Spring Break 2010

[luvmykids]

Sorry if this has been asked before but I could not find it. We are planning to go to Orlando during spring break March 28 - April 4, 2010. We live in NY and this is when the kids are off. I am a little apprehensive because of the crowds. We usually go the last week of Aug and it is not too bad. I was just wondering when everyone else is off. I know my friend in Charlotte has off the week after us. Thanks!

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

Spring break is always crazy down there. We did the peak week (the week before Easter) as that's when we had the time to go down.

You'll be okay if you plan to use the extended park hours to your advantage. MK was pretty much open from 7a-3a each day we were there. Even though we had little kids, we would have them nap later in the day and go into the parks for evening EMH. The parks all but cleared out after fireworks (EP and MK). We walked on to so much and DH loved it because there were no crowds.

If you plan to drive your car, get in there early! DHS parking lot was a nightmare (we had to circle out once, got back in line, and begged the traffic directing CM to let us go into the "closed" lot b/c we saw 3 open spaces. MK was at capacity by 11a two of the 4 days we were there.

It is completely doable if you have reasonable expectations. Being Disney vets, you'll know what things you HAVE to do to make it a trip down there (for me, my trip is not complete without at least 1 mountain, JC, and POTC). You definately have to prioritize what attractions you want to do and if you do get there early enough, be sure to use FP the best you can. Plan for it to be 10+ crowd levels and the weather will force you to use the heater and air conditioner in the same day (one day it dropped into the 40s )

Best of luck with your trip!

 

[Darcy03231]

Here's the poll from the Theme Parks board:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2274829

It like you'll be there on one of the busiest weeks.

 

[tlh0726]

Easter is Apr 4th.
It will be crowded. The pictures that people posted last year during their stay

 

[laceemouse]

Sorry if this has been asked before but I could not find it. We are planning to go to Orlando during spring break March 28 - April 4, 2010. We live in NY and this is when the kids are off. I am a little apprehensive because of the crowds. We usually go the last week of Aug and it is not too bad. I was just wondering when everyone else is off. I know my friend in Charlotte has off the week after us. Thanks!

Spring breaks are spread out though March and April, but the week before and the week after Easter are always the most crowded at WDW. Easter moves around, but next year it falls on April 4th. If you go it will be very crowded, and expensive since it is a "peak week."

 

[wrighter]

Just wanted to tell the OP that there are others who are going to brave the madness! We're in NJ, and after a few years of February trips are going to give Spring Break a go. We know we will need to "do Disney" a little differently than we normally do, and we're planning accordingly. We figure we'll never know if we can handle it until we try it for ourselves!

Fingers crossed that we can make it work for us!