Hopefully NYE not as bad as 5 years ago. There seems to be very little crowd control vs more recent videos.
2.5 hours to get to the car! I’m going to make my case to exit after dinner (booked 8:25 pm) before the boats to the Poly shut down (11:30 pm).
I was at AK this morning (Dec 21) and it was insanely crowded (I go a lot and this was the worst I have ever seen it). Lines for the Safari stretched way down past the ride. Lines for Lion King (around 12:45/1?) stretched all the way to the tunnel that leads to Pandora. The CM was telling folks they were unlikely to make the next show.How crazy are the parks feeling today? I'm trying to prepare myself for the weekend.
I checked wait times twice for AK and at 3:40 pm it was 265 mins and at 5:05 pm it was 255 mins!I was at AK this morning (Dec 21) and it was insanely crowded (I go a lot and this was the worst I have ever seen it). Lines for the Safari stretched way down past the ride. Lines for Lion King (around 12:45/1?) stretched all the way to the tunnel that leads to Pandora. The CM was telling folks they were unlikely to make the next show.
Hopped to Epcot at 7pm and it has been surprisingly less busy. Nowhere near as crowded as regular Food and Wine.
Got in line at 7:35/7:40pm for the 8:30pm Candlelight Processional and were 30-50ppl behind in line. Not bad at all and got great seats.
Dining package seats now take up ALL the space under the covered area + 7-8 rows after. I kinda thought it would only go ip to the first wheelchair area. Good thing no rain tonight!
Last night (Tuesday Dec 20), we got to Disney Springs and it was sooo chill. The line for Ghiradelli was maybe 2 ppl deep at 8ish when we beelined there right after the Drey-C performance on the Waterside Stage.
World of Disney at 9ish was the least crowded I have seen this year. (in August and October, I went multiple times and it was the one of the only places I really wished I had a mask). This time I wasn’t browsing shoulder to shoulder. There were people shopping, but it was very chill.
Hollywood Studios on Dec 18 and 19 were pretty crowded but AK this morning was insanely nuts.
That was only because Flight of Passage went down around noonish for an hour and a half. After that all the lines for it were terrible.I checked wait times twice for AK and at 3:40 pm it was 265 mins and at 5:05 pm it was 255 mins!
Plenty of time for that to change…fingers crossed for you.Rain forecasted on NYE. That going to put a damper on our plans.
It is too early for that forecast to be definitive. It was supposed to rain earlier in our trip and now it's saying no rain. There's time for it to get better (or worse).Rain forecasted on NYE. That going to put a damper on our plans.
We JUST arrived at AKL. Traffic in NC/SC was crazy. Stopped a few times for food/breaks. Felt like it took forever, but SO happy to finally be here!! Celebrating tonight, so cheers to all!Wanted to give an update: We decided to leave a day early to get a head start on the weather… drove through some heavy patches of rain on I-95, but thankfully made it safely to Virginia. Stayed overnight and left early and we are almost through N. Carolina. Was able to add an extra day and get a room at our resort for today, so happy we don’t have to move resorts! Only had a little bit of rain when we left this morning, and now it’s sunny out, however we are getting blown around by strong winds. Safe travels to everyone heading Home today! See you there!
Beautiful! Have a great trip and happiest of holidays!We JUST arrived at AKL. Traffic in NC/SC was crazy. Stopped a few times for food/breaks. Felt like it took forever, but SO happy to finally be here!! Celebrating tonight, so cheers to all!
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Thank you!!! Same to you!! I hope you had a wonderful trip!!!!Beautiful! Have a great trip and happiest of holidays!