mickeystoontown
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2006
Well, i've been thinking about our options and as much as June would be nice, right after school ends, Manny is a baby with crowds and along with the heat that we are not used to, I don't think that will go too well. I'm voting that week out!
Our April break week would have been perfect if it didn't fall on Easter week. I just renewed my subscription to touring plans and there are mostly 10s for the week leading up to Easter. And then the prices... ouch! So April is out!
MAY IT IS!!!!!!!!!! Now which week, I have no idea. The kids will obviously miss school and we can just deal with that when the time comes. Hopefully they will all have understanding teachers. Most of the moms at school I know all take vacations during the school year, we are certainly not the only ones. And last May when we went their teachers gave them work ahead of time and all was well. Emily gets anxious, but we'll have to discuss that and get her to the point where she isn't worried about it. Emily is just like Manny and if we took her to Disney when it was too hot or crowded she would be miserable.
So in looking at touring plans crowd calendar all of May looks great until we hit memorial day weekend. Those crowds aren't looking too bad, just more crowded than the first 3 weeks of May.
SO WHICH WEEK IN MAY!!!!!!
1st option: May 2-9: Very low crowds and we'd be there over Mother's day. But, the kids would only be back to school for 1 week after vacation before we leave.
2nd option: May 9-16: Low crowds, this is the week we went last May. Right after Mother's day.
3rd option: May 16-23
4th option: May 24-31 (Higher crowds, but memorial day there will be no school, and it's also star wars wekend, AND May 27th is my bday.
We really really enjoyed Star Wars Weekends. I can't believe I am even saying that because I am not a SW fan. However, my son is and he loved it. We got to the park early and were surprised that the crowds weren't that bad. As the day progressed, it got busier but not unmanagable.
Memorial Day wasn't too bad this year. As a matter of fact, I didn't think it was any more crowded than the other days we were in the park.
And, if you chose May 24th through the 31st, we could plan a Dismeet because our dates would overlap.