2014 Events & School breaks and DLR

Geemo

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There have been threads about when to go to the parks, in regard to conventions and events near or at DLR.

I began to make a list of various events mentioned here on the board.

Here is what I have come up with so far.
Please feel free to correct or add to the list.

This is NOT an official Calendar, for reference only.

updated January 17, 2014

Fall Dapper Days have been announced. Friday, September 12, 2014 is the date.


January 2014
Thu, January 16, 2014 Tinkerbell Half Marathon
Fri, January 17, 2014 Tinkerbell Half Marathon
Sat, January 18, 2014 Tinkerbell Half Marathon weekend
Sun, January 19, 2014 Tinkerbell Half Marathon
Mon, January 20, 2014 Martin Luther King Junior Day
Thu, January 23, 2014 NAMM confrence
Fri, January 24, 2014 NAMM confrence
Sat, January 25, 2014 NAMM confrence

January 31 - February 2, 2014 Lunar New Year

February 2014
Sun, February 2, 2014 Superbowl Sunday 2014 was BUSY!!
Info on crowd level for SuperBowl Sunday http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3230845
Fri, February 14, 2014 Valentine's Day
Sat, February 15, 2014 Presidents' Day weekend
Sun, February 16, 2014 Presidents' Day weekend
Mon, February 17, 2014 Presidents' Day
Sat, February 22, 2014 Dapper Days
Sun, February 23, 2014 Dapper Days
Fri, February 28, 2014 Cheer comp weekend

The DIS Diva trip is the February 26th - March 2
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3075377&highlight=dis+divas

March 2014
Sat, March 1, 2014 Cheer camp weekend
Sun, March 2, 2014 Cheer camp weekend
Sat, March 8, 2014 Spring Break Season Begins
Sun, March 9, 2014 CityRace - Disney California Adventure
Fri, March 14, 2014 Convention ctr Cheer camp weekend
Sat, March 15, 2014 Convention ctr Cheer camp weekend
Sun, March 16, 2014 Convention ctr Cheer camp weekend
Mon, March 17, 2014 St. Patrick's Day
Mon, March 17-21, 2014 Mesa Unified(Arizona)
March 17-28, 2014 N. Vancouver, B.C. Spring Break
March 29, 2014 Mini Gay Days

Mon, March 24, 2014 Oregon Spring Break Week begins
Sun, March 30, 2014 Spring Break Season Ends - Touringplans

2014 dates to be announced - Spring Fling

April 2014
Mon, April 14 thru Fri, April 18, 2014 Most CA USD Spring Recess
Fri, April 18, 2014 Good Friday
Sat, April 19, 2014 Easter weekend
Sun, April 20, 2014 Easter Sunday
Mon, April 21, 2014 Easter Monday
Sun, April 27, 2014 CityRace - Disney California Adventure
Mon 4-7, 4-17 or 4-28 Seattle,Wa area 1wk SpringBreak

May 2014
Mon, May 5, 2014 Cinco De Mayo
Sun, May 11, 2014 Mother's Day
Fri, May 16, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Fri May 16 - 18, 2014 Bat's Day Disneyland
Sat, May 17, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Sun, May 18, 2014 CityRace - Disneyland
Wed, May 21, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Thu, May 22, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Sat, May 24, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Sun, May 25, 2014 Memorial day weekend
Mon, May 26, 2014 Memorial Day
Wed, May 28, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Fri, May 30, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Sat, May 31, 2014 Grad Night at DCA

2014 date to be announced - AIDS Walk Orange County
2014 date to be announced - Bats Day in the Fun Park

June 2014
Wed, June 4, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Fri, June 6, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Sat, June 7, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Tue, June 10, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Wed, June 11, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Fri, June 13, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Sat, June 14, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Sun, June 15, 2014 Father's Day
Wed, June 18, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Thu, June 19, 2014 Grad Night at DCA
Fri, June 20-22, 2014 AAP Practical Pediatrics Conference @ GCH
Sat, June 28, 2014 Summer Break Begins - Touringplans

2014 dates to be announced - Summer at the Disneyland Resort
2014 date to be announced - Star Wars Unofficial Fan Day

July 2014
Fri, July 4, 2014 Independence Day


August 2014
Fri, August 29, 2014 Disneyland Half Marathon weekend
Sat, August 30, 2014 Disneyland Half Marathon weekend
Sun, August 31, 2014 Disneyland Half Marathon weekend



September 2014
Mon, September 1, 2014 Labor Day
Tue, September 2, 2014 School begins in Oregon
Fri, September 12, 2014 Fall Dapper Days
Fri, September 12, 2014 Halloween Time Begin (party dates pending)
Mon, September 29, 2014 AZ schools out first 2wks of Oct



October 2014
Wed, October 1, 2014 AZ schools out first 2wks of Oct
Fri, October 3, 2014 Gay days weekend
Sat, October 4, 2014 Gay days weekend
Sun, October 5, 2014 Gay days weekend
Sat, October 11, 2014 Columbus day
Sun, October 12, 2014 CHOC Children's Walk?
Thu, October 16, 2014 Utah schools out UEA
Fri, October 17, 2014 Utah schools out UEA
Fri, October 31, 2014 Halloween - Final Party

