Crowd's Question

[dtripli]

Hi All

Trying to decide which would be a better week to go as far as the crowd's go....Presidents week in February or week of March 12th?

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Hi All

Trying to decide which would be a better week to go as far as the crowd's go....Presidents week in February or week of March 12th?

No expert here, but it's probably a push. Note that the Princess Half is the weekend following President's Day weekend. Once you get into March you get more spring break crowds.

Normally I'm a big fan of that last week in Feb, but I haven't gone with President's Day being later in the month like it is this year so not sure what that's like.

 

[Alesia]

March, definitely.

 

[Miedz]

I would definatly say march also, Presidents week is pretty much the same for every school district in the country so odds are there will be far more people Presidents week compared to March. Plus I would think the weather would be a little bit nicer since it's getting closer to spring.

 

[dtripli]

I gotta say I am surprised...I thought for sure the consensus would be that March is crazy crowded...I'm glad I asked...Does anyone know of a crowd calendar website I can refer to?....And thank you everyone for chiming in

 

[Miedz]

I gotta say I am surprised...I thought for sure the consensus would be that March is crazy crowded...I'm glad I asked...Does anyone know of a crowd calendar website I can refer to?....And thank you everyone for chiming in

Personally I use this one when planning, I like it because it gives a little description of what maybe going on in the parks that particular week. Hope this helps.
http://wdwprepschool.com/disney-world-crowd-calendar-for-the-2016-2017-school-year/

 

[GADisneyDad14]

One data source I like to use sometimes when determining weeks is Disney's own seasonal pricing rate schedule. You can learn a lot about what Disney "thinks" their crowds will be by studying the fluctuations in seasonal pricing. The below is an example I just looked up for a Poly TPV room. Both of your weeks in question are "Season 7" pricing. This kind of data will vary from resort to resort and even resort category, but I find it kind of interesting.

Lower rates don't necessarily mean lower crowds, but they are a good general proxy for overall demand, to some extent.

 

[dtripli]

One data source I like to use sometimes when determining weeks is Disney's own seasonal pricing rate schedule. You can learn a lot about what Disney "thinks" their crowds will be by studying the fluctuations in seasonal pricing. The below is an example I just looked up for a Poly TPV room. Both of your weeks in question are "Season 7" pricing. This kind of data will vary from resort to resort and even resort category, but I find it kind of interesting.

Lower rates don't necessarily mean lower crowds, but they are a good general proxy for overall demand, to some extent.

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o thank you...so it looks like they are about the same from the pricing anyway...

 

[dtripli]

Personally I use this one when planning, I like it because it gives a little description of what maybe going on in the parks that particular week. Hope this helps.
http://wdwprepschool.com/disney-world-crowd-calendar-for-the-2016-2017-school-year/

Thank you...interesting info