Spring break next year

[auntyjenn]

I looked at the crowd calendars, and March spring break was much worse than I thought it would be. 7- 8 maybe, but 9? Yikes! Looking at the calendar for next year (and putting on your future-telling goggles/hats) do you think it will hit crazy on the 9th or the 16th?

Thanks!

 

[gtpoohbear]

We went for spring break this year (mid-March, long before Easter) and it was a madhouse. The busiest I've ever seen it, even compared to the trip we did right before Christmas once.

My guess is that the 9th may be just slightly early for a lot of spring breakers, but by the 16th I predict chaos...

 

[staceyrhood]

Both will be busy, most colleges are on spring break the first 2 weeks of March.

 

[mm1971]

I looked at the crowd calendars, and March spring break was much worse than I thought it would be. 7- 8 maybe, but 9? Yikes! Looking at the calendar for next year (and putting on your future-telling goggles/hats) do you think it will hit crazy on the 9th or the 16th?

Thanks!

It seems that there are different weeks for different areas of the country now so I would anticipate both weeks being busy. If this year was any indication, reports were that crowds were crazy most of February.

Plan to hit parks at RD and be flexible. At least you know you'll get 3 FP and can ride your top must do's without a long wait. Hopefully you can work everything in. We started taking Feb. vacation to remote locations to avoid crowds. Dominican Republic seems to be a good spot!

 

[ArwenMarie]

From Presidents Day weekend until the week after Easter seems to be the busy spring season. Next Easter is on April 5th. So I'd bet there will be two months of Spring Break type crowds. (This year Easter fell late so it seemed there was a small lull and then it got crazy again before Easter and a few days after.)

 

[danceintherain]

Easter only matters to a point. Some school districts map their schedules around Easter. Others make it the same week every year regardless. Most of those dates will fall in March, even if Spring Break is late April.
All Easter does is make April more crowded, if that's when it falls.

To my knowledge, ************** is the only website that actually predicts crowd levels for an upcoming year for free and they predict that the crowds during the week starting March 7th (41st best) as a bit more crowded than the 14th (37th best).
Since Easter is on April 4th, the absolute highest spring break crowds will be the weeks immediately surrounding it, but the other weeks in March will still be extremely crowded, but they will drop off significantly starting on the 11th of April.

Anyways...the difference in March is probably not hugely noticeable.