Week before Easter

cruisesrus

cruisesrus
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My family is planning our first trip to WDW next April. I know it is peak season. I was wondering if I could get some responses from folks who have been to WDW the weekend and the week leading up to Good Friday and Easter. We are planning on LEAVING to come home on Good Friday (so we will not be there during the actual holiday). Exactly how crowded are the parks (mostly MK) during that time? We have a son who will be 3 at the time of the trip ,and we are trying to plan our days based on crowds, etc. HELP!
 
Were reporting the crowd levels the week before Easter were large this year.If this is going to be the pattern for future years I'm not sure.Plus many posts said the week after Easter the crowds were still huge. :goodvibes :wizard: :wave2:
 
We went the week before Easter in 2004. We left Good Friday to go to my nieces birthday party in Miami, then stopped on the way home for another day & night at WDW in the middle of the next week. We mostly went to MK at night, since it was open until midnight and it was just DH & I. One morning we did an early morning KTTK tour at Mk and were going to hang out at MK the rest of the day, but the crowds were so heavy by about 2 that we had to leave. We went over to Poly and rented a water mouse for an hour or so and hung out at Poly and GF (ate dinner at Gasparilla's, love those Philly Cheesesteaks!) and then headed back as the crowds were thinning out. caught WISHES and 2nd showing of SpectroMagic and it was much better. I would say if you go to a first seating of breakfast at Crystal Palace, then head straight to FantasyLand and do all of those rides befores the crowds get up there, then when things get crazy from the crowds head back to your resort for a swim, lunch and nap, then back for the evening refreshed, you'll be OK! Just be sure to do your breakfast on a day that the park doesn't open until 9, and get your breakfast seating at 8:10 (first seating). By the time you are done eating and get to FantasyLand you will probably be able to walk on Peter Pan, Dumbo, Winnie-the-Pooh and IASW with little or no wait. We did that twice! The trip bac through from Miami we got there at about 4PM, went over to MK and were pleasantly surprised that the crowds weren't bad, but it was drizzling rain, so that may have been part of it.

Good Luck, I'm sure it will be a wonderful trip.
Lori
 












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