Busy today....Mon. March 23rd

[firefly87]

We just got back for the afternoon rest after about 4-5 hours in the park. I thought yesterday was busy (a Sunday).....today is more busy and it's a weekday!!!

The park opened at 8 am but with 11 of us getting ready in the morning, we managed to make it there by about 10:30 am. Runners went to get FP for Space......at that time it was a 55 min stand-by wait. FP return time was 1:50 pm.

We took a pic in front of the castle and it was time for the DL Band to play at 11 am. So we waited a few mins and saw the band and characters (Mickey, Pinocchio, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Chip or Dale?....and that might have been it).

We went over to Fantasyland, walked on to Snow White and Pinocchio. Peter Pan and Mr. Toad were both consistently 40 min waits the whole time we were in FL. We never even tried to get on them. Dumbo said it was a 20 min wait......it was really more like 30 mins. The Carousel was about a 15 min wait to get on. Granted, those times aren't long waits.......it was the people milling about that was crazy busy!!! After a while, you get tired of being bumped into.

We sent a runner to get a FP for Splash at 12:45......it took him about 25 mins. to get from FL to Splash. Said that Pirates had a line about 100 yards out from the arch (yesterday was a 15 min wait). He said it was hard for him to even hurry to get there, just too many people to maneuver around.

I went to City Hall at noon to see if I could get my birthday gift card but the line was out the door and down the stairs to Main St. Sooo......will try again later in the day.

We're having dinner at Rainforest around 5 pm for my birthday....then back into the parks to use our FP's and hit the rides we couldn't get on this morning.

More later!!!!

 

[firefly87]

Couple more things.........

Princess Fantasy Faire had a 1 1/2 hr wait when we checked around 1 pm......just talked to someone else about 2:30 pm and the wait was 2 hours long!

Small World had an insane line out into the walkway.....so many people you couldn't even tell how long the wait was.

I'm curious to hear how any other people thought the crowds were today. Some person's "busy" might be not bad to another!

 

[cccdisney]

I believe it! I personally know 4 different families that are down there on vacation right now. Our schools are currently in their 2nd week of their 2 week break!

 

[firefly87]

We also rode the Monorail out of the park into DTD and when we went by DCA, it didn't seem all that busy in the Sunshine Plaza and in the Backlot Studios area (or whatever it's called). It was a little more busy over by Soaring and Grizzly......but not as busy as DL!!!!!

We also ran into an acquantaince at the front gates......it's funny, we live 5 hours away and each time we come here, manage to run into someone we know from home!

 

[CanadianPaco]

I believe it! I personally know 4 different families that are down there on vacation right now. Our schools are currently in their 2nd week of their 2 week break!

Two week break! WOW! I didn't that even existed!

 

[cccdisney]

Two week break! WOW! I didn't that even existed!

Crazy, huh? It is actually a nice schedule. They call it "modified traditional" here. They get a 2 week Fall break, 2 week December break, and 2 week March (spring) break. They then only have an 8 week summer. Which is long enough in my opinion!

 

[disney-super-mom]

Crazy, huh? It is actually a nice schedule. They call it "modified traditional" here. They get a 2 week Fall break, 2 week December break, and 2 week March (spring) break. They then only have an 8 week summer. Which is long enough in my opinion!

Do you mind me asking when their 2009 fall break is?

 

[cccdisney]

Do you mind me asking when their 2009 fall break is?

Sure! The weeks of Sept 28th and Oct 5th. We are going to be in the parks on Sept 27-29th!

 

[Aussie Princess]

We were there on Sunday and whilst there was bad weather it wasnt that busy at all when the sun came out then it became busy...

Saturday we did Magic Morning and walked onto Space Mountain and then walked out and saw everyone running for it as the park just opened... so we wandered off to Splash and rode 4 times in a row without getting off and was in shock at the lack of the line.

 

[Michelle2]

I was there on Sunday too and was super surprised at how things went that day. It was great! We switched Sunday for Monday when we saw the weather, and it looks like it is a good thing we did. The only problem now, is how the rest of the week will go. LOL!

