
Wednesday 3/14 - Magic Kingdom all day, 8 am - 1 am (can't believe we did this! with only a short resort break too!). Rope-drop was fine over in Frontierland/Adventureland, but crowds started building by about 10 am. EMH was all walk-ons except for 7DMT.
Thursday 3/15 - Rope dropped Animal Kingdom. The FOP line was out of control, but Navi River Journey, Festival of the Lion King, and Dinosaur were walk-ons. By 11:00 am it was getting uncomfortably crowded and was still that way even after our FOP FP around 4 pm.