Comments on: Can I Trust The Crowd Calendar?

By: Leanne from Canada

Leanne from Canada — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:56:39 +0000

Hi, I hope the predications are accurate. We moved our holiday up 2 weeks in March when we saw on the crowd calendar that the week we were planning on going was in the middle of spring break season. Once your kids grow up you tend not to think of stuff like that.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:28:47 +0000

I have a similar question. What if DS (or any park) isn’t listed as a park to visit or avoid? Like on Dec 21 and 22, 2009?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:30:50 +0000

Does the crowd level apply to all parks for that day or just the one you are recommending to visit? I know, I know the touring plan is more important but I still want to know! Example Dec 8, 2009 is says avoid DS. However, if you want to see Fantasmic it only runs on Tuesday and Thursday that week so you cant avoid it. I feel like there should be a number per park so you know is it a 4 vs 5 or 4 versus 8.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:59:31 +0000

Just a thought. Could you assign a number 1-? and the number assigned represents a specific amount of wait time (say 10 minutes)? A crowd level of 6 would equate to a 60 minute wait?

We are heading to Disney the week before Christmas and are looking forward to putting your touring plans to work.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:27:08 +0000

I’ll echo Rachel. I was at Disney during dates in the above table (March 14-22, 2009). It was my wife and I and three kids, 2-9. We followed the touring plans each day and had only one wait over 30 minutes all week. We stayed at the Poly which was great because we could pop over to MK after dinner and walk on numerous rides like Pirates and Mansion. It also helped to make maximum use of regular fast passes and baby fast passes.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:20:34 +0000

Fred, how about this to solve the calibration problem: Allow numbers above 10. If you think the max wait will be 120 minutes, mark it 12.

By: Laurie Lewis

Laurie Lewis — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:43:01 +0000

Touring Plans are absolutely the best thing ever so far as trying to beat the crowds, don’t even try to question it! We are avid WDW fans and visit frequently. We’ve been on peak crowd days & much lower (4&5’s)but honestly, we would not have been able to tell the difference between them so far as the crowd except for the crowd predictor told us so. There is just no comparison to what you are able to do with a touring plan compared to no touring plan. Another huge must is arriving before the gates open! Can’t stress touring plan or early arrival enough! Thanks Fred, Len, & everyone for your research! We love you!

By: April

April — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:36:16 +0000

We were there March 14-21 and were expecting 6 crowd levels. I didn’t find the parks outrageously crowded and we were pleasantly surprised! I am shocked to read that those crowds were actually 10’s! To be honest, we were glad for the crowds because the extended evening hours were the BEST!!!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:00:48 +0000

Maybe something akin to a heat index. It’s a “10″ but feels like a 12!

I agree that something tangible, like hard numbers in wait times are needed. It’s much easier to calculate wait times as opposed to “how long it takes to get from point A to point B with a stroller.” I suppose at some point there in no longer a simple linear relationship between increasing wait times and how “painful” it is to be in the park. Probably very few people get in a line when the standby wait is >90 minutes…yet the difference in crowd density between random day in July and Easter Sunday (either of which may easily get this wait time) is probably quite palpable.

Maybe how quickly fastpass is gone at the most popular attractions gives some additional measurable dimension of not only wait time but crowd density.

By: Cristi

Cristi — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:13:46 +0000

Just wondering why on the Unofficial Guide Crowd Counting Results, there are days for example like Disney Studios that say Friday and Sunday are the longest wait times, however on Sunday Sept 6, 2009 you have Disney Studios as the best park to go to for that day. Can you explain because that is when I will be there and I am trying to plan out my park and dining schedule and have never run across this conflict of your schedules. I have used your calendars for the last 4 years, so I want to make sure that there was not some kind of mistake. Thanks for any insight you could provide!