Return of Crowds

[LiteBrite]

We are here now. Big difference in crowds from last week to this week. People are definitely returning.

Agreed.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Crowds ARE here I’m here right now and no one cares about covid at all

 

[jrsharp21]

Crowds ARE here I’m here right now and no one cares about covid at all

Care to elaborate?

 

[shawthorne44]

I think that travel bump from the summer is over, along with the pent up demand.

I really hope you are right. I'd like Feb. to be a normal month for Feb. But, I've been bracing myself for crowds

 

[Lilsia]

It's starting this week for the 50th. Rooms are pretty well booked starting next weekend. We arrive on Tuesday.

 

[J-Dog]

Crowds ARE here I’m here right now and no one cares about covid at all

That's exactly what I want to hear

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Crowds ARE here I’m here right now and no one cares about covid at all

Thankfully we have seen great compliance at the resorts and parks. The cast members will remind people to wear masks and over the nose as well. Love the hand sanitizers all over the parks.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

Crowds ARE here I’m here right now and no one cares about covid at all

What do you mean "No one cares about covid at all" Can you give us specifics? or is this just an opinion.

 

[AndreaDM]

It's starting this week for the 50th. Rooms are pretty well booked starting next weekend. We arrive on Tuesday.

are you talking about the weekend starting Oct 1? Because this coming weekend has availability everywhere.

 

[cmp1976]

There appears to be a lot of hotel availability from October 3rd - 9th, which is when we will be there.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Perceived crowding will be worse than actual clicks would indicate because things aren't open and the resort isn't fully staffed.

 

[Lilsia]

are you talking about the weekend starting Oct 1? Because this coming weekend has availability everywhere.

Yes, the weekend of the 50th. Sorry, I got a bit ahead of my timeline.

 

[Lilsia]

Perceived crowding will be worse than actual clicks would indicate because things aren't open and the resort isn't fully staffed.

I hope that you are right. I was going off of DVC availability. There is typically plenty of availability at resorts like SSR this time of year, even with F&WF. But this year, it is booked up.

 

[thptrek]

we are headed down in mid Oct, and hotels seem to be pretty available, not sure if that leads to less crowds

Same here and hoping for manageable crowds. Our last trip was during Christmas season so anything will feel "empty."

 

[thptrek]

For Mid October there is a lot of DVC availability. That normally does not happen so that may be a signal.

 

[DL1WDW2]

I know the castmembers have been “blocked out” and have been experiencing 6 day mandatory work schedules… they are exhausted perhaps …Please be kind…
Hopefully Disney will ease up their schedule to have some relaxation or fun with their families before the 50th on October 1st…
Does anybody know a castmember ? I hope the College Interns are included.
Just my theory… Unwind this weekend for cast , might make the parks busy.

 

[Aluminum Falcon]

For Mid October there is a lot of DVC availability. That normally does not happen so that may be a signal.

we go down the week of the 17th, and the amount of availability i've been seeing on the website is bonkers. the more i check the more seems to open up. i assume that's a good sign for low crowds, but who knows

 

[Shellyred8]

Thankfully we have seen great compliance at the resorts and parks. The cast members will remind people to wear masks and over the nose as well. Love the hand sanitizers all over the parks.

Was there actually hand sanitizer in the hand sanitizer stations? For a while there were lots of complaints that they were always empty.

 

[crazy43]

Was there actually hand sanitizer in the hand sanitizer stations? For a while there were lots of complaints that they were always empty.

just back, while we did find a few that were empty, we found most had hand sanitizer available.

 

[grossmansr]

We'll be there the week of the 10th and planned on going to the Boo Bash on the 17th. I would LOVE for crowds to be low but I'm prepared for anything.