Originally Posted By seanyoda On our way to a new years eve party, smeeeko and I passed near the parks and saw signs saying "BOTH Disneyland and DCA are full."
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka The thought of being there when it's so full of people gives me hives. LOL
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I was at Disneyland yesterday afternoon, VERY BUSY, long lines for everything Went to DCA in the evening, basically walked onto Monsters, Inc. and much of the park was very slow, except the Cove Bar, which was "full" as soon as they opened around 6 PM.
Originally Posted By kmovies Gosh ... Both parks FULL and Disneyland VERY BUSY, DCA VERY SLOW I don't know if we will ever know the truth. It's a shame that we won't get the attendance figures for US Parks this year since the magazine that published the numbers closed. My gut is that DCA would have again increased.
Originally Posted By fkurucz I wish I could go to DCA on one of those "no lines" days. Everytime I have been there its been pretty busy.
Originally Posted By Nemo88 "Went to DCA in the evening, basically walked onto Monsters, Inc. and much of the park was very slow, except the Cove Bar, which was "full" as soon as they opened around 6 PM." So Darkbeer were the signs "lying" to everyone ? you claim DCA was empty,however Disney posted signs saying DL and DCA are full. I guess your biased eyes are more accurate than the turnstyle clicks.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The signs I saw when I arrived at 11 PM, and the flyer that was handed to me when we entered the Parking Structure stated that Disneyland was "extremely popular with our Guests today", but that 1 day tickets to DCA were still available. I took PLENTY of photos of both Disneyland and DCA... <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2299187" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/2299187</a> The few attractions I went on or walked by had very short waits. Remember that 3 radio stations issued a lot of comp tickets, so how many of those were not used? All I know is that Disneyland had long lines everywhere, BLAB was about an hour wait in the afternoon, but Monsters Inc was just a couple of minutes in the early evening.
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl I hear ys fkurucz, I have NEVER been there when DCA was "empty", or you could just "walk on" any ride.... guess these days only "appear" when darkbeer shows up there.
Originally Posted By fkurucz To be fair to Darkbeer, we usually visit DCA during AM and afternoon hours. The only evening visit I had was in the summer and it was busy, but that was a few years ago. That said, I have never seen Monsters Inc with a line shorter than 15 minutes.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<All I know is that Disneyland had long lines everywhere, BLAB was about an hour wait in the afternoon, but Monsters Inc was just a couple of minutes in the early evening.>> I'll bet Pooh had a shorter line. Seriously, even though I wasn't at either park, I've never really had to wait much for Pinnochio's Daring Journey or Snow White's Scary Adventures either, even on the busiest of days.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> ... guess these days only "appear" when darkbeer shows up there. << If you don't believe him, look at the pics in his link. He includes many shots of DCA from his visit.
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl I HAVE seen them...... doesn't change what I said. I have never been there when it is empty or no lines for the rides.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Here might be part of the "answer" http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=dl070102xx >>Even Disney's California Adventure park (DCA) experienced some signifcant crowds in the afternoon. Once single-day ticket sales for Disneyland were suspended, arriving guests were offered the option to buy a ticket that would only allow them into DCA until 6:00 p.m., at which time they would be allowed into Disneyland if there was room. Quite a few people took them up on the offer swelling DCA attendance, although it did relax somewhat as people moved over to Disneyland in the evening.<< I didn't get to DCA until shortly before 6 PM (Was at the ESPN Zone watching the NFL games and saying hi to friends), and went thru the GCH entrance. So it looks like folks were at DCA until their tickets became valid for Disneyland.
Originally Posted By mstaft I've seen DCA pretty empty several times. In mid-July, we walked on to ToT, Monsters, Bugs, and Grizzly. Our only wait (a short one) was for Soarin'. Cut Darkbeer some slack you guys. If nothing else, be kind.
Originally Posted By Kansasteen DCA is never packed when I go, but there is definetly some hustle and bustle. In the summer Soarin always has a wait of at least an hour and TOT is usually at least 30 minutes. I will say that many other things are usually walk ons, including big things like Grizzly.
Originally Posted By kmovies Still ... "offer swelling DCA attendance, although it did relax somewhat as people moved over to Disneyland in the evening" isn't very slow!
