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SwipatronSparks

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im going 31st jan - 4th of feb next year, any ideas on weather?, how busy it will be? and park opening times?
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kelly.dylan

#226
Quote from: "SwipatronSparks"im going 31st jan - 4th of feb next year, any ideas on weather?, how busy it will be? and park opening times?

We are going 2nd feb next year :D
We went 23rd Jan this year and if you are prepared for cold weather you will be fine.  We had thermals underneath our clothes and didnt really feel the cold at all.   :thumbs:
It rained once and we did stop to have lots of hot drinks (and it wasnt too busy either =D> )
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SwipatronSparks

#227
Quote from: "kelly.dylan"
Quote from: "SwipatronSparks"im going 31st jan - 4th of feb next year, any ideas on weather?, how busy it will be? and park opening times?

We are going 2nd feb next year :D
We went 23rd Jan this year and if you are prepared for cold weather you will be fine.  We had thermals underneath our clothes and didnt really feel the cold at all.   :thumbs:
It rained once and we did stop to have lots of hot drinks (and it wasnt too busy either =D> )
Kelly x

thanks for replying Kelly, we are expecting it to be cold especially if the weather this year is anything to go by, and who knows we might just end up bumping into eachother =]
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Clara2141

#228
Quote from: "SwipatronSparks"im going 31st jan - 4th of feb next year, any ideas on weather?, how busy it will be? and park opening times?

We went from the 1st to the 3rd Feb this year - it was very cold but as long as you wear the right clothes it's fine. It rained on the 2nd but during that time we were watching the car stunt show.

Busy-ness? It was dead - we could walk onto a lot of rides  - small world, pirates and others too. It was a fantastic time and we would be going again if we didn't have another holiday that week booked and a trip to DLRP for November to see the Christmas stuff.

Out of interest, how busy as a rule is the last week of November?
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SwipatronSparks

#229
Quote from: "Clara2141"
Quote from: "SwipatronSparks"im going 31st jan - 4th of feb next year, any ideas on weather?, how busy it will be? and park opening times?

We went from the 1st to the 3rd Feb this year - it was very cold but as long as you wear the right clothes it's fine. It rained on the 2nd but during that time we were watching the car stunt show.

Busy-ness? It was dead - we could walk onto a lot of rides  - small world, pirates and others too. It was a fantastic time and we would be going again if we didn't have another holiday that week booked and a trip to DLRP for November to see the Christmas stuff.

Out of interest, how busy as a rule is the last week of November?

thanks for the reply =]

i cant help you with your reply though as i have never been at that time of year before...
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kelly.dylan

#230
Hi all,

Does anyone know how busy it will be 18-23rd dec? I was assuming it was going to be terribly busy but there are 3 days where it is closed to annual pass holders which i hope means fewer people?

Thanks, Kelly xx
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PetiteSirene

#231
Generally when its a blackout day for Annual Passport Holders it means they expect large volumes of guests. I went early december once on a weekend and it was really busy and I am guessing the lead up to Christmas will be very busy :?


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kelly.dylan

#232
I assumed that christmas would be really busy but then someone on another thread said they went around the same time and it wasnt as busy as they had thought :D if anyone went around 18th-23rd last year perhaps they will let us know ;)
Also does anyone know about visiting Santa and when the best time is to do that as i am also assuming the queues for that will be rather big :cry:
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CafeFantasia

#233
What about the second week of November 2010? Anyone know how busy it will be then?

Also, what's the best day of the week to visit the park for minimal crowds/queues? I would imagine Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays are the quietest days.

davewasbaloo

#234
Wednesday is not always quiet Alan, as a lot of the local schools have half days or the day off, so it can be busier. Not as bad as the weekend, but certainly busier than you may think.
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CafeFantasia

#235
Ok, thanks Baloo. So that narrows it down to either Tuesday or Thursday :-)

SwipatronSparks

#236
i went once in in november (for the fireworks) and it was dead, i think the longest queue we had to wait in was about 20 mins for BTM, so you might be lucky and get that again =] but a word of advice, take a warm coat, or a second thiner one, ebcause when we where there the mornings where foggy and very chilly it warmed up as the day went over but not by much, but still enjoy your trip =]
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CafeFantasia

#237
Thanks for the advice Swipatron. Must remember that warm coat. Wearing two pairs of socks usually helps too.

Dead sounds great to me. I can't imagine Disneyland Park being dead. I went in January 2008 and the queues were still really long.

Any idea what the opening hours will be in November? I imagine Disneyland will be open from 10:00 until 18:00, a short 8 hours. I guess we'll know nearer the time.

SwipatronSparks

#238
your welcome, i would also take my 'park being dead' with a pinch of salt, when i went in november it was... 2004/5 i think, so alot has changed since then, so it could be a repeat of what i experienced or it could be busy, heres for hopeing it will be like it was for me, =]

as for the park opening times at the moment the disneyland website is giving opening times for mid october, so i would suggest checking back maybe mid next month and you might be able to find out then =]
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Owain

#239
Tuesday 19th - Saturday 23rd October ?