Originally Posted By nevadarebel So after having a really rough week, my husband has decided that I cannot wait another month to visit my favorite places (the beach and DL) so he booked a quick trip for this weekend but I am wondering how the crowds will be with it being Easter weekend. We plan on being there from open to close and I know I will be back in a month again so not so worried about riding everything this time, just trying to gauge our time.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Well i am going to be there this Friday and things are not looking promising. It's also going to be extra busy due to the end of spring break and Easter. What can you do right? Go early and stay late. Im sure you will still have fun.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Wait times for Spacemountain yesterday were up to 70mins and that was on a Monday lol.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I figured it would be busy but I know we will have a great time anyway. Hope you do as well and knowing that in 26 days that I will be back makes the worry about crowds not so hard. We will be there at rope drop and close the parks so I am sure that we will have fun and I have my strategy plan to try and minimize the waits if that is possible.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I saw that on my phone, I have the wait times and wondered how accurate they were, guess I now know There are a few things that a must so I figure on being in line for a while for them...Toy Story is always long so we plan to be prepared for that wait. My husband doesn't understand and thinks that I need a stress free weekend and that by going with crowds that it won't do the job but he doesn't realize that it is exactly where I want to be. Plus I will still get a few hours of sitting on the beach watching the waves too.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Yea TSMM is a must for me too. I usually try and go on it 2x a day LOL. I am also going back in july to see the new rides, so im not worried either. I figure that going later in April would beat out the SB crowds lol. I agree that even though the parks are busy its still tons of fun. I feel ok if i do the major rides in the morning so i have more time for whatver else. You have a good time as well, there are lots of Easter treats
Originally Posted By nevadarebel We plan on being at DCA at closing to ride TSMM as our last ride..we did this last year and walked on it, got off and went right back on just as it was closing so we got 2 rides back to back. (we try to do it at least 2x as well). I know that TOT is out because my DD hates it so that will be one we skip this trip but make up for it with the boys next month. She is a very laid back person much like me so we just enjoy people watching and things as much as the rides. It will be nice to take more time observing things rather than rushing to ride all the rides.
Originally Posted By tashajilek ^^ Thats good, it's amazing how many new things you can see that you havent before. I have never done Casey jr, the story book canals or the redcreek challenge. Its good to do something new. Yea i did TSMM during WOC and near closing and it was great!
Originally Posted By Sparrow A lot of local schools (L.A. school district) are on Spring Break this week. If you can wait one more week and go the weekend of the 30th-1st, it might be a lot less crowded. Just saying...
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb It was packed last weekend, but you seem prepared for crowds. We did Pirates, Mansion, Pooh and Jungle Cruise and the longest wait was maybe 15 minutes because we hit them all before noon. After noon the lines were crazy busy so we did things other than attractions. I'm sure we could have packed much more into the day, but it was more of a social day than commando day for our group.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Im glad im going wed and thurs. Not looking forward to Friday, but im making sure we are there super early for fastpasses. How is Buzz now with no fastpass machines? to me it seems the waits are not as long as they used to be. It said that the current wait time for the Tangled meet and greet was 90mins!!!! who on earth would stand in that line??
Originally Posted By darcy-becker Every time I went by Buzz last week the listed wait time was 10 minutes. And Tangled was always 90 minutes. I even went by before it opened one day and the line was already 90 minutes. So I skipped it.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Wow, 10 is good for buzz. I went there last year around the same time and the standby was at least 30mins. Always 90?? thats nuts, i guess we know why there is more demand for meet and greets.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I use mousewait and disneyland wait times. From what I understand is that they are both fairly accurate so I will see this weekend. We are prepared mentally so we should be ok. I am not expecting to ride everything, just our favorites and just enjoy being there.
