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Ok, I know this should go in the Trip Planning Forum (or maybe in the "crazies" forum since I just got back today and I'm ready to plan another one), but I KNOW y'all, so I wanted your advice!!
Here's the deal: We have DVC points, and pre-DS, we went a couple of times a year. DS & I are morning people--up with the chickens (or whatever gets up that early). I got up at 5 on our trip each day. DH is fine in the mornings, but he's a night owl. All of that goes to say that it works better for us to have a 1-bedroom. Sooooo, with needing a 1BR, we're at one trip a year. Now, I'm extremely grateful for one trip a year--definitely not complaining!!! But, it makes it more "interesting" to pick times.
We had originally planned to go back in June 2011. DS is free til August 2011 (when he turns 3). So, we were going to get in one more "freebie" trip. Just based on my work calendar, it would be almost the exact same week we went this time. That falls under the middle column for point value (not extremely low, but not high, either). We were going to try at the 7-month window for BLT or VWL (the two we haven't stayed at). The heat this past week wasn't bad, bad, but it wears DS down quickly and he's a go-go kid! So we started looking at April. My Spring Break is April 4-8. Not Easter week, so we're good there, but because it's April, it's in the next-to-top point range. Boardwalk is the most "economical" during that time, and we LOVED it (more on that later), so we could try that.
All of this lonnnnnnnnnng story to say: how are the crowds? Without it being Easter week, are they still super-high due to other places Spring Break? That's a LATE Spring Break for us, but I didn't know how it was for others. Crowds don't necessarily bother me--we're just weighing heat vs. crowds.
Any commentary/advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks for listening to my Disney ramblings!!
Here's the deal: We have DVC points, and pre-DS, we went a couple of times a year. DS & I are morning people--up with the chickens (or whatever gets up that early). I got up at 5 on our trip each day. DH is fine in the mornings, but he's a night owl. All of that goes to say that it works better for us to have a 1-bedroom. Sooooo, with needing a 1BR, we're at one trip a year. Now, I'm extremely grateful for one trip a year--definitely not complaining!!! But, it makes it more "interesting" to pick times.
We had originally planned to go back in June 2011. DS is free til August 2011 (when he turns 3). So, we were going to get in one more "freebie" trip. Just based on my work calendar, it would be almost the exact same week we went this time. That falls under the middle column for point value (not extremely low, but not high, either). We were going to try at the 7-month window for BLT or VWL (the two we haven't stayed at). The heat this past week wasn't bad, bad, but it wears DS down quickly and he's a go-go kid! So we started looking at April. My Spring Break is April 4-8. Not Easter week, so we're good there, but because it's April, it's in the next-to-top point range. Boardwalk is the most "economical" during that time, and we LOVED it (more on that later), so we could try that.
All of this lonnnnnnnnnng story to say: how are the crowds? Without it being Easter week, are they still super-high due to other places Spring Break? That's a LATE Spring Break for us, but I didn't know how it was for others. Crowds don't necessarily bother me--we're just weighing heat vs. crowds.
Any commentary/advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks for listening to my Disney ramblings!!