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Disneyland Resort Crowd Report – December 7 to 13, 2014

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Last week, with the exception of Saturday, our predictions did well at both Disneyland Parks. Very well in fact. Most days the average wait times at both parks were within a few minutes of what we predicted. Saturday was a surprise however, with wait times soaring to levels normally reserved for holidays.

Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day last week on the TouringPlans.com Disneyland Resort Crowd Report:

Disneyland Resort Crowd Levels – Daily Breakdown

Sunday, December 7, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
5
7

While we saw an influx of guests to Disneyland Park, Sunday’s crowd at Disney California Adventure dropped three levels lower than our prediction. Seeing a contrast between the two parks of this magnitude is rare. Pirates of the Caribbean averaged 26 minutes while California Screamin’ averaged 15.

Disney California Adventure
6
3

Monday, December 8, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
4
4

Monday’s crowd returned to levels in line with our predictions. Indiana Jones Adventure averaged 29 minutes while Tower of Terror averaged 19 minutes, both as predicted.

Disney California Adventure
3
2

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
4
4

Tuesday’s wait times came in with levels identical to Monday. Predictions hit the mark within a few minutes at all major attractions.

Disney California Adventure
3
2

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
3
5

Wednesday’s crowd was a little higher than expected at Disneyland Park while DCA’s wait times were within 5 minutes on average of what we predicted.

Disney California Adventure
2
3

Thursday, December 11, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
3
5

Another level ‘5’ at Disneyland Park on Thursday which included average wait times like 28 minutes at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and 25 at Nemo Submarine Voyage.

Disney California Adventure
3
3

Friday, December 12, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
4
2

Wait times dipped lower on Friday, to the lowest level of the week. Guests experienced average waits like 6 minutes at Dumbo and 5 at Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree.

Disney California Adventure
3
1

Saturday, December 13, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
6
10

And then there was Saturday! Wait times skyrocketed on Saturday to levels that we haven’t seen since July 4th. Every major attraction at Disneyland park hit a level ’10’ on our scale.

Disney California Adventure
4
7
What to Expect This Week
December 14 to 20, 2014
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Other than Saturday, we expect crowds to be manageable if not light next week. This may be the last week to experience reasonable crowds before the Christmas rush arrives.

To see Disneyland Resort Crowd predictions for the days of your vacation, check the Crowd Calendar.

To get details about our predictions of future crowds or details about crowds in the past check out the Crowd Calendar and select “Jump to Date” on the left margin.

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Fred Hazelton

Fred Hazelton maintains the crowd calendar, theme park wait time models and does hotel rate analysis for the Unofficial Guides. He's also done the models for the new mobile wait times product Lines. Fred Hazelton is a professional statistician living in Ontario, Canada. His email address is fred@touringplans.com. You can also follow him on Twitter: @DisneyStatsWhiz.

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