Disneyland Resort Crowd Report – September 21 to 27, 2014
Last week, crowds at Disneyland Resort hit levels on our scale a point or two higher than the previous few weeks. Predictably, weekend crowds hit higher levels than weekday crowds, a trend that is quite noticeable in the Fall season. Crowds at Disneyland Park stayed higher than Disney California Adventure each day last week.
Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day last week on the TouringPlans.com Disneyland Resort Crowd Report:
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disneyland Park |
4
|
6
|
Haunted Mansion (42 minutes, predicted 19) and Alice in Wonderland (39, predicted 24) led the way with higher than expected wait times on Sunday. Other than those two, most attractions were within expected ranges. For example, Indiana Jones averaged 37 minutes (predicted 34). |
| Disney California Adventure |
4
|
3
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Disneyland Park |
4
|
6
|
Same crowds on Monday as we saw on Sunday although the higher than expected wait times were driven by different attractions. Pirates of the Caribbean hit an average posted time of 17 minutes (predicted 7) while Space Mountain averaged 38 (predicted 29). |
| Disney California Adventure |
3
|
3
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Disneyland Park |
3
|
6
|
Third day in a row at a level ‘6’ for Disneyland Park while wait times at Disney California Adventure stayed low again. Toy Story Midway Mania averaged 25 minutes (predicted 30) and Radiator Springs saw an average posted time of 44, very low for that attraction. |
| Disney California Adventure |
2
|
2
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Disneyland Park |
2
|
3
|
First sign of relief on Wednesday with wait times like 18 minutes at Jungle Cruise and 22 minutes at Soarin’ Over California. |
| Disney California Adventure |
2
|
3
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Disneyland Park |
3
|
4
|
Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean were the only headliners to average a posted wait above a level ‘5’ on our scale Thursday while all the Paradise Pier attractions stayed at a level ‘1’. |
| Disney California Adventure |
4
|
3
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Disneyland Park |
3
|
4
|
Disneyland hosted Mickey’s Halloween Party on Friday but wait times during the day never peaked above a level ‘6’ for most attractions. The only exception was Peter Pan’s Flight at a level ‘8’ (39 minutes, predicted 29). |
| Disney California Adventure |
3
|
3
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Disneyland Park |
4
|
8
|
Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Mickey’s House, Mr Toad’s Wild Ride, Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion hit a ’10’ out of ’10’ on our scale, more than enough to push the park wide crowd level four levels higher than history would suggest. |
| Disney California Adventure |
4
|
4
|
|
| September 28 to October 4, 2014 |
|---|
October crowds are busier than September crowds but still offer a great opportunity for moderate touring. As we saw last week, crowds can be significant if you arrive unprepared. Arrive with a touring plan in hand and crowds will feel minimal.
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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Agreed on the entry frustrations, I was there last week and they took my picture multiple times becuase they would take it and then it would not come up the next day. I’m positive we waited far longer to get into the parks than for any attractions all week.
Tuesday the 23rd was very good at DCA, there were fastpasses for RSR available as late as 2pm with 7pm return time. We rode it 3 time via fastpass that day. That was my first time ever at DCA, so that was awesome.
Thursday DCA closed at 6 so Disneyland was too crowded to even walk at night, yet earlier in the day even the mountains were practically walk on.
We were in the parks from Sunday 9/28 to Wednesday 10/1. Crowds were manageable, most wait times were between 15-30 minutes, except RSR, which was around 60 minutes, and TSMM, which was 40-50 minutes. The biggest issue that we found was with the new entry procedure of requiring a photo to be associated with each ticket. The handheld scanners at the entry turnstiles required about 10 seconds to pull up each photo. We found that if we waited a little while after park opening, to allow the first wave of those that had arrived before park opening to get through the turnstiles, entry into the parks was much less frustrating.