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Post by mickeyfan0805 on Aug 8, 2023 10:14:16 GMT -5
We just got back and found crowds to be fairly on par with what we often see at this time of the year. Not crazy busy, but not empty either. Our experience is anecdotal, at best, but I would not have identified it as substantially different from past visits.
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Post by Ellie54 on Aug 8, 2023 10:18:37 GMT -5
Hello, There is a lot going on in Florida/Disney, but as most of us, I still need my Disney fix. Hopefully September is not too bad as far as the crowd is concerned.
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Post by pooh bears mom on Aug 8, 2023 10:25:12 GMT -5
We just got back and found crowds to be fairly on par with what we often see at this time of the year. Not crazy busy, but not empty either. Our experience is anecdotal, at best, but I would not have identified it as substantially different from past visits. Agree, we came back a couple weeks ago. I think the parks feel more like August rather than July = slightly less crowded. I think the heat wave over the 4th in conjunction with black out dates for flordia AP holders for the pirate pass and lower, contributed to the significant decrease over the 4th. I do question if the price increases along with pay for FP will catch up to disney. One thing we loved about disney vs. universal (back when we first brought the kids in 05) was the FP was included in disney. Universal - although tickets then were substantially cheaper (I found a receipt 85.00 for the week) - The pay per day per person for the express pass put the tickets closer to disney prices or maybe even more. I think a disney one week ticket was around two something back then. |
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Post by johnb on Aug 8, 2023 10:40:17 GMT -5
We've gone the last three summers, late July/early August, and this year did not seem any less crowded than the prior years. The popular attractions had wait times that grew quickly as the day went on, same as past trips.
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Post by brp on Aug 8, 2023 12:57:18 GMT -5
Hello, There is a lot going on in Florida/Disney, but as most of us, I still need my Disney fix. Hopefully September is not too bad as far as the crowd is concerned. We're going in September, but we arrive on the Tuesday right after Labor Day, so I'm expecting some amount of reduction from normal. Or just hoping, really...
Cheers.
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Post by Ellie54 on Aug 8, 2023 13:23:20 GMT -5
So agree! even though during food and wine
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Post by rescueranger on Aug 8, 2023 13:59:20 GMT -5
Havent schools only started to go back this with in America. So might start to reduce this week (I hope as I fly out tomorrow)
English schools dont go back till September but Scottish schools go back end of this week.
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Post by helenabear on Aug 8, 2023 14:08:17 GMT -5
Havent schools only started to go back this with in America. So might start to reduce this week (I hope as I fly out tomorrow) English schools dont go back till September but Scottish schools go back end of this week. Depends on the region. Some areas go back end of July/first of Aug. Others mid-end of August. Many not until after Labor Day (1st Monday in Sept). Mine starts the end of next week. |
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Post by Joeli on Aug 8, 2023 18:14:30 GMT -5
Havent schools only started to go back this with in America. So might start to reduce this week (I hope as I fly out tomorrow) English schools dont go back till September but Scottish schools go back end of this week. Our littles go back to school on 8/10 here in Palm Beach County, Florida. |
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Post by john2247 on Aug 9, 2023 7:11:37 GMT -5
I think someone is blowing smoke when they say attendance is down. From looking at historical data the crowd level is about the same as in previous years.
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Post by rowrbazzle on Aug 11, 2023 12:54:36 GMT -5
Well, the latest reports came out and sure enough attendance at WDW was down.
Our recent trips have been mixed. None of them have been especially crowded, but some individual days at Magic have seemed super busy.
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Post by tomandrobin on Aug 11, 2023 13:02:05 GMT -5
I think someone is blowing smoke when they say attendance is down. From looking at historical data the crowd level is about the same as in previous years. Nope....Its true, officially attendance is down in the US Disney Parks......both coasts.
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Post by tomandrobin on Aug 11, 2023 13:04:37 GMT -5
Well, the latest reports came out and sure enough attendance at WDW was down. Our recent trips have been mixed. None of them have been especially crowded, but some individual days at Magic have seemed super busy. When we went the weekend prior to July 4th, we thought the parks were way less crowded vs previous July 4th weekend trips. Even the VIP Tour area at MK was at 50% capacity.
We will be there in a few weeks for Labor Day weekend, then again at the end of September. I will have another opportunity to see for myself.
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Post by Wiltony on Aug 11, 2023 13:10:23 GMT -5
HS is usually insane - hard time finding a seat at Baseline. Seriously, I am hoping it is down. It is really unfair to the young families. Then again every thing is: home prices, utilities, food. What is Baseline?
Yes many reports attendance is down. The common response as to why people are not going to Disney? Well they have been priced out. Taking their money to cruises now. I have many friends who have gone on cruises recently or have them scheduled that are not regular cruisers. Alaskan cruises seem to be their hot choice. We're not regular cruisers, and we went on the first one we've done as a family two years ago. We were mostly put-off and aren't looking to cruise again anytime soon. That being said, if we were to, it would probably be an Alaskan cruise on a Disney boat.
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Post by tomandrobin on Aug 11, 2023 13:13:57 GMT -5
HS is usually insane - hard time finding a seat at Baseline. Seriously, I am hoping it is down. It is really unfair to the young families. Then again every thing is: home prices, utilities, food. What is Baseline?
Its a Taphouse located near the Star Tours attraction in DHS. |
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