I am curious about the concept of "used to peak times". Is SWGE going to be a "peak time" event? As I troll and bait the different
Disneyland sites, I have the observation that many see SWGE as just another peak time event. My feeling however is that it will not be a peak time event but one of unforeseen barriers, exceeding that of peak time, to visitors with great expectations. Star wars is not a Disney event, it is not a decade event, it is not a United States event, it is not a premier opening event... Star wars,in my exploration of pop culture, is the only pop culture phenomena that extends thru six decades...... that touches the 5 year old in 2018 ...... to the folks under 75 years of age who mistakenly saw a movie called Star Wars that hot summer night.
I see the concept of peak time as that which we apply to our commute to work, black Friday and Christmas Holidays at Disneyland. In Oregon I view driving to the Oregon Coast on the weekend a peak event but on July 4th the drive is a major, stressful family event, consuming hours of road travel, where to park, where to eat....expecting a normal drive and coast visit.....but discovered to be otherwise. I feel sorry for folks who plan I-5 trips in the fall in Oregon to head south to California, becoming stuck in hours of university football traffic, that football bumper to bumper traffic is not peak time traffic.
On the flip side, Aug 21, 2017 in western Oregon turned out to not be disastrous at all....all the pre-Cry Wolf planning worked, no one showed up. But in Central Oregon a whole different story of expectations of how many folks would arrive for the event.