Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=76083" target="_blank"><b>Latest: OCReg: Disney parks reach capacity with holiday crowds</b></a> <p>The <i>OC Register</i> reports Disneyland and Disney California Adventure temporarily closed their gates today as each reached capacity crowds. They interview the founder of <a target="_blank" href="http://mousewait.com/">Mousewait</a>, a smart phone app that tracks ride wait times who offers a comparison of last year wait times to today's posted waits.</p>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Wait.... DCA was at capacity and its gates had to be closed? *winka winka winka* ^^ That's the sound of me cleaning my computer screen because surely I must be seeing things.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt This comment after the article made me laugh: "I can think of 1000 other places I would rather be than Disneyland on a crowded day… all those sweaty tourists… yuck." LOL.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "*winka winka winka* ^^ That's the sound of me cleaning my computer screen because surely I must be seeing things." Darn, I thought you were giving us a triple wink! lol
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This makes me really excited to meet my aunt, uncle, and cousins for dinner tomorrow night...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't really know. They're not so much in to planning things out. At this point, they still don't know which park they're going to (their flight doesn't get in until 11am, so there's no point in trying to do both). It will probably be somewhere 'quick', but DLR has the slowest counterservice in the world. I can only imagine that it will be a lot worse when the parks are close to capacity. Let's hope that the rain in the morning will scare people away for the day!
Originally Posted By BrianStarr I was at Disneyland (right before it closed) on Monday and it was outrageous! The line for pirates went all the way to haunted mansion and mansion to pirates. Even the City Hall guest relations had a line going to the front gate. Nothing was under an hour and half wait. We had to get out of there. We went to DCA and it wasn't any better. CA Screamin's line wrapped all the way to Ariel's Grotto. All the fast passes for everything were sold out, and it was only noon. A lot of this has to do with the heavy rain last week. All the people who were going to go last week are going this week, doubling the travelers. I wouldn't be surprised if the parks close everyday this week.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy We there yesterday and monday in the morning. It was crazy busy, but the weather was wonderful! Yeah, the lines were long, but there was very little pushing/bumping that can happen on busy days. It wasn't really too bad considering the mass of humanity milling around!
Originally Posted By tashajilek I know Hans, it's hard to believe they shut down DCA! I wouldnt in a 1000 years wait an hour for POTC!!! thats so insane.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Really? It's bright and sunny up here in San Francisco. This has been such a weird year for weather in California.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones I wonder what parking is like and why anyone who visits this week will ever visit again during the busy holiday. I wonder if those responsible are kicking themselves that they did not invest in resort parking and transportation sooner, though I doubt they care much right now.
Originally Posted By Manfried This might amaze some of you, but a lot of people don't go to Disney parks every day of their lives. I go to one of the WDW parks about once a month now. I have visited Disneyland twice in the last year. Now, thanks to the economy and my fixed income, I won't be going there but maybe once a year. I will probably enjoy it more.
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Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance He was probably piss drunk in some other establishments at the same time you were Ohana.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I wonder if those responsible are kicking themselves that they did not invest in resort parking and transportation sooner, though I doubt they care much right now. >>> I'm not sure I follow you. It was reported that DL stopped selling tickets for several hours on several days, and briefly did the same for DCA, because both parks were filled to capacity with guests. Considering that that's with the current parking and transport infrastructure, how would improving parking and transport affect the "sold out" parks one way or the other?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "how would improving parking and transport affect the "sold out" parks one way or the other?" Perhaps if they had invested in resort infrastructure guests wouldn't be boarding a city bus in order to get to the park from remote parking lots several blocks away.
