We love a LOT of stuff at Disney World!
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From the rides to the food to the characters, there’s so much to love about the parks! However, there’s one thing that’s consistent at Disney World that we don’t love: the crowds. Disney World is insanely popular, and because of this, we end up seeing some pretty big crowds and long lines. Let’s take a look at what the crowds are like in Disney World right now!
Disney World has a pretty big week coming up! Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner, and many schools are out for summer, so we can expect to see a lot of people in the parks taking advantage of their vacations! EPCOT also has an all-new ride opening to the public next week, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, so we can expect to see a ton of people in EPCOT waiting to get on the new ride!
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Let’s take a look at what the crowds were like the weekend before Disney World’s upcoming wave of crowds!
Magic Kingdom Crowds
Magic Kingdom was pretty crowded this weekend! Over in Adventureland, we also saw some heavy crowds. This land can get pretty cramped (especially with people trying to get Dole Whip from Aloha Isle), so it’s not hard to feel squeezed in.
Magic Kingdom Crowds
Sunshine Tree Terrace was generating a bit of a crowd as well!
Crowds at Sunshine Tree Terrace
If this is what crowds are looking like a week before all of these huge events, you better buckle down for some severe traffic next weekend!
MK Crowds
There was still enough room to walk around, but there were people as far as the eye could see in Magic Kingdom!
That’s a lot of people!
Over in Tomorrowland, we were also seeing some congestion, with the line for the PeopleMover looking pretty packed!
Packed line for the Peoplemover
Even the quieter parts of the park like locker and wheelchair rental were swarming with folks!
Good luck getting a rental!
Magic Kingdom wasn’t the only park to get some sizable crowds this weekend!
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EPCOT Crowds
You know crowds are bad when Gran Fiesta Tour has a long line. This ride normally has a pretty minimal line, so seeing it this far out of the normal queue is not a good sign!
Even Gran Fiesta Tour had a line!
The front entrance of the park was quite busy when we arrived this morning!
Looks like the Memorial Weekend crowds have arrived a little early👀🌐 pic.twitter.com/iL2e3IygXw
— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) May 22, 2022
Let’s look at things over in Animal Kingdom!
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Disney’s Animal Kingdom Crowds
The line for Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom was also extended pretty far past the ride entrance as well! We noticed pretty heavy crowds throughout this spacious park. Even though Disney World didn’t have much of a slow season this year, you can tell crowds are picking up even more.
Expedition Everest Line
The crowds in Pandora may not be our favorite, but the vibes are immaculate.
We will never get tired of the vibes in Pandora✨😌👌 pic.twitter.com/flfg8JHYlg
— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) May 22, 2022
Disney World is looking at a pretty busy summer this year, so keep that in mind when you’re planning your trip! Make sure you make your park pass and dining reservations as soon as possible, look into the benefits of getting Genie+, and embrace the chaos! Stay tuned to DFB for more Disney World updates!
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About the crowds in DW and park pass system….I would say Disney is not being truthful about how the Park Pass system is controlling crowds at the parks if these pictures are an indication of what’s happening. Very disappointed and sad!
In my two decades of going to WDW, I have never waited on a line…any line at all…for the Gran Fiesta (one of my top favorites) or the People Mover.
People don’t even KNOW about the Gran Fiesta, it’s Epcot’s best kept secret…but a live for the People Mover!?
We are here right now (week of May 21). Epcot didn’t seem too bad on Sunday, but Animal Kingdom yesterday I thought was very crowded. Going to MK today, so we’ll see. I know people are waiting for Guardians over at Epcot, so ,Aubrey doing other parks this week. We were hopeful because most schools are still in session and it was he week BEFORE Memorial Day we would catch a break.