Why do some estimates contradict advice in the book/website?
You’ll occasionally see a particular recommendation here that contradicts the general advice printed in the Unofficial Guide or mentioned elsewhere on TouringPlans.com. As an example, the Unofficial Guide generally recommends avoiding any park on its Extra Magic Hour days. However, on July 4th, for example, we may recommend Epcot despite having Morning Extra Magic Hour, simply because Epcot is the best park to be in when the crowds are extremely busy. Similarly, we’ll occasionally recommend the Magic Kingdom on a Thursday or Sunday, especially during the slower months, even if there’s a special event like Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party scheduled there. This is because we’re trying to recommend each park at least once in any seven-day period, so that families taking a weeklong vacation can be sure to visit each park on a reasonably good day. When all of the other rules used don’t fulfill this requirement, we’re forced to make other “least bad” recommendations, similar to that exp