 

[Dizneydaz]

I'm not surprised it's busy. We're going on Friday to see the new parade (DNephew is in it ) and I'm sure it's going to be packed!

Lucky ? for me DD9's school is year round so no spring break. Looking forward to going again (alot) in May.

 

[Mugglemama]

all of the schools (40+) in our city (Boise) are out this week, too. sounds like you're catching some spring break traffic!

 

[babnak]

These are the dates the universities are taking thier spring breaks! I can see why last week was so BUSY! I am so happy that our school has a completely different schedule. WHEW! The total number of enrolees last week make the other weeks look like off season. WOW! Thought I'd share my find, sorry it's such a long post!


March 16-20, 2009 (Mon-Fri)

College / University
Enrollment

Adams State College
2,308

Auburn University
24,137

Austin College
1,291

Brevard Community College
14,616

Brock University
14,443

California College of the Arts
1,670

California State University, Chico
14,500

Canisius College
4,857

Carthage College
2,930

Central Missouri State University
10,711

Claremont Mckenna College
1,135

Clemson University
17,409

Cleveland State University
15,706

Colgate University
2,750

Colorado State University, Fort Collins
26,884

Columbia University
24,820

Concordia University, Austin
1,400

Concordia University, Wisconsin
5,600

Cornell University
19,800

Delta State University
4,392

Des Moines Area Community College
27,000

Drake University
5,221

Earlham College
1,194

Eastern Illinois University
11,651

Edgewood College
2,500

Fairleigh Dickinson University
8,000

Florida College
600

Florida International University
38,614

Fordham University
16,009

Fort Hays State University
8,500

George Washington University
24,531

Georgia Southern University
16,841

Georgia Tech
18,747

Grambling State University
4,999

Grinnell College
1,555

Harvey Mudd College
746

Humboldt State University
7,773

Indiana University, Purdue
29,854

Indiana University of Bloomington
38,990

Iowa State University
26,160

Jackson State University
8,351

Jacksonville State University
9,000

John Hopkins University
15,000

Kansas State University
23,332

Keene State College
6,400

Lafayette College
2,403

Lakeland College
3,999

Lipscomb University
2,744

Madison Area Technical School
20,461

Manhattan College
3,000

Meharry Medical College
723

Montana State University
12,250

Morgan State University
1,221

Mount Holyoke College
2,100

Naval Academy
4,400

New York University
40,870

Northwest College
1,800

Ocean County College
9,351

Pitzer College
950

Pomona College
1,548

Princeton University
6,898

Purdue University
39,228

Rider University
5,790

Rutgers University at New Jersey, Camden
51,480

Rutgers University at New Jersey, Newark
10,246

Rutgers University at New Jersey
34,392

Saint Clair College
6,500

Samford University
4,400

Santa Fe Community College
14,500

Savannah State University
3,169

Scripps College
899

South Dakota State University
10,566

Texas A&M, Corpus Christi
8,355

Texas A&M
46,540

Texas Tech University
28,260

Towson University
18,921

University of Alabama, Birmingham
16,246

University of Alabama, Huntsville
7,100

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
25,580

University of Alaska Southeast
2,800

University of Arizona
36,805

University of Arkansas
18,647

University of Central Oklahoma
15,753

University of Denver
11,117

University of Hartford
6,225

University of Houston
35,344

University of Idaho
11,251

University of Iowa
30,409

University of Kansas
29,260

University of Kentucky
27,209

University of Lethbridge
8,001

University of Maryland
36,014

University of Maryland Eastern Shore
3,297

University of Massachusetts
60,000

University of Miami
15,449

University of Minnesota
50,402

University of Mississippi
17,323

University of Nebraska
22,973

University of New Hampshire
13,547

University of New Haven
4,480

University of New Mexico
24,092

University of North Florida
15,619

University of North Texas
34,268

University of Northern Colorado
12,981

University of Northern Iowa
14,207

University of Oklahoma
29,721

University of South Alabama
14,003

University of South Florida
34,036

University of Southern California
33,389

University of Southern Mississippi
16,050

University of Tennessee
26,400

University of Texas, Austin
