Easter at WDW?

[kangamama]

Hi -- my family will be making its first trip to WDW next year. Our first day in the parks will be Easter Sunday. Are there any special activities that we should plan to have worked into our schedules for that day? For instance, at DLR I've heard that there's an annual easter egg hunt that goes on during Easter Season. Anything similar at WDW? Do characters put on their Easter best? Stuff like that, or anything else? Thanks in advance!

 

[Robo]

Hi -- my family will be making its first trip to WDW next year. Our first day in the parks will be Easter Sunday. Are there any special activities that we should plan to have worked into our schedules for that day? For instance, at DLR I've heard that there's an annual easter egg hunt that goes on during Easter Season. Anything similar at WDW? Do characters put on their Easter best? Stuff like that, or anything else? Thanks in advance!

Be aware that Easter time can be nearly as busy as Christmastime at WDW.

Plan to arrive very early.
MK will likely open at 8AM (maybe with an AM EMH time of 7AM) and stay in that park until you have seen and done all you want to that day.
It's also possible that one or more of the other parks will open an hour earlier than normal, too.
Those early hours will likely not be posted until much closer to the actual dates, so keep checking the calendars.

Mr. & Mrs. Easter Bunny will be part of a special (and very, very short) "pre-parade" that starts about 20-30 minutes before the afternoon MK parade.

 

[kangamama]

yes, we already know how busy it will be. Our family's first disney experience, period, was Christmas week at DLR, so we know what the crowds can be like. We are planning currently to do DHS on Easter Sunday, so that we can have a meal at Brown Derby.

 

[Ismo]

We were in WDW on Easter in 2013 and they had an Easter egg hunt in Epcot and mini Easter parade in MK before the main parade. They also had a "find the Easter egg" game in Epcot where you had to find all of the Easter eggs in the park and report back for a prize.