To Valentine's Day or not to Valentine's Day, that is the question . . .

[LennyMachine]

Will Valentine's Day 2016 be worth the extra crowds?

We are planning a trip to southern California from February 10 to 15, my son's President's Day school break. My husband wants to spend some time doing . . . other stuff that is not Disneyland. (I'm like, isn't that what California Adventure is for?!? ) So we are only going to do 3 days at DL. Should I include Valentine's Day as one of those days because hey, it's Valentine's Day at DL? Or would we be better off going on days with lower predicted crowd levels and getting more done?

(If it helps to know: We haven't been to Disneyland since early 2013 and had a similarly short visit of about 4 days. We got the essentials done, but there were things we had to skip I would have liked to have tried. We don't know if we're staying on-site or off-site yet. We were leaning off-site, maybe renting a place near a beach, but then I read how cold the SoCal beaches are at that time of year . . . If we do this, this would be our first time not having the benefits of staying at an on-site resort. We have two young kids (ages 2 and 6), so we like to be there at rope drop and take a break in the afternoon. We stay until the fireworks but not if there's a second showing. I am a planner, i.e., I like to have my reservations in place and a touring plan to guide us -- though we allow for a lot of flexibility because things never go the way you plan.)

Thanks in advance for your insights!

 

[Mividadisney]

Never been to DL in Feburary but correct me if I'm wrong but Feburary should be a slower month for DL BUT it is also going under a lot of construction during 2016.

 

[LennyMachine]

What I've read has said that Valentine's/Presidents Day weekend is an exception to the February-is-a-slow-month rule. One website predicts the crowd level on Valentine's Day 2016 to be 10 out of 10.

I've also reviewed the list of refurbs and no panic attacks there (so far). Constructions/refurbs are usually not an issue for us. We always hope to be back to enjoy it another day.

 

[SMD]

This past year they had "Love Week," and I don't think there was anything that was exclusive only on the 14th, so there's a chance that could happen again next year.

 

[LennyMachine]

That would definitely ease my mind! When have they historically announced these events? And are they typically the week before or the week after Valentine's Day? We wouldn't be able to do it afterwards, since we return home the day after Valentine's Day.