Tuesday January 19th
Predicted Crowd Level: 3.
Actual Crowd Level: 3.
Weather: Brrrrrrrrr a high of 55 and a low of 43. No precipitation.
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What a difference just one day makes again. As a reminder of what things looked like on the 18th, I added a final column with the average waits from the non-recommended day prior with a crowd level of “6” rather than “3” with Animal Kingdom now the most recommended Park. This is almost as good as it gets, though the Everest waits are on the high side compared to the low waits elsewhere. Still, an average wait of nine minutes at 11:30am is almost unheard of circa 2k16.
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A reminder to bring those jackets if you plan to stay at the Parks late into the evening in January, February, and potentially March. A surprising number of people don’t and as they inevitably leave for the natural warmth of All-Star Sports, waits in turn drop dramatically. With the low overall crowd level, Epcot is just fine here, though peak and average waits will be lower on the 20th when the Park is recommended.
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Studios’ waits drop significantly from the weekend. You may remember that Saturday’s overall average wait was 45 minutes with Sunday at 41 and Monday at 48. Today is “just” 29 minutes. You may also remember that back on the 14th, we saw an overall crowd level of “2.” On that day, the average at Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster was 44, Star Tours, was 19, Movie Ride was 17, Tower of Terror was 27, and Toy Story was 86, so we’re right around that same area given a similar crowd level and a similar recommendation. These are otherwise well below average wait times, even with Toy Story peaking at 140 minutes and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster hitting a solid hour in the afternoon.
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Magic Kingdom doesn’t fare quite as well with the 9am-11pm operating hours, two Electrical Parades, and Wishes. But save for tornado-day on November 15th, this is the lowest overall wait we’ve seen, which isn’t surprising given the recommendation and lower overall crowd level.
Relatively low crowds should continue until Saturday the 23rd.
Just my opinion.
The daily thing clutters your amazing site.
Makes me less excited to visit it.
Then don’t visit.
That’s not funnyor sarcastic or clever, just rude.
Personally, I love these posts. If my kids didn’t have midterms, I’d leave snowmageddon and go straight to the most recommended park. Thanks, Josh!
I’m enjoying the daily posts. Thanks!
I also like the daily posts. After a while I should get a better feel for what a crowd level and recommended park mean for wait times.
I also find I’m really glad to see SOMETHING every day!
I also am enjoying the daily posts. Looking at the different patterns helps me to plan our next vacation at WDW.
Thanks for all you do Josh.
I like being able to compare what I “feel” like the crowd level is versus what it actually was… Thanks for the posts 🙂
Why not beyond the 23rd? Just a regular weekend bloat?
Do you expect the wait times to look similar two weeks from now? We just booked a spur of the moment trip Jan. 31-Feb. 2 and we’ve never been this time of year.
Wondering the same!
Oh Lord… we are going to be there then too. Looks like a crowded week, there will be at least 3 of us in the parks.
SHHH…don’t tell people to bring their coats!! We Northerners are counting on the mass exodus of the coatless for our evenings! 3 years ago, on a walk from Asia to Africa, about 6:30 PM, in 41 degrees, as far as we could see behind us and far as we could see in front of us, there was NO ONE. our own private park! It was great!
I had a similar trip in late 2014. Rainy and in the 40s all day. I think the longest wait we had all day in Animal Kingdom was 10 minutes to get our lunch!
Count me in for that same time…January 29-Feb. 3….so that makes 4!!! I hope Josh gets to answer what Jen asked about wait times and crowds for this time….
From previous experience January 29th weekend expect to be like on the 18th and from Monday forward, especially Tues, Wed, Thurs., expect more like on the 19th and maybe a little lower wait times at the recommended parks for that specific day.
Five…
It’s like wait times Moneyball! I like it. I don’t even really know why I like it because I’m probably not going back to WDW till 2017, but it’s very interesting.