Planning frenzy continues...help!

[papabear4]

Thanks to some calm, rational minds on these boards, we are once again at peace with our decision to stay at BWV.

But then I happened to check what day Easter is next year, and it's March 23. We had planned to stay at WDW March 4-11, thinking that we would miss a lot of the spring/Easter breakers. Plus, I discovered that Disney actually labeled that first week in March (this year, anyway) a "Magical Week" because it tends to be slower. Score! We can't go any earlier because our kids are seriously into the school's reading contest, which lasts the whole month of February. January's out, too, because swimming is really high on everyone's list.

So long story short, I'm wondering if people have had much experience with that first week in March during years when Easter's a little early.

Thanks yet again!

 

[NancyDVC]

Spring Break starts early in March. Some colleges have Spring Break as early as March 1. (My own college spring break never coincided with Easter.)Public schools have spring break sometime around Easter/Passover(elementary through high school).

I have stayed at WDW anytime from early February through Easter. I experienced the biggest crowds from Palm Sunday on. (We arrived the Wednesday before Palm Sunday and left on Holy Thursday and the crowds got much larger on Palm Sunday.)
College kids can and do stay at DVC resorts. They are usually relatively quiet. But the parks get crowded with college kids throughout the month March. I have stayed during March when Easter was earlier (end of March) and not had very large crowds in the parks. As you gert closer to Easter the parks do get more crowded.
Early March should not be too bad as far as crowds in the park are concerned. Easter only affects the crowds as you get closer to the actual date. I would say that based on your family's needs the first wek in March should be okay. And the wether is usually warmer than in January and February.