Where's Madame Leota when you need her? Predicting 2018 crowds.

[sarahjanet]

We're planning a 2018 trip with at least three, possibly four families with small kids. Because we're coordinating so many schedules, we'd like to nail down dates in the next few months. Our initial plan was the Victoria Day weekend in May, AKA last weekend, AKA the weekend before Memorial Day. But then I saw that they actually had to close due to capacity because it was the last weekend before blackout days start and the last weekend for the local ticket deal whoosit.

Our alternate option is the week that includes Good Friday in late March. Looking at the calendar, a lot of the annual passes will be blocked out that week. Are we going to be better off crowds-wise with a lot of tourists in for spring break vs a lot of locals in May?

We'll have a baby, several four-year-olds, two six-year-olds, and a seven-year-old. All the adults have been to the park before, only one of the kids have. When would you go if you were us, May 19-23ish or March 26-30ish?

 

[chickapin parterre]

there is no school closure for Good Friday in the US
Spring break is all over the calendar, each state doing it differently, where as BC may have break that week, it may not necessarily be true for the states.

 

[Linkura]

there is no school closure for Good Friday in the US
Spring break is all over the calendar, each state doing it differently, where as BC may have break that week, it may not necessarily be true for the states.

Many schools do close for Good Friday, actually. Perhaps not in places that would affect DLR crowds, though.

 

[chickapin parterre]

Yep....I forgot, once you cross the Mississippi River all sense of civilization is lost. Oregon and Washington are least religious folks in the US. And we are also the least cultured, we do not get Columbus Day off either like a I did New York, but we did work on Good Friday, though you could take time off for Ash Wednesday. Anyhow, Ronnie Regan has a list of the 12 states that do take Good Friday off, Florida and....California being 2 of the 12, Which could explain why Easter Break in California surfaces everytime there is speculation about Spring Break crowds. So thank you, that mystery is now solved, but would never have guessed , that in 2017, that easter is still a three day weekend

 

[Linkura]

Yes, I'm New England, where there's a larger concentration of Catholics than many places, particularly where most of DLR's clientele lives.

 

[DDhunter]

Yep....I forgot, once you cross the Mississippi River all sense of civilization is lost. Oregon and Washington are least religious folks in the US. And we are also the least cultured, we do not get Columbus Day off either like a I did New York, but we did work on Good Friday, though you could take time off for Ash Wednesday. Anyhow, Ronnie Regan has a list of the 12 states that do take Good Friday off, Florida and....California being 2 of the 12, Which could explain why Easter Break in California surfaces everytime there is speculation about Spring Break crowds. So thank you, that mystery is now solved, but would never have guessed , that in 2017, that easter is still a three day weekend

I'm just checking to see if you were joking about your first sentence, because if not...ick. I am beyond sick of some people on this board being so disgustingly nasty.

 

[cruisehopeful]

I would choose whichever one didn't have any grad nights.