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Disneyland Resort Crowd Report – December 14 to 20, 2014

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Our predictions hit the mark almost exactly on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last week and Saturday was the only significant surprise. Disneyland continues to be more crowded than normal on Saturdays this fall.

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 14, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
5
7

Sevens at both parks on Sunday. The higher park levels seemed to be attributable to only a few attractions with higher than expected waits. Alice in Wonderland with a 39 minute average posted time (predicted 28) continues to be popular since its latest refurbishment.

Disney California Adventure
6
7

Monday, December 15, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
5
7

Monday’s crowd at Disneyland Park was similar to Sunday’s while Disney California Adventure was lower, as predicted. Radiator Springs averaged 74 minutes (predicted 73).

Disney California Adventure
4
5

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
4
3

Wait times dipped significantly lower on Tuesday. Radiator Springs Racers averaged 63 minutes, 11 minutes lower than a day before.

Disney California Adventure
4
2

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
4
4

Level ‘4’s as both parks on Wednesday as predicted. No attraction level predictions missed by more than a few minutes.

Disney California Adventure
4
4

Thursday, December 18, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
5
5

Another day with perfect predictions at both parks. Wait times continue to be significantly lower during the week in December than they are on weekends.

Disney California Adventure
4
4

Friday, December 19, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
5
5

More middle-of-the-road crowd levels again on Friday, the third day in a row. Space Mountain averaged 42 minutes (predicted 45).

Disney California Adventure
4
3

Saturday, December 20, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Disneyland Park
7
10

A remarkable level ’10’ again on a Saturday in December at Disneyland Park. Even Disney California Adventure saw wait times two points higher on our scale than history would suggest.

Disney California Adventure
5
7
What to Expect This Week
December 21 to 27, 2014
How Crowded is Disneyland Resort?
How Crowded is Disneyland Resort?

This week is the first week of Christmas level crowds at Disneyland Resort. Guests can expect long lines all day starting early in the morning and continuing until park close. Parks may even reach capacity.

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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