I have a trip planned for Dec 1st - 7th. I had written down the hours pre 9/11 to plan my itinerary. After adding the hours up and comparing them to what is on the Disney site now the hours were cut only 15%. Not including EE they were reduced by 10%. Most of this variance is due to Future World only being open 10 - 7.
This does not sound like a big deal to me especially if attendance and occupancy rates are down to 50% - 75%.
MK still has extened hours on Saturday w/ fireworks on the weekend.
Also most of the rumorred closings did not happen:
There is still Fantasmic - Everyday.
There is still ToD - Everyday
This is still ALL parades - Everyday.
There is still Spectromagic
There is still Illuminations every day.
Some secondary shows have had the schedules reduced but none have been eliminated.
They have closed only 1 section of a hotel out of at least 13 resorts (I am sure I missed one).
I guess with all of 'the sky is falling' language out there I wanted to look at this objectively. And with all the Disney Stinks threads I wanted to put the facts on the table. We also always see threads about closings but there is almost never a post when it never happens.
The plus side it looks like attendance and the hours are trending back up to pre 9/11 levels.
I am still going 12/1 10% of my waking / touring hours is barely 80 minutes. That is not going to make or break my vacation or diminish the magic. Especially if I do not have to wait in line the other 600 minutes !!
Dave O - 1 yo Tyler's first tip 12/1
This does not sound like a big deal to me especially if attendance and occupancy rates are down to 50% - 75%.
MK still has extened hours on Saturday w/ fireworks on the weekend.
Also most of the rumorred closings did not happen:
There is still Fantasmic - Everyday.
There is still ToD - Everyday
This is still ALL parades - Everyday.
There is still Spectromagic
There is still Illuminations every day.
Some secondary shows have had the schedules reduced but none have been eliminated.
They have closed only 1 section of a hotel out of at least 13 resorts (I am sure I missed one).
I guess with all of 'the sky is falling' language out there I wanted to look at this objectively. And with all the Disney Stinks threads I wanted to put the facts on the table. We also always see threads about closings but there is almost never a post when it never happens.
The plus side it looks like attendance and the hours are trending back up to pre 9/11 levels.
I am still going 12/1 10% of my waking / touring hours is barely 80 minutes. That is not going to make or break my vacation or diminish the magic. Especially if I do not have to wait in line the other 600 minutes !!
Dave O - 1 yo Tyler's first tip 12/1