We went in three times in the first two weeks of September and honestly had three different experiences. One day seemed very busy and if it had been the only day we visited I might have had a completely different view. As it was, the Sunday we visited was really quite and we got a ton of rides done (with no express) which turned around my view so I’ll be looking forward to coming back in a year or two.
Just hope by then there is a better/more consistent view on low crowd days, other than “usually on a Sunday but not always“
I had to laugh when you used my previous comments of 'usually on a Sunday, but not always'. Unfortunately, it's so
true. That observation is still holding up, though,every now and then you get a lucky weekday that has little ride downtime.
Myself, for my long Nov. vacation, I'm trying to decide on one or two Sundays, definitely no weekdays or Saturdays. I was
going to definitely drop to one day, but my good friend
@Disneyhead persuaded me to give it another consideration. He
says the park is so beautiful and interesting that you can still have a good time even if there's a lot of ride downtime. I always
trust his opinion since he's the most knowledgeable theme park expert I've known, including our late friend
@Teebin. And
when he worked for the Orlando TV station, he was a super accurate insider, especially about pre greenlit plans.
That said, Ministry has been more problematic lately though. They must be experiencing some new issues, or they're experimenting
with the ride profile.
I study the stand by ride times, and attraction breakdowns, numerous times every day. The BEST ADVICE I can give is to be in the
park the last three hours of operation. Most of the attractions generally have very acceptable stand by lines, with the caveat that
any attraction that had significant downtime during the day, will remain high line times. Guessing the daily attendance profile is like Animal
Kingdom. Most everyone gets to the park in the first couple hours and after 6 to 8 hours in the parks, they're worn out and ready to leave,
Even with early closing, and early openings, AK is basically deserted the last couple of hours.
And the DK ride rarely ever has decent ride times. Best to avoid it since even if it has a less than super long line time, chances are it
will break down while you're in line. This very low capacity ride, in a super popular land, was probably a mistake to build in a park with the
added issue of numerous storm downtime due to Florida's climate..