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The poster was trying to salvage their remaining vacation time once back ashore and found Disneyland to be subject to closures due to crowds. -- Suzanne. I remember reading that Veterans Day was crazy busy in 2010. I believe it fell on a Thursday and many people made a 4 day weekend out of it.
1 Other special events that may spike a crowd would be Fantasmic! at Disney Studios or the Spectromagic Parade at Magic Kingdom, which is not shown every night of the year.  A park's size also can play with how busy it is on a certain day.