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Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2009
Definitely a Josh fan here. And I agree, his blog is pretty funny. Love his humor. Also if you read his crowd calendar he spells it out - says exactly why he recommends or doesn't recommend each park.
Hope I can piggyback on this topic. . . I have always used both EasyWDW and Touring Plans (I like the way TP gives numbered crowd levels by day instead of just recommended/not recommended and analyzes results the next day; I like that Josh gives his rationale, so I can decide whether his parameters match with my touring style and decide which calendar to lean on more)
BUT I have always been somewhat constrained in my choice of dates (i.e.e. Have to go on school holidays or hubby's slow time at work) and have only used calendars to choose my park days within a given week.
How useful are the calendars for picking a week of the year to visit? I'm helping my retiree parents plan a trip & not sure just how "relative" everything is. I know people say a 4 crowd in 2015 is not what a 4 was in 2011. I'm wondering if a 4 in February is comparable to a 4 in Oct? Not sure how to weigh seasonal pricing, crowds, and weather to pick a date when you can actually go any time you want!
How useful are the calendars for picking a week of the year to visit? I'm helping my retiree parents plan a trip & not sure just how "relative" everything is. I know people say a 4 crowd in 2015 is not what a 4 was in 2011. I'm wondering if a 4 in February is comparable to a 4 in Oct? Not sure how to weigh seasonal pricing, crowds, and weather to pick a date when you can actually go any time you want!
I am hoping Josh is right because he is showing lower crowds than the other calendars on the days we are going.
I'd say that at a 3, you're not facing crazy crowds and can't make too big of a mistake even if you guess "wrong".So I've been looking at touringplans.com and easywdw.com for my trip in January. My first day at the parks is 1/20 and I was hoping to go to MK since I try to hit MK first due to its size. This way I can make up what I don't get done in the one day at MK later.
Touringplans has 1/20 as a 3 out of 10 overall with all parks except HS as a 3. But easywdw, while they rate the day a 2, specifically doesn't recommend MK on 1/20 because of evening extra magic hours. Any thoughts on this decision?
Just remember though, that his numbers are for the resort as a whole. So if a day is rated as a 4, but MK is not recommended, MK would probably be more like a 6 or even a 7.