Dear Disney, Spring Break in Texas in 2013 is March 9, not March 15

[fatfish]

Disney, you messed up! Spring Break is an excellent time for an 8 night cruise. But you scheduled the 6 night cruise out of Galveston for Texas' Spring Break, and the 8 night cruise for the following week. Maybe you thought Texas' Spring Break was March 15?

 

[luv2sleep]

Everyone's spring break is different though. Ours is always the first week of April.

 

[disneyfaninaz]

Exactly, everybody's spring break is different. Ours happens to be March 15th for 2013.

 

[momtoejanda]

Ours starts March 22nd....There must be some reason they picked that date.

 

[MND]

Disney, you messed up! Spring Break is an excellent time for an 8 night cruise. But you scheduled the 6 night cruise out of Galveston for Texas' Spring Break, and the 8 night cruise for the following week. Maybe you thought Texas' Spring Break was March 15?

 

[fatfish]

Yes, every state is different. But I'm talking about the cruises out of Galveston, TX. Given the size of Texas, many of the passengers on these Galveston cruises are from Texas. And i think that Disney missed the boat (pun intended) by not scheduling the 8 night cruise during the week that essentially all of Texas has Spring Break.

 

[MND]

Disney, you messed up! Spring Break is an excellent time for an 8 night cruise. But you scheduled the 6 night cruise out of Galveston for Texas' Spring Break, and the 8 night cruise for the following week. Maybe you thought Texas' Spring Break was March 15?

Yes, every state is different. But I'm talking about the cruises out of Galveston, TX. Given the size of Texas, many of the passengers on these Galveston cruises are from Texas. And i think that Disney missed the boat (pun intended) by not scheduling the 8 night cruise during the week that essentially all of Texas has Spring Break.

 

[collectoraholic]

Yes, every state is different. But I'm talking about the cruises out of Galveston, TX. Given the size of Texas, many of the passengers on these Galveston cruises are from Texas. And i think that Disney missed the boat (pun intended) by not scheduling the 8 night cruise during the week that essentially all of Texas has Spring Break.

I agree. I live relatively close to Galveston and it's a shame that they did the 6-nighter for our Spring Break week.

 

[collectoraholic]

No need to be so snarky w/ your multiple . Ppl. are just stating their opinion on how DCL may have messed this one up.

 

[ksloane]

They aren't all at the same time, but in Texas they are mostly on the same week......That would have helped sail the cruise big time!!

 

[carmiedog]

No need to be so snarky w/ your multiple . Ppl. are just stating their opinion on how DCL may have messed this one up.

I don't think MND is being snarky at all. I took it as they find the scheduling (and/or OP's way of stating it) funny. It would have been snarky if they had posted eyerolls.

 

[discruiser]

Disney, you messed up! Spring Break is an excellent time for an 8 night cruise. But you scheduled the 6 night cruise out of Galveston for Texas' Spring Break, and the 8 night cruise for the following week. Maybe you thought Texas' Spring Break was March 15?

I live about 40 minutes from Galveston and thought the same thing when I saw the schedule.

 

[Florida Dreamin']

Really...?

 

[peachygreen]

I agree, I thought that one of the reasons for sailing out of Galveston was to market Texas. March 9th is the start of spring break for all Texas public schools. I would have much rather had the option of an 8 night then vs a 6 night.

It is marginally better than the 7 night "Eastern Carribean" (their words not mine on the Carnival Magic for Spring Break week though (Since when is Key West, Nassau and Freeport an Eastern Carribean itenary)

Unless the prices is really right I think I will definately keep my 7-night spring break on the Fantasy and fly to PC vs a nice easy drive to Galveston. Very disappointing.

 

[fatfish]

I live about 40 minutes from Galveston and thought the same thing when I saw the schedule.

I've seen your sig and pictures before. I think we are on the same 2012 Thanksgiving cruise.

 

[TXDCLfan]

Yes, every state is different. But I'm talking about the cruises out of Galveston, TX. Given the size of Texas, many of the passengers on these Galveston cruises are from Texas. And i think that Disney missed the boat (pun intended) by not scheduling the 8 night cruise during the week that essentially all of Texas has Spring Break.

It would have been great if DCL had done a little better research on this one I would have jumped on the chance to do an eight day cruise. You are correct that most of Texas has the same week off for spring break.

 

[BeeTeacher]

Here in FL, it seems every county has a different spring break. But worse than that, the schedule does not come out until February. We won't know when our county's spring break is until then. It makes cruise planning difficult.

If it's anything like that in Texas, Disney would have no way to know the dates for breaks when they set the schedules. Just a guess based on past breaks maybe?

 

[peachygreen]

Here in FL, it seems every county has a different spring break. But worse than that, the schedule does not come out until February. We won't know when our county's spring break is until then. It makes cruise planning difficult.

If it's anything like that in Texas, Disney would have no way to know the dates for breaks when they set the schedules. Just a guess based on past breaks maybe?

In Texas they actually passed a law a few years back that all spring breaks in each of the independant school districts would follow the same schedule. Even though the individual boards have not released their calendars yet the 2012/2013 schedule has been out for Texas since around Oct/Nov I think. I don't think it would have been that hard for Disney to figure out it. In addition its been the same week in March for as long as I've lived in Texas (which is pushing 9 school years now)

 

[mkmommy]

Here in FL, it seems every county has a different spring break. But worse than that, the schedule does not come out until February. We won't know when our county's spring break is until then. It makes cruise planning difficult.

If it's anything like that in Texas, Disney would have no way to know the dates for breaks when they set the schedules. Just a guess based on past breaks maybe?

I am pretty sure the cruise lines and the airlines know when the school breaks are, as the fares are always so much higher.

I imagine the 6 day March 9 cruise will be very similar
In price to the 8 say cruise the next week.

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

It may have been something as simple as when Disney could get slots at the involved ports. Given that sometime in March is typically SB time for most states, the competition between the various lines/ships for port slots is probably pretty fierce.