SarahDISer
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2008
We went in 2008 and thanks to all the tips I picked up from the disboards we managed to have a great holiday (vacation). I love travelling to America and I really love Disneyland. The crowds during the day were fine and we were in the park early each morning to make the most of our time there.
However, come evening the parks became quite unbearable with crowds of people streaming in.
I thought I would share my experience as a tourist but please don't think that I am judging or picking sides - just sharing.
We were there for 14 days but we only spent 2 short evenings in the parks as it was so stressful. Having travelled so far we were determined to see the fireworks and fantasmic no matter what but I'm telling you it wasn't fun. When I see the beautiful pictures of Disneyland all lit up at night I wish we had been able to experience more evening time in the park, the crowds just made it too much hassle.
We were planning on going again this year but in the end decided to go somewhere else and that decision was based solely on the crowd levels at night. When you are paying 25 grand for a family holiday and sitting on a plane for 12 hours, you don't want to spend your evenings in your hotel room. I would love to go once or twice a year but it needs to be worth my while. Don't get me wrong though, our days were amazing.
Just one more point if I dare. We noticed a huge difference in the demographic of the people in the park between day and evening. I'm not judging or pointing fingers, I love you guys, it's just that there was alot more pushing, shoving and shouting (lots of loud, obnoxious teenagers).
However, come evening the parks became quite unbearable with crowds of people streaming in.
I thought I would share my experience as a tourist but please don't think that I am judging or picking sides - just sharing.
We were there for 14 days but we only spent 2 short evenings in the parks as it was so stressful. Having travelled so far we were determined to see the fireworks and fantasmic no matter what but I'm telling you it wasn't fun. When I see the beautiful pictures of Disneyland all lit up at night I wish we had been able to experience more evening time in the park, the crowds just made it too much hassle.
We were planning on going again this year but in the end decided to go somewhere else and that decision was based solely on the crowd levels at night. When you are paying 25 grand for a family holiday and sitting on a plane for 12 hours, you don't want to spend your evenings in your hotel room. I would love to go once or twice a year but it needs to be worth my while. Don't get me wrong though, our days were amazing.
Just one more point if I dare. We noticed a huge difference in the demographic of the people in the park between day and evening. I'm not judging or pointing fingers, I love you guys, it's just that there was alot more pushing, shoving and shouting (lots of loud, obnoxious teenagers).