Teens, Park Hours, Splash Mountain worries, HELP!!

[yupikgal]

Well I just lost an entire 3-4 paragraphs of questions! I am having to retype this again, so bear with me. It may be shorter this time (lucky you)

Long story short: We've got 2 teens, 17 and 14. We went to DL last August (amazing that we going again this soon, last time before that was 1999!)

I just found out yesterday on my 19th anniversary, DH says "book our trip to DL"! and since we are going as soon as the kids are out of school (21st May) I need your expertise!! (pretty please?)

At first I was going to book us at the Fairfield for 5 nights starting the 21st using the "buy 3, get 2 free" tickets. Then I saw the park schedule, and noticed that our kids FAVORITE DL ride, S. Mountain, is going to be out of commission for rehab! OMG!!!

My question is this: can we use one or 2 days of the tickets and then postpone the rest of the days to use later in our trip? I saw where it said something about 13 days, but I wasn't sure if that means they have to be consecutive, as in 21-26th?? I hope we can maybe do 1 day (Friday) and then maybe come back later the following weekend when S.M. is back open? I know there are a lot of other rides, but being as that is their absolute favorite, it's a must do. FYI, we are going to be in Southern California until the 3rd of June, so we have some leeway with dates.

Also, if anyone else is heading down there during the time we will be there and you have teenagers, please feel free to contact me and maybe we can introduce our kids? They mentioned that they would have liked to have others to hang out with at the parks last time...you know how kids are!

Also, what type of hours should we expect for later in the month, and is Memorial day weekend NUTS as far as crowds? Thanks so much for your expertise!!

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

Your tickets (and days) expire 13 days after first use. You DO NOT have to use them consecutively. So if you go day 1, then you can wait until day 10, 11, 12, 13 to use the remaining days.

 

[yupikgal]

Shannon, you are a doll, THANKS!! I wanted to make sure of this before I told the kids and then we can make our decision...maybe we could do 2 initial days, then do the last 3 days later! I love the disboards!!

 

[yupikgal]

Talked to the kids, they were definately disappointed about S.M. not being open when we first get there, but they agreed that we could split it up and that way we'll do all the rest of the things that they wouldn't normally do when it isn't open! Sounds good to me...!!

 

[Mom2micayla]

I'll be there the same time, basically. May 23-28. My kids are young, or else I'd suggest we let them meet up. Hopefully someone else with teens on the board will be there and they'll get some buddies to hang with.

As to Memorial Day weekend, I'd imagine it's going to be insane. Almost all holiday weekends are at DLR. If you take advantage of fastpasses and get there early, you'll be fine though.

 

[bumbershoot]

The last two mem day weekends...the crowds seemed to steadily increase as the week *before* the weekend went on. So the weekend (before the holiday Monday) was really busy, and then on Monday people started to go home, and the week after got steadily quieter.

This year, however, since the Monday is so late in the month, and the week after it will be June, you're bound to get more kids out of school and more families. So it might be busier than Mem day holidays in the last couple years.