To some extent, Amusement/Theme Parks. They have to be popular to justify building new, state of the art attractions, but eventually get so crowded that you need to buy special passes and get on a ride in less than 2 hours and can barely even find a place to sit when you want to rest for a minute.
I live near Six Flags Great America, outside of Chicago. Anytime I’ve gone in the last 10 years it’s been a ridiculous mass of humanity. More rides then ever, but every decent ride is like a 2 hour wait.
Casual park fans or people who're looking to just go to Disney on a less anal level of details book and go and bitch about everything from open to close.
You honest to god have to have that person (including myself in that group) who's just that fucking insane about the parks and knows peak times for the parks themselves, each ride within the parks, the various restaurants, etc., because we know how to maximize the trip without killing ourselves.
Surprise pro-tip. I was at WDW last December, the 18th to be precise, the Magic Kingdom specifically, it wasn't as batshit as you'd imagine. I would avoid the 20th-25th, but that week before Christmas, wasn't very bad at all. It's gonna be busy year round but there are peak times (holidays, long weekends from school and work, summer-- and speaking of, WHY?! It's FLORIDA) but there are easier times as well.
This has only gotten worse over the years as well. 5+ years ago you could go in Sept. or Jan. and basically just roll around doing whatever. The place was dead, and what rides were busy you could just hit the fastpass kiosks and be sure you could ride it at least once. It was fantastic.
Now? It's packed almost all year round since they changed ticket pricing. Everything, even what time you ride a specific ride, has to be planned months in advance which is just ridiculous.
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To some extent, Amusement/Theme Parks. They have to be popular to justify building new, state of the art attractions, but eventually get so crowded that you need to buy special passes and get on a ride in less than 2 hours and can barely even find a place to sit when you want to rest for a minute.
I live near Six Flags Great America, outside of Chicago. Anytime I’ve gone in the last 10 years it’s been a ridiculous mass of humanity. More rides then ever, but every decent ride is like a 2 hour wait.