My cousins invited me down for a last minute trip right before the news of hurricanes started. I booked the 14th through the 19th. I will be without husband and kids for this trip(their work/school schedules wouldn't allow them to go). I booked at Sports because it was the cheapest since I feel guilty doing this trip solo.
Anyway, I'm a little anxious myself not knowing what the crowds will bring in the days immediately after. Well, and also nervous/guilty about a mom only WDW trip across the country. Ha ha.
Right. From what I've seen a large portion changed a week or two out, not a month.
First week in October is fall break throughout the South. It's going to be crowded. Probably not far from Spring break.
The first week of this October is the Gartner Symposium. Thousands of IT professionals will be in Disney for that.
Ours begins Friday 10/6 and they return to class Monday 10/16 (provided I have the date right, it's a Monday. They get a full week plus that Friday beforeWhat dates are these?
Here's what we (TouringPlans) are doing to update the crowd calendar:
That update should be available in the next couple of days.
- We've started surveying large travel agencies to get a sense of how many people cancelled their trips outright and how many rescheduled.
- For those guests that have rescheduled, we're asking for the dates to when they rescheduled.
- We're added data to our models that take into account the park impacts from storms Hermine ('16), Colin ('16), Matthew ('16), Beryl ('12) and Irene ('11), including their severity and proximity to the parks.
Beyond that we're also looking at two other things:
- The possibility that Disney may announce non-hurricane-related parks & resorts layoffs in the next few weeks. I'm told this is likely.
- An issