DLR in August

[adrianne]

Hi all -- a couple of people asked what crowds were like in August, and I said I'd let them know when I got back from my trip. But I can't find the threads anymore ! So here's my report:

I went Monday & Tuesday, Aug 7th & 8th. Both days were VERY busy -- lines for everything, lots of guests - I even had to wait in line for the "secret potty"!!

Monday: In New Orleans Square, the POTC line was over an hour long, and pretty much filled up all of NOS (word of advice - hit POTC and HM after 8pm -- everyone is staking out places to see Fantasmic, and the lines are MUCH shorter - HM was a walk-on, and POTC was only a 15 minute wait). Splash Mountain also had a VERY long queue during the day, and it didn't seem to decrease as the evening wore on. Big Thunder also had a MUCH shorter queue in the early evening (I think my wait time was around 10 minutes at a quarter til 9).

Tuesday: I used my Early Entry to see Space Mountain and BLAB before park opening, and it was great -- 15 minutes for Space Mountain at 7:15 AM and no wait for BLAB at 7:50 ! I went to DCA in the mid-afternoon (2-ish til around 5-ish) and was amazed by how empty it was! I used the "single rider" option at Soarin' over California and waited 10 minutes at the most. Monsters Inc had a 10-15 minute wait (and totally worth it - very cute ride...and I'm still trying to figure out how the last character talks to the individual guests -- "young lady in the front row," {that would be me, in this case} "I like your glasses!" {I was wearing a rather...ummm...distinctive pair...})
Then back to Disneyland...once again, the queues in NOS were manageable again at this time of day. One complaint: the POTC folks seemed so obsessed with wait time that thay paid NO attention to load volume. This evening, the boats on POTC were so crowded (literally bumper-to-bumper) thru the ride that it was distracting (imagine every time your boat slows down, it is struck by the boat behind it -- EVERY TIME!!!)

Summary: I am not normally a Summer Visitor - Spring and Fall are more my cup o' tea. I'm gald I went, but I think I'll go back to my off-season habits from now on...Waiting for it to get dark to enjoy my favorite rides was a bit of a downer. Besides, in the other seasons, it gets dark earlier -- more time to enjoy Disneyland After Dark!!

Hope this helps, everyone!!!

[Ezra]

Now I have a better Idea what to expect. Thanks,Adrianne!

[andern]

wow you are lucky the park was somewhat empty

[HMF]

Originally Posted by adrianne

Hi all -- a couple of people asked what crowds were like in August, and I said I'd let them know when I got back from my trip. But I can't find the threads anymore ! So here's my report:

I went Monday & Tuesday, Aug 7th & 8th. Both days were VERY busy -- lines for everything, lots of guests - I even had to wait in line for the "secret potty"!!

Monday: In New Orleans Square, the POTC line was over an hour long, and pretty much filled up all of NOS (word of advice - hit POTC and HM after 8pm -- everyone is staking out places to see Fantasmic, and the lines are MUCH shorter - HM was a walk-on, and POTC was only a 15 minute wait). Splash Mountain also had a VERY long queue during the day, and it didn't seem to decrease as the evening wore on. Big Thunder also had a MUCH shorter queue in the early evening (I think my wait time was around 10 minutes at a quarter til 9).

Tuesday: I used my Early Entry to see Space Mountain and BLAB before park opening, and it was great -- 15 minutes for Space Mountain at 7:15 AM and no wait for BLAB at 7:50 ! I went to DCA in the mid-afternoon (2-ish til around 5-ish) and was amazed by how empty it was! I used the "single rider" option at Soarin' over California and waited 10 minutes at the most. Monsters Inc had a 10-15 minute wait (and totally worth it - very cute ride...and I'm still trying to figure out how the last character talks to the individual guests -- "young lady in the front row," {that would be me, in this case} "I like your glasses!" {I was wearing a rather...ummm...distinctive pair...})
Then back to Disneyland...once again, the queues in NOS were manageable again at this time of day. One complaint: the POTC folks seemed so obsessed with wait time that thay paid NO attention to load volume. This evening, the boats on POTC were so crowded (literally bumper-to-bumper) thru the ride that it was distracting (imagine every time your boat slows down, it is struck by the boat behind it -- EVERY TIME!!!)

Summary: I am not normally a Summer Visitor - Spring and Fall are more my cup o' tea. I'm gald I went, but I think I'll go back to my off-season habits from now on...Waiting for it to get dark to enjoy my favorite rides was a bit of a downer. Besides, in the other seasons, it gets dark earlier -- more time to enjoy Disneyland After Dark!!

Hope this helps, everyone!!!

Thanks for the info I am going to Disneyland for the first time Saturday

[disneymomof3]

We have gone a few times this month, and it hasn't been that bad. Go in the mornings, lines are so much shorter then. We went today. After eating breakfast in the park, we didn't get the rides until 10am and we walked on Indiana Jones (took us longer to walk through the que then the line itself), Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, Pooh, only 20 minutes for Pirates. We got Fastpass for Splash Mountain, but the stand-by line was only 35 minutes (which is great for a summer day)
Like I said before, I recommed going in the morning!!