Grad Nite Questions?

[Katybug236]

I am going for a four day trip in a couple weeks with my mom.

It happens to fall on two grad nights.

Should I be worried about the park being overrun with teenagers during the daytime hours? And do you think the resort (All Star) will be packed?

 

[Briar Rose's Mom]

I also want to know. Our last full day there is on a grad night and we had planned to spend our last day in the MK.

 

[webmomom]

Since most the schools bring students to WDW in buses and come just before opening, I don't think you will have any trouble with teenagers during the day. Most the schools in Florida can make trip to couple hours so there no need to stay at a hotel. Maybe some schools from around the broding states will stay overnight.

 

[wfloyd]

There are a few schools that make a big trip out of it but there generally aren't anymore people than normal. We haven't had a problem with kids running around the park in the past.

 

[Hopefully]

What time are the Grad Night Fireworks? We are staying at the Poly and I am wondering about the noise. Does anyone have any experience with this?

 

[BankBunny]

We went to Disney for my senior class trip (1994). We came from New Jersey. Kids don't just come from the Orlando area or near by states. We stayed in Florida for close to a week, but we stayed off property. I know that we visted MK, EPCOT, MGM, and Typhoon Lagoon. I think that we did one day at each park. I don't think that you will really have any problems. I don't remember it being any more/less crowded then any other trip I've taken to WDW.

 

[rejobako]

You mean they'll let teenagers into the parks during normal hours? The horror!

Just kidding -- I would tend to think webmommom is right -- most grad night participants are bused in. It's been quite a few years since my own grad night experience (here's a clue, the entertainment featured KC and the Sunshine Band, Peaches and Herb, Kool and the Gang, and Heart with a skinny Ann Wilson), but as I recall, the school mandated that grad night participants go up on the buses. The only exemption was to a couple of friends of mine who were given permission to meet us there because they were coming back from a trip up north to visit colleges. Of course, my memory could be a bit hazy from all the vodka we injected into the oranges we brought on the bus to fool the chaperones.