Originally Posted By StyledSugar Hey everyone! I came here last year for info on our trip back in February (went great!) and I was hoping someone could help me again. I am planning on taking my daughter again in the new year and last year someone posted a link to another site that had the whole year graphed out regarding attendance. Does anyone know what this site was? We're hoping to go when it's not as busy as it was last year and that graph seemed pretty accurate. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Maybe this one? <a href="http://www.intercotwest.com/resortGuide/whenToVisit.asp" target="_blank">http://www.intercotwest.com/re sortGuide/whenToVisit.asp</a>
Originally Posted By StyledSugar That isn't the one but it is just as good. Thank you very, very much!
Originally Posted By fkurucz We were at DLR last October, and there were certainly more than 20K people in the park, even midweek. It wastn't summer crazy, but it was busy. We also went last March, which according to the chart is busier than Oct, it was was less busy.
Originally Posted By liveforvacations I think the graphs are good in general with regard to expected park attendance for the month. However, like all statistics, I think many of them are a little out of date which explains the larger than expected crowds in October. We went in October back in 2001 and the crowds were very light, as expected. However, now with Disneyland celebrating Halloween in a bigger way,I think this is the reason October is getting more crowded. In addition, the graphs, with the exception of major holidays, do not take in account the spike in attendance for things such as long weekends, unofficial events such as Gay Days, charity events, the Candlelight Processional etc. We were in Disneyland last year in the first week of December and we expected it to be a lot less crowded based on what we had read.However, we found that with the Candlelight Processional, staff Christmas parties, the filming of the ABC (I think) special, that although the lines were not particularly long for the rides, getting around the park and getting seats in restaurants was problematic. I find myself trying to plan at least a year in advance and taking note of all these "events" I find out about here. Then I can only hope that they occur the same time the next year so that I can plan around them.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I've never been at Christmas time (except for early December) so I don't know those crowds, but Spring Break was the busiest I ever saw! Much busier than summer, even if that graph called it the same.
Originally Posted By SixSparkeys There is this place as well: <a href="http://www.disneylies.com/dl_resort/attendance.html" target="_blank">http://www.disneylies.com/dl_r esort/attendance.html</a>
Originally Posted By LuLu I think those charts are totally misleading. In many cases they are just plain wrong. Early December may have been the slowest time of year 10 years ago (going then convinced me to get my first AP) but it just isn't that slow anymore. And with school schedules changing, October has been busier for a while... most of the off season just isn't that "off," anymore!