November 2014
Sat, November 8, 2014 film holiday parade weekend?
Sun, November 9, 2014 film holiday parade weekend?
Tue, November 11, 2014 Veteran's Day

RunDisney new Half Marathon at Disneyland. The Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon.
November 14-16, 2014

Thu, November 27, 2014 Disneyland Thanksgiving Day Dining

Christmas at the Disneyland Resort 2014-15 dates to be announced

December 2014
Mon, December 22, 2014 Oregon holiday break to Tue 1-6-15
Wed, December 24, 2014 Christmas Eve
Thu, December 25, 2014 Christmas Day
Wed, December 31, 2014 New Year's Eve

2014 date to be announced - Candlelight Processional (2013 ran the first weekend in December)


This link is for the AnaheimOC Calendar.
It lists area events each month, along with the anticipate number of attendees.
http://meetings.anaheimoc.org/convention-calendar/m/2014-01

LA Unified School District calendar link.
http://home.lausd.net/ourpages/auto/...02-12-2013.pdf
 
Let me be the first to say THANK YOU!!!!! This will come in so handy!!! I appreciate your hard work of putting this together!!! :thumbsup2
 
When is the D23 event held at Disneyland?

Please let me know of any other conventions/events that should be included.

Thanks
Geemo
 
Good list...it'll be interesting to see what events come up.

A couple of suggestions:
"Fri, September 12, 2014 Halloween party dates pending" - I would probably change this to just say "HalloweenTime start (pending)" and omit any reference to the party, unless you've heard that they're going to start them earlier this year. Wouldn't want folks to start planning vacations thinking the Halloween party is going to start in early/mid-September.

Might also consider tossing in some of the major holidays for LAUSD. I think that they're the biggest in the area and it looks like Disneyland uses that calendar to gauge when to block out the SoCal APs (at least spring break for LAUSD overlaps with the April blockout of the SoCal APs).

Last year the D23 Expo was held in August. I didn't see dates for the 2014 Expo listed yet on the website.
 


Good list...it'll be interesting to see what events come up.

A couple of suggestions:
"Fri, September 12, 2014 Halloween party dates pending" - I would probably change this to just say "HalloweenTime start (pending)" and omit any reference to the party, unless you've heard that they're going to start them earlier this year. Wouldn't want folks to start planning vacations thinking the Halloween party is going to start in early/mid-September.

Might also consider tossing in some of the major holidays for LAUSD. I think that they're the biggest in the area and it looks like Disneyland uses that calendar to gauge when to block out the SoCal APs (at least spring break for LAUSD overlaps with the April blockout of the SoCal APs).

Last year the D23 Expo was held in August. I didn't see dates for the 2014 Expo listed yet on the website.


Thank you I will make the correction for the Halloween Parties.

As for other LAUSD or other school days off... I live in Oregon and have no idea what dates should be added. Please give me a list. Either here or in a PM and I will try to keep it up dated.

Definitely a "Work In Progress"

Geemo
 
I would expect UEA crowds to be a bit heavier than normal this year since the largest school district in Utah is taking their break at that time this year as well (the last few years fall break has been a week earlier for us).
 


I would expect UEA crowds to be a bit heavier than normal this year since the largest school district in Utah is taking their break at that time this year as well (the last few years fall break has been a week earlier for us).

Are the dates I have above correct for Utah/UEA?

Are there any other states (that head to DLR) where I can add school vacation dates to the list?

geemo
 
Yes the UEA dates are correct. Thank you so much for putting this together. I am sure it will help many people.
 
Here in Nevada we celebrate Nevada Day (the day Nevada was admitted into the Union) instead of Columbus Day. School is out on the last Friday of October which this year happens to be October 31st. I know that ALOT of Nevadans (myself included) go to DLR over this weekend.
 
Nice list.

If the D23 Event you are referring to is the D23 Expo, it is only held every other year, so not in 2014.

The only other thing that really catches my eye at first look is "June 28, 2014 Summer Break Begins." I am not sure what set of dates you are basing this list on, but summertime at DLR starts sooner than that. I believe in 2013 it started Memorial Day weekend.

HTH,
Dreams
 
Nice list...
I am confused as to why you list that Spring Break Season ends on March 30th. I know SB can happen at any given time in March and April, but most that I know (maybe it is a CA thing) have SB the week before or after Easter.
 
Not sure how much this will affect crowds, but the AAP Practical Pediatrics CME Course is being held at the Grand Californian this year from June 20-22. My husband attends their events and when it is at a place like DL lots of doctors bring their families. I don't remember it being at DL before, just WDW so not sure how it will affect the crowds at DLR. :confused3 Just thought I would let you all know in case you are looking at dates for planning.
 
Thank you Girimama33! Good to know. Wow, it seems almost every weekend in Oct has some crazy huge event going on....
 
Thank you Girimama33! Good to know. Wow, it seems almost every weekend in Oct has some crazy huge event going on....

It does help make October busy. I usually try and avoid booking my Halloween trips from Gay Days through the UEA.
 
It does help make October busy. I usually try and avoid booking my Halloween trips from Gay Days through the UEA.

That's what I'm thinking too. Last year we went over Columbus day weekend, not realizing it was Columbus day weekend, duh! The party on a Friday was actually really nice, it was the Saturday that was so packed we couldn't believe it!
 

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