Just returned - a few notes

[Madhatter266]

Pros
- Crowd calendars were fairly accurate on most days, and way "off" on others.
- Tour groups were still there but not as bad as when we visited last January. It seemed like there were many international family groups visiting.
- The highlight was the dinner at Be Our Guest. I must say that our meals were fair - but the castle decor and guest experience was great. I hope to be able to do it again.

Cons
-Somewhat confusing ticket entrance lines. After the first day, it went smoothly.
-When are folks going to learn how to walk in the crowd - move to the side to argue with your family - don't stand in the middle of the walkway. When giving directions to others in your group, use words, don't throw out your arm in a "land-ho" point. We actually witnessed an elderly lady get hit in the face by someone who did the "land-ho" arm throw, not noticing that people were trying to move around them.

All in all, it was a nice trip!

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

Pros
- Crowd calendars were fairly accurate on most days, and way "off" on others.
- Tour groups were still there but not as bad as when we visited last January. It seemed like there were many international family groups visiting.
- The highlight was the dinner at Be Our Guest. I must say that our meals were fair - but the castle decor and guest experience was great. I hope to be able to do it again.

Cons
-Somewhat confusing ticket entrance lines. After the first day, it went smoothly.
-When are folks going to learn how to walk in the crowd - move to the side to argue with your family - don't stand in the middle of the walkway. When giving directions to others in your group, use words, don't throw out your arm in a "land-ho" point. We actually witnessed an elderly lady get hit in the face by someone who did the "land-ho" arm throw, not noticing that people were trying to move around them.

All in all, it was a nice trip!

Welcome back!
I have to say that I am a pointer. I always seem to "talk" with my hands. Oh well.....

 

[MoonFaerie]

Which crowd calendar were you using?

I agree about the ticket lines. Really annoying. I feel bad that I sorta snapped at the poor CM that directed me to the AP/"paper" ticket line. I was in so much pain trying to walk, and I just wanted to go pick up 1 thing at one of the stores. I had to wait in line for 10 darn minutes while the people with KTTW/plastic tickets had no line. Plus getting separated from my friend at every turnstile because we had different kinds of tickets was irritating too.

 

[ttintagel]

Heh, my own mother clocks me with the land-ho every time we go somewhere together.

 

[Srbright]

Welcome back!
I have to say that I am a pointer. I always seem to "talk" with my hands. Oh well.....

I hit someone in the face with a butcher block cutting board at Walmart once when I was turning around to show it to my husband. I didn't know she was there.

Since then... we are much more careful!

Stacy

 

[friskykitten]

Thanks for the quick update. It seems that almost anytime we go we encounter the large tourist groups. The worst month was probably the October trips. Yet I seem to have fewer and fewer visits where I don't run into one at all.

The one time we did a January visit we never ran into one all week. But that was several years ago......16 or so years ago. I guess January is a popular time for them now? I prefer to avoid the large groups. I just enjoy my time with my family more as there seems to be less stress. Not really sure why that is. I wonder if anyone has ever tracked their attendence to see when good times to avoid going are. It probably changes a little bit every year for groups like Pop Warner or tourist groups.

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

I hit someone in the face with a butcher block cutting board at Walmart once when I was turning around to show it to my husband. I didn't know she was there.

Since then... we are much more careful!

Stacy

Black Friday?

 

[larryz]

I hit someone in the face with a butcher block cutting board at Walmart once when I was turning around to show it to my husband. I didn't know she was there.

Since then... we are much more careful!

Stacy

That would be the ever-popular "Block Ho," Don Ho's lesser-known brother...