49,696

University of Texas, Dallas
14,480

University of Texas, Pan American
17,048

University of Texas, San Antonio
28,534

University of Texas, Tyler
6,150

University of Tulsa
4,165

University of Utah
29,192

University of West Georgia
10,677

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
10,052

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
28,356

University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
12,409

University of Wisconsin, Parkside
4,999

University of Wisconsin, Platteville
6,431

University of Wisconsin, River Falls
5,950

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
8,552

University of Wisconsin, Stout
8,416

University of Wyoming
13,301

Utah Valley State College
23,750

Valdosta State University
11,280

Vanderbilt University
11,847

Virginia Commonwealth University
31,907

Washington State University
24,396

Western Illinois University
13,600

Wichita State University
14,298

Wilson College
868

TOTAL
2,130,258

March 23-27, 2009 (Mon-Fri)

College / University
Enrollment

Air Force Academy
4,000

Alliant International University
3,402

Arkansas State University
17,401

Bard College
2,062

Birmingham-Southern College
1,500

Boise State University
18,844

Brown University
8,025

California Institute of Technology
2,086

Calvin College
4,200

Central Connecticut State University
12,315

Cerritos College
24,536

Colorado State University, Boulder
28,000

Columbia College Chicago
11,499

Depaul University
25,500

Eastern Connecticut State University
5,113

Elmhurst College
3,000

Elon University
5,496

Harvard University
19,139

Hudson Valley Community College
12,000

Huntingdon College
800

Idaho State University
13,802

Kent State University
29,227

Lewis & Clark College
3,433

Luther College
2,550

Mount Mercy College
1,490

Oregon State University
19,362

Pacific Lutheran University
3,669

San Jose State
28,932

Southern Arkansas University
3,109

Southern University at Baton Rouge
10,364

Tulane University
10,606

University of Arkansas, Little Rock
12,000

University of California, Berkeley
34,953

University of Central Arkansas
12,619

University of Colorado
28,000

University of Hawaii
50,310

University of Illinois, Chicago
21,914

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
42,326

University of Missouri-Columbia
28,477

University of Montevallo
3,000

University of North Alabama
7,323

University of Oregon
20,394

University of Rhode Island
19,095

University of San Francisco
8,447

Wellesley College
2,300

Western Connecticut State University
6,001

Wright State University
16,091

TOTAL
691,038

March 30-April 3, 2009 (Mon-Fri)

College / University
Enrollment

Berkeley College
2,304

California State University, Sacramento
27,972

Chipola Junior College
15,000

Florida Community College at Jacksonville
64,230

Lindenwood University
10,000

Long Beach State University
36,870

Northwest Michigan College
4,500

Orange Coast College
22,680

Samuel Merritt College
1,008

San Diego State University
34,500

University of Delaware
19,067

University of Montana
10,842

Whittier College
1,540

Wofford College
1,350
TOTAL
231,863

April 6-10, 2009 (Mon-Fri)

College / University
Enrollment

Augusta State University
6,588

Bates Technical College
1,500

Binghamton University
14,373

California State University, Northridge
26,854

Fresno State University
21,000

Hofstra University
13,000

International University Bremen
1,100

Louisiana State University
33,587

Northwestern State University
14,025

Southwestern Community College
8,216

Spring Hill College
1,538

Stony Brook University
22,527

University at Albany
17,040

University of Dayton
10,569

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
31,000

TOTAL
222,917

 

[50sjayne]

We were there Monday and it was crazy busy. Probably because it was overcast Sat and raining Sunday. Beautiful day. Got a late start so did the rope drop at CA and tried to do toy story but got in line to find out it was closed and screamin' too. Bummer. We had already done everything we wanted thanks to magic morning sat., cold weather and rain on Sunday. We had our ponchos and it was fantastic! We went back to the room too for about 4 hours, ate hamburgers grilled on our foreman on he balcony at HOJO's . I soaked my tootsies in the jacuzzi (sooo great) Utilized our fast passes later-- awesome day.