we just got back from a trip spanning January 27 - February 4 and we were VERY SUPRISED at how CROWDED the parks were! at MK on Saturday the 28th it was VERY BUSY, 30+ minute waits on all rides, 50+ all headliners....these were the same crowds and wait times ive experienced in JUNE!!!!
AK on sunday the 29th was so busy it was difficult to even walk around!
we did not revist MK durring the week, and the crowds in Epcot and Hollywood Studios were much more managable, making for a much better experience.
On Friday the 3rd we went back to MK, and it was THE WORST DAY OF THE ENTIRE TRIP. Magic Kingdom was absolutly packed, wait times for all rides were around 50 minutes or more. there were SO MANY DANCE GROUPS it was completly out of control, the kind of crowds you see in the summer time.
to top it all off, we were staying at Carribean Beach Resort, which just so happened to be the main hub of many dance groups, complete with "dancer moms" overruning the food courts, dance practice in the parking lots, and buses loaded with squeely teenage girls
will someone please let me know if this is normal for January? This really took me by suprise and Im curious if truly there is no "slow" time for dinsey anymore, or if this was a fluke year and its normally not like this...?