Theme Parks and NCAA BBALLTournament in Orlando March 2014

[kmanship]

Hello all,

This is our first time going to WDW during spring break and I am dreading the crowds, we normally go when the kids are in school and just take them out that week, but I see that the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament is going to be played in Orlando on 2 of the days... March 20th and March 22nd. We will be there March 15 - March 23. We won't go to the parks every day but my theory is to definitely go on the same days as the tournament thinking that there will be less people at the parks and more people watching the games...either at the game or in a sportsbar somewhere. Is this a logical theory? Or does it really matter?

What about when the Braves and Astros play home games in the area? Does that do anything to the crowd levels at the parks???

I have been checking the crowd calendar estimations but I am trying to cover every base...

Thanks for your advice in advance.

 

[WEDWDW]

Neither the NCAA Tournament or the Braves/Astros games will have a noticeable effect on Park crowds IMHO.

 

[jhugge]

Agreed. Most people there for the tournament will be either last minute travelers going to support their team (Teams at that site won't be known until the weekend before) or locals who have tickets to the games. I do not expect most people there on Spring break will be taking time out of their vacations to see an NCAA tournament game.

 

[kmanship]

OK, thanks for the feedback!