What are the crowds like 2015

[yeahdisney]

If we went to the park MK on Friday of the week, prior to Easter week what do you think the crowd level would be? Would it do doable if we went for rope drop? Then the other day would probably be Sunday two parks that day. The other days would be the two water parks with one resort day thrown in.

We did do both parks universal this time but for the next trip I do not see us going there. I was thinking a nite either Vero beach or Sanibel Island for shell hunting. Do you think Sanibel island would be wicked crowded? Off to look at park hours for this year Easter. Thanks D.

 

[drusba]

Week before Easter is extremely crowded particularly if it is early April when you get a double whammy -- a large number of schools have the week before Easter off every year and a large number of other schools have that late March/early April time off every year regardless of when Easter falls. Good Friday at MK will be very crowded. However, going at rope drop usually means you can hit a few things early before the crowds get overly huge. You must, however, check when that rope drop occurs because during the two Easter weeks, Disney will sometimes simply open the parks to everyone an hour earlier than usual, and sometimes won't announce that until the first of the two Easter weeks begins.

Other days, including Sunday will also be crowded at all the parks although often on Easter Sunday parks other than MK have their lightest day of the week, still very crowded but a little lighter than other days. What happens is that everyone and their brother go to MK on Sunday under the belief that something special happens there on Sunday that you cannot see other days of the week. They are misinformed because nothing really occurs at MK on Easter that does not also occur the other days of the week.

Water parks, if the days are warm, will often fill to capacity by 11 or so during the Easter weeks and then allow people in again later in the afternoon.

Coastline, including Sanibel resort area, will be crowded. An issue is weather. it may be warm along the coast and it may not and that time of the year the coastline is often not as warm as internal areas like WDW. I have been to Sanibel in early April twice and once the weather was mostly mid-70s to low 80s and the other time we had two days of high 70s and five when it did not get above mid-50s.

 

[DVC Doctor]

Spring break is very crowded. If you go then arrive at rope drop.

 

[yeahdisney]

We chickened out, the oldest helped pick, we will pull the kids from school 2 days, shortening the trip, and go earlier in the year. The school really changed their holidays and breaks and days off for next school year.

 

[bakerworld]

back in the day if a child attended school until 11:30a it was considered a 'day' - we booked many vacations using this tactic.