That is true! I told my husband when I grow up I want to be a Disney TA! He said, can you get us discounts? LOL Yes, but honestly, we probably just need to buy more DVC points!
1.Parks having NO FP availability by noon. And I mean none, like not even Figment or Muppets at times.
2. QS lines at off-times 50 people deep
3.This:
Yes, they needed to point out the end of the line for the carousel. The CAROUSEL. That's.....crowded.
We still managed fun times-who are "we" you ask?
Hi there! Yup, we hit like, the 2nd most crowded of all the spring break weeks, with the week AFTER Easter traditionally being a bit busier. So you most likely did have it a little better! Be glad lol!Following along. We were there the week before you. It seems like the masses headed there after we left.
He's afraid to try driving my car so you can come on a day Steve's working and he doesn't have an "acceptable" car available to him!I don’t know if we can come to Fishkill now that Ricky has his learners permit.
And next year I believe the storm will happen the last week of April, with Easter being late and all the schools that normally have off that last week of April. Don't get me wrong, we knew going in that we'd have crowds. And the people themselves weren't an issue, it really was the whole FP thing that surprised me and got in the way.This week was the perfect storm of schools that traditionally have the last full week of March off for break plus schools that normally get the week before Easter off. I can't wait to hear about your trip.
Hi Candace, glad you're here! Spoiler alert we LOVED our studio and would stay there again in a heartbeatI'm excited not only because it's another one of your trip reports but also because of this. We get to check CCV out in September so I can't wait to read about y'all's experience.
Yay, hi Caroline!Count me in!!
Hi Ashlee, it's nice to see you!I'm here! Can't wait to read more
Whoo! Let's get this party started now that TRACY is hereWouldn't miss it for the world - I'm here!
Hi, Ariane! I'm here!
Something I said many times during our weekHoly crap!!
Here too!
lol if I could have moved the boys' spring break I would have!Well, in its defense, you did combine Spring Break with Easter!
Thank youLooking good, you two!
There was a line for pretty much EVERYTHING that week. 40 minute wait for Philharmagic, anyone?Can't believe there was a line for the carousel!
Loved them! I have pictures comingAnd the Copper Creek villas look so pretty! Can't wait to see inside! I'd love to stay there one day, hopefully using our DVC membership!
Oh, thank you, I love hearing that! Glad you're hereFollowing! I love your TR's!
We saw signs for just about everything!!At MK on the 26th they had to have someone standing with a sign to show where the line for the People Mover started. The People Mover...REALLY???
That is GROSS It's like the people I see changing their kids on benches, or on tables in QS locations! I totally don't understand and I do wish CM's said something to them because besides not feeling right it's completely unsanitary!We saw a man decide to change his daughter outside of the Confectionary in the pouring rain among other things.
lol I guess you could say I don't need DVC! We considered it in the past but never went ahead. Now.....yeah, we're good without itYes!! Although as a TA, she probably doesn't need DVC, LOL. But hey @ariane37 wouldn't you like to be our neighbor?
I'm glad you're here! This was definitely the busiest time we've been. For years we were lucky enough to go during really slow times. Then once Ricky hit Jr. High we had to change it up and added a Thanksgiving trip for the first time in 2015. It wasn't nearly as busy as we thought it'd be, had a great time, and did it again in 2016. We would have gone last year and would go this year except for Ricky's school basketball schedule. So I think the only time we could possibly go that would be more crowded than this week would be Xmas!Ooh, intriguing. I have never been at a super busy time, so I'm joining in to see how it went!
Hi, Glad to have you along! Ugh it's so hard for me to tell anyone NOT to go to Disney so I won't say that lol. I'll just say pay close attention to what I wish we did differently lol and know we did have funI'm cautiously thinking about Easter weekend for next year, so I'm looking forward to reading this!
