Which week will be the worst spring break week this year?

[cstraub]

My kids Spring Break starts on April 14th and goes through April 23. Anyone know which week is being predicted as the most crowded for 2006?

 

[dixiedizfan]

The two weeks surrounding Easter Sunday are always the worst, so those would be the weeks of April 10 and April 17.

 

[glennsgirl762]

Hi cstraub
We booked the CBR (perferred rooms were all that was available) for April 9 - 15 yesterday and the woman who made our reservations was having a hard time finding rooms available at all of the moderates. The only moderate that was available with standard rooms was PO Riverside, and there weren't many available there. I don't know what she did, but she found 2 rooms at CBR available. Maybe there was a cancellation? We couldn't get a AAA discount either because she told me it is Easter season. It seems like that week might be the busiest. While she was trying to book the rooms, all she kept repeating to me "you know it is Easter". She was a doll! She went out of her way to help us find rooms available. She spent at least 1/2 hour on the phone with me. I wish I had gotten her name. Anyway I think that might be the busiest time.
Hope this helps.
Connie

 

[brentalex]

I think the week you will be there will be very crowded. Not only is it Easter week, but us people in New England always have the third week of April as our school spring breaks. This year it co incides with Easter. Expect crowds and lots of people wearing Boston Red Sox caps ( I will not be among those, I am a transplant and will be wearing my Phillies cap ).

 

[ahamel918]

The crowd indicator on touringplans.com indicates it'll be the week after Easter. The week before has 9's and the week after is mostly 10s. Not much of a difference though they will both be crazy. I'll be there the week before and am starting to think I'm fairly crazy!

 

[cstraub]

I have been to WDW the last two Spring Breaks and it wasn't all that bad (not like the week after Chrismtas ). It just seems like more and more people are coming to WDW lately.

Just wanted to see when might be a "better" week. Wish I could go some other time but I can't pull the kids out of school again.

Thanks for all your posts!

 

[tinkerbell60]

Our first trip we went the Friday 10 days before Easter Sunday and stayed till the Thursday before Easter. From Friday till Tuesday it wasn't too bad, but by Wednesday it was awful. It just got progressively worse each day. At that time I felt like it was our "one trip to Disney" which added to the pressure of trying to do it all, which didn't happen. Luckily, I conned my husband into a trip last July - it was crowded, but compared to Spring Break it was nothing. It was very very hot, and DH doesn't tolerate heat well, but I bought these things called Cool Neck Ties, which you soak in ice water then tie around your neck - they really work to keep you from getting too hot.

We will definately go in the summer before Spring Break because we can't take the kids out of school either. But, if you go knowing what to expect, and don't try to "do it all" you will be fine.

 

[gabesmom]

Sounds like most spring breaks hit in April. How about those of us heading down in late March... the week of the 25th to be exact? It's a fairly early spring break for us but I was still expecting it'd be busy.