I was always amazed that, starting around 5:00, the park is full of mostly families that are tired, cranky kids, and exasperated parents. And they paid good money to go there!
The last two times I took my family we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel. A completely different experience and really not that much more expensive.
But that was in the mid-90’s. I have no reason to ever go back there again. And Disney world is just too big. We took the grandkids and all the kids there once but I’m so done with that kind of stuff. I no longer consider it good stewardship to spend the money to go there unless you are just oozing money.
The last time I was in amusement parks in the 80’s and 90’s. The kids are grown and I’m not going back.