I'm so glad you told me that because it's a great feeling to know how much someone likes me reports Happy to have you along and I hope you enjoy this one, too!I have binge read all of your trip reports. I am near obseseed! Can't wait to read more
Hi Dina! OMG right?? You were lucky going late at night worked for you guys. I tried but Chris wasn't up for it and with Ricky's leg it just wasn't in the cards this time. I'm sure we'll make up for it with our Aug. tripOh yeah...I'm here now too. I'll chime in on those crowds too...YIKES! Sorry we never did get to meet up. We chose to do most of our riding after 10pm as you know!
Hi there, thanks for following! I need to get back over to your latest reportI'm here too!
I have to say.....that's a great decision lol. We LOVE our Thanksgiving trips and totally missed it last year. Besides getting all the holiday decor and wonderful weather I (we did have great weather this week though) the crowds during Thanksgiving are so pleasant lol!We were toying with the idea of doing spring break on our next trip instead of Thanksgiving week - which are our only two options since there is ZERO chance we'd ever go during the heat of the summer months. This just convinced me 100% to stick with Thanksgiving
Well, of course I haven't But seriously thank you! Yes those boys won't stop growing no matter how much I beg them to. Chris is just about as tall as me now and it blows me away that Ricky can drive!Also, the boys look so grown now! But their momma hasn't aged a day
I won't say we'll never go again but it's definitely not a preferred time of mine.Here ! Two years ago I went during Spring break and hope to not have to again
Wow, I guess we picked a bad year to go!I’m here and this was our 3rd Spring Break and by far the worst crowd wise.
OMG I felt SO bad for Kathy when you told me that; I know how crappy ti is to be sick in Disney I'm bummed we didn't get to meet up this time either, especially since we don't have a Thanksgiving trip planned this year. It'll happen again thoughPoor Kathy got so sick we didn’t go anywhere on Friday, I’m so sad we never got to meet up.
We saw that also one morning! And they did that at Christmas time, too.They closed off the bridge between Pandora and Africa to use for the overflow standby line for FOP and that was at park opening.
thanks for being here!Count me in for this one!
We saw lots of cheer families The Varsity baseball team from our H.S. goes down over spring break every year, and now Ricky has friends on the team so they were down there at the same time. Ricky was trying to hook up with them but their schedule was crazy and then they got in trouble and weren't allowed out of their resort at one point (whole other story, don't get me started). Anyway it was his friends' first year on varsity and first trip to WDW and they couldn't believe how many people were there lol.Those crowds give me so much anxiety! Lots of families from my daughter’s cheer gym did Disney that week after our Daytona comp and they’d send me pictures and were like, “Is Disney always like this?!” Lol!
Hi, happy to have you along again!A new trip report, I'm in!
I remember that I wish we had been able to go out of HPN last month but prices were NOT good when we looked. Same thing for our quick trip in a couple weeks so we're going out of Newark, but still hoping for Westchester for our August trip!Sooo excited to see your latest TR! Wow this year has flown - we were just in Disney this August by a few weeks of each other! (and out of HPN, my favorite airport)
OMG yes, we've done Presidents week before and while it's far from dead it's nothing like spring break. Spring break is pretty much the second busiest time of the year unfortunately, but another aspect of the kids growing up (besides letting them on the road lol) is that you have to adjust when you go. So we tried it.............will we do it again? Keep reading!I also was off for spring break - and I did a post weather the world was more crowded the Easter week or Presient's day week - and the response was overwhelmingly the week you were there.
Ooh! Maybe we'll overlap again! Right now we're there the 18-25th but we may move dates by a day or two.We will be back at Boulder Ridge Villas the last week of August.
It's about time I figured you'd wait till page 4.I'm here
ready to brave the crowds right along with ya!
Yes they are! Very nice addition to a couple resorts. I mean you have the F&G festival of course and they have the egg hunt going on, but other than that the other Easter stuff doesn't happen until like 2 days before so it's nice to have the eggs.The eggs are so cool!!!!