30 Days of Disneyland – Day 7

Rachelle and I made it through our first weekend of Disneyland, which reminded me of why I never visit Disneyland on weekends. It was massively crowded on Saturday and Sunday, and the combination of the noise and crowds felt oppressive sometimes. It was an endurance challenge, but we made it through okay. I felt sorry for anyone who had their first visit to Disneyland on that weekend because I don’t think they got their money’s worth. Wait times for the popular rides were often more than an hour. The Haunted Mansion ride had a 120-minute wait at one point. It’s decorated with a Nightmare Before Christmas theme at this time of year, and many people love that franchise. We’re really good at using the Fastpass system though, so for us the wait time for even the most popular rides is usually less than 10 minutes. Fortunately Halloween itself (Monday) was much less crowded, and I’d expect today to be even less crowded. The park is usually really nice on non-summer, non-holiday Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, when the vibe is more relaxed. The more crowded it gets, the more stressful the park feels. You can generally tell how crowded the park will be based on the park hours. If the park is open till midnight, they expect huge crowds, and the longer hours don’t necessarily help much. You’ll often get a better value on a day when the park is open for 10 hours vs. 16 hours because the 10-hour days will have much lighter crowds. I’ve...
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