Park(s) Attendance?

Originally Posted By juicer

How have the crowds been at the parks at WDW lately - Do they seem slower than normal for this time of year?

 

Originally Posted By Disneymom443

I've heard that they are just as packed as normal.( for this time of the year)

 

Originally Posted By jkayjs

I was down 1 1/2 wks ago and it was pretty busy, there were a lot of the Latin groups there.

It's difficult to tell if you aren't staying and going mult days.

I only went Sat the 19th since I was down to visit with my daughter.

I waited 90min for TSM but got into HBD for lunch with a last minute res.

 

Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey

<<I was down 1 1/2 wks ago and it was pretty busy, there were a lot of the Latin groups there.>>

Gotta love those Brazilians!

 

Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub

I just received an e-mail from Universal CityWalk to join in the festivities for Jamaican Independence Day Celebration Aug 9th. I would like to think that meant all of the crowds will be at Universal and not WDW!!!

 

Originally Posted By juicer

Now that we are comming to the last few weeks of the summer season - Has it been packed? Or attractions like Space Mountain having 30-40 waits during the day?

 

Originally Posted By DOGWITKEYS

<<I was down 1 1/2 wks ago and it was pretty busy, there were a lot of the Latin groups there.>>

Ahhh the Brazilians they come in groups of 100+ 2 weeks at a time, most of them stay on Disney property at the all stars, they do the Disney parks then the other central Florida theme parks and they like to chant when they are waiting in line, why the chanting!? Did anyone notice that they were selling Brazilian t-shirts in the main street gift shops? They were blue with their flag on the front with a pic of mickey quoting something in Spanish.

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

It would have been Portuguese ;-)

Chanting is very popular in Latin cultures - DLP suffers from this from Spanish, Portuguese and Italian groups too. They also like to push each other as well

 

Originally Posted By barboy

///They were blue with their flag on the front with a pic of mickey quoting something in Spanish.///

Spanish words and phrases do impact Brazil (as well as French) since that state borders Spanish speaking other states. But Brazilians formalize the Portuguese language because of their long history of economic relations with Portugal.

 

Originally Posted By demderedoseguys

The chanting used to bother me, but if you look at who's doing the chanting, it's usually just some teenagers having fun.

 

Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey

^^^^^It still annoys me, no matter if it's teenagers or old ladies.

 

Originally Posted By dshyates

There is a huge bi*%#fest over on IOA Centrals Boards right now about the Brazilian tour groups.
Some of the girls are also complaining about them gropeing them.
The cutting queues seems to be the biggest gripe though.

 

Originally Posted By DOGWITKEYS

<<The cutting queues seems to be the biggest gripe though.>>

I noticed that a lot this summer when I visited the MK, I also noticed that they get very mad when they all can't be in the same car at the same time. They really didn't understand that 87 of them couldn't go into 1 space mountain car.

 

Originally Posted By lovesthemouse

We were at MK last weekend-a lot of Europeans were visiting. As a resident of the sunshine state, I know that Florida is hoping to se a rise in tourism from folks outside of the US- the American dollar is down and the US is a bargain for international travelers.

 

Originally Posted By libertysquare76

I was at WDW from 23rd July to 10th August and we used Fastpass once for Test Track(thats only because we got them from Disney vacation club). Crowds seemed less than expected except for when it rained when everyone rushed to the rides afraid of getting wet. Hardly any waits in the parks apart from peter pan at the MK and Toy Story at DHS, this is a new ride though so it makes sense. Noticed a lot of families producing their own vacation 'family on tour' tshirts this time. Some rides did show long wait times and fastpasses seemed to run out. We would arrive on sundays about 5pm at the MK and wouldn't need to wait for anything much

 

Originally Posted By disneydad-01

My daughter and I were there on 8.16.08 It was packed to the gills,the europeans had taken over,dont they have there own park?Even fastpass didnt seem to help much!This will be our last summer trip,will try a cooler month to go back.

 

Originally Posted By libertysquare76

Sorry guys as I am a European and I visit the US because thats what Disney means to me. Its more expensive to visit DLP due to strong economies in France and the UK.But why would I go to France when Florida is the number 1 (sorry california) We don't travel to the US cheaply, its very expensive (just cheaper and better than France). When i was in the parks most people seemed to be US citizens or Latin Americans, maybe I would feel crowds more if i queued for thrill rides. There are bound to be lots of people in the biggest and most visited theme parks in the world. I believe an average 44,000 visitors in the MK every day. Disneydad, are you aware of the Unofficial Guide to WDW, they have touring plans that may help?

 

Originally Posted By bobbelee9

^^^I wonder what you would have found to do at DL or DLP for that amount of time. To me it all about WDW. Even when it was just the MK, we went for 10 nights. The kids spent their days swimming and playing at the Poly, and as it started to cool off, we went to the Park. I know, I'm one of those narrow minded WDW lovers.

 

Originally Posted By libertysquare76

couldn't agree more bobbelee- when i first visited WDW in 1987 it was jut mk and epcot and i still wanted to spend the whole vacation there. I too am a lover of WDW. I have never visited DLP and don't intend to, i get goosebumps at the TTC just heading to MK, its a very special place and worth all the hard work it takes to afford the trip.

 

Originally Posted By disneydad-01

I don't mean to be ugly, but I was lured in by an email of a cheap rate at All Stars and a yarn about low numbers of crowds in the parks this time of year. The lady at the park said they were at 99% capacity when we were there. My daughter and I drove down on Aug. 14 for 2 nights before her school started and it was ridiculous.