I actually don’t find the pools packed at all. Spring Break busy-yes. Terrible-no. We’ve been here several years in a row for spring break (not last yearand I’ve seen it waaaaaay worse. There are definitely a good amount of chairs removed. We compared previous years pics to current set up/crowd and a bunch of chairs are definitely missing.
I like the bring-your-own tube set up, honestly. There are all different sized tubes people have brought so the river isn’t PACKED to the brim with those giant blue or yellow tubes like before. It seems much better.
The pool has really emptied out each day around 4 or so and people coming in have had a good selection of chairs. I’ve been here over a week and it seems to happen each day about the same time. Now if someone is coming down at 10:30am and expects a seat-probably not gonna happen for a bit. Early birds got the chairs and don’t leave the nest until 4.
We passed on parks this year, just like many, many others. Just not worth the hassle. Like stated above by others, I think a lot of us just needed to get away for a bit.
The reservation system they have set up for activities is wonderful-I hope they keep it. It eliminates standing in line for a hour waiting for mini golf, pool, ping-pong, etc. Even during spring break the kids have been able to get reservations whenever they wanted, granted they maybe had to be flexible 30 mins one way or another. It made mini golf much more enjoyable as there wasn’t 200 people on the little course.