I’d love to avoid Spring Break crowds, but my kids are too old to pull from school, so here I am planning a trip from 3/23 - 3/29. Looking at the Crowd Calendar, I was pleasantly surprised to see 5’s and 6’s for MK that whole week! To the point where I was kind of skeptical, to be honest. But the TP Crowd Calendar has been an awesome resource for us on all our other trips, so I’m really hoping it knows something I don’t!
Disney has room rates for that week at “Spring” pricing, which suggests to me they’re expecting high crowds.
Should I really expect 5’s and 6’s in MK from 3/23 - 3/29? Easter isn’t until 4/20, so that helps. Just curious what’s driving those predictions.
Yes, I think that’s possible - for the Magic Kingdom! But all the other parks are higher, at 7 to 9 for those same dates. That’s the way numbers have been running.
TP’s CL numbers are based on time waiting in lines, not the number of people in the park. And they measure only certain key attractions at each park, and during prime daytime hours (10 or 11 to 5 or 6?). MK has a lot of rides and other attractions, so there are more lines to absorb the crowds. The other parks have fewer attractions with lines you’d have to wait in, so it’s easier for long lines to form for those attractions.
We typically go on/around that week in March and I find that the predicted crowd levels are usually revised up in January or February. It’s possible with the later Easter that there could be a lull between the heaviest spring break crowds and Easter, but I wouldn’t count on it.
Thanks, yeah, it looks like for the last couple months the CL (wait times) have been 1-2 points lower in MK than the other parks, give or take. I know it’s all relative to what’s “normal” for each park, but still, interesting trend!