The tour groups in the past always started coming at the end of June/beginning of July and then in January and it appears the same this year as well. Be we experienced a lot that behaviour this week with them trying to push other people out of the shaded seating areas, blasting their music as loud as they can on their phones without any concern for anyone else and blocking up the walkways for their group photos.
There was an *enormous* tour group this weekend of teenagers from Brazil, and we ran into them multiple times throughout the park and in lines and they were just lovely. Just wanted to make sure they didn't get a bad rap as we saw nothing but highly organized and well-managed behavior from them.
There was an *enormous* tour group this weekend of teenagers from Brazil, and we ran into them multiple times throughout the park and in lines and they were just lovely. Just wanted to make sure they didn't get a bad rap as we saw nothing but highly organized and well-managed behavior from them.
The two cheapest AP tiers (Pixie and Pirate) are currently blocked out as well.
We were at the springs yesterday (7/2) and it was so hot I felt I was melting! We waited maybe 25 minutes for Gideons. After lunch at Homecomin’ we headed back. I thought I was going to keel over in the 20 minutes we waited for the Swan bus.
I ate lunch at Homecoming too so we were probably in there around the same time. I left after lunch too. I am not built for this heat. That's why I'm off to Volcano Bay this weekend.
First world problems.Ummm. Mars is not hot. Just sayin'.We are at MK today, 7/3. I didn’t believe Touring plans which ranked MK as a 6/10 but the crowds are really not bad. The real issue is the HEAT. Oh my goodness. It’s like being in a theme park on Mars!
Wait times are not terrible at all. Even Seven Dwarfs says 65 minutes right now.
There are plenty of people but it is not wall to wall, shoulder to shoulder like I was expecting. I’m guessing more crowds will show up closer to fireworks time. We reserved a Seats and Sweets so we wouldn’t have to worry about that.
Our biggest issue is that we stupidly ate at Liberty Tree at 3:00 and none of us are hungry for a dessert party.
Lol. You’re 100% right. It’s like the Mars I imagine from the movie Total Recall… like my face is melting off.
It did feel a little like I would imagine Mercury might feel when I was there...if not for the UV umbrella I might have resembled this to the original point..
I think that's supposed to be decompression, not melting.
My family and I were there that day from 12 15 to about 130 so maybe all of us were there...
Our reservation was at 1:00, so I bet we were!
I was looking at those too. Im blown away at those low wait times! 25 min at 1pm for RotR! Im not there now either but yeah its awesome for those who are there today.Just looking at wait times and they're crazy low for July 4th! Nice for all who are there!
Genie+ is also 'only' $29 today which supports crowds are down.
Are we starting to see the end of the WDW travel demand? As one headed there in 7 weeks, this would make me very happy!
I suspect there are many factors. One certainly is pent up demand from the Co-Vid closings. We are far enough out now that it should be ending. I also think its a combination of the major price increases putting Disney out of range for more people or only doing 1 trip a year instead of multiple (us for sure). And people just being frustrated at how complicated Disney has made planning a trip.
These are very good points. We were 2-3 trips/year people in the past and now it's one.
