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Old 14 Jun 19, 02:36 PM  
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Dibb busy day guide or Touring plans

Starting to make a plan of which park for which day for Feb 2020, in time for ADR date in August.

Touring plans have some totally different ideas than the dibb.

Which do you prefer?
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Old 14 Jun 19, 05:47 PM  
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Old 14 Jun 19, 06:19 PM  
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I don't use any. I make ADRs and base my park days around those.
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Sorry to do this but Touring Plans. They use a massive algorithm and data base so the law of maths makes their accuracy levels more likely.
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We use the busy day guide to a certain degree, like we make a plan we’re happy with & then we’ll have a check at what our days are in terms of most/least recommends. We won’t necessarily change our days even if they fall on least recommended though, because sometimes they’re classed as that for things like the parties (which would still be fine if you’re only doing a half day) or EMH’s which might be least recommended for offsite guests but are beneficial if you’re staying onsite - just something to be aware off if you’re planning your days around one of the guides.

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The thing that confuses me is that as an on-site guest I can take advantage of EMH but that always shows the park as least recommended... to be honest this trip I just planned my days as to what looks ok, avoided EPCOT food and wine over weekends that kind of thing. I know it will be busy because of GE.
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The thing that confuses me is that as an on-site guest I can take advantage of EMH but that always shows the park as least recommended... to be honest this trip I just planned my days as to what looks ok, avoided EPCOT food and wine over weekends that kind of thing. I know it will be busy because of GE.
It’s because for offsite guests us onsite would already be in the park & already in the queues for some of the more popular rides when they’re allowed in, making them have to wait even longer.
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Originally Posted by 4holibobs View Post
The thing that confuses me is that as an on-site guest I can take advantage of EMH but that always shows the park as least recommended... to be honest this trip I just planned my days as to what looks ok, avoided EPCOT food and wine over weekends that kind of thing. I know it will be busy because of GE.
Undercover Tourist give a really good explanation about the rationale for avoiding parks with EMH

Basically, it boils down to more people being in the parks (as resort guests think they should go to that particular park even if not during EMH). People also then tend to end up staying longer in those parks. This increases the overall crowd levels hence, the general advice is to go during EMH if staying onsite and then park hop to a park that doesn’t have EMH. If staying offsite, there are some instances where you should go to a park with EMH and those are outlined in the article.

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You are here on the DIBB so I guess the only way to go is to use the DIBB’s guide ;-) i use it myself every time I visit and it has always been good for me.

The DIBB uses a massive database of 20 years of historical data and a computer model to try and predict future recommendations for the parks. We combine this with on the ground tests. So far the DIBB guide proves to be very good at what it provides.

you can see some of that data in the Wait Time history in the DIBB Menu in our side column Link Here... https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/wai... php?a=history

Example, this is PotC at Magic Kingdom, for last year, 15th June


Whichever guide you use please don’t start comparing to others as all of them are just ‘best guessing’ based on the past and will have differences based on priorities.

Overall the parks are much busier now than they used to be and with the various changes the parks have made over the last couple of years the actual difference between a recommended park and a not recommended park is usually only a very small margin. So use a guide as a starting point but if you want to visit a park on a ‘not recommended’ day then dont let the guide put you off.

Have a read of this. https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/Bus...acy-p-992.html
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Originally Posted by 4holibobs View Post
The thing that confuses me is that as an on-site guest I can take advantage of EMH but that always shows the park as least recommended... to be honest this trip I just planned my days as to what looks ok, avoided EPCOT food and wine over weekends that kind of thing. I know it will be busy because of GE.
If you hover over a “least recommended” park which has EMH, you’ll see the following advice pop up :



The “least recommended” recommendation is mainly aimed at offsite guests. If you are an onsite guests then it is recommended that you make use of EMH. Of course, once the park is open to everyone then it will be busier because it will have attracted more onsite guests than the other parks.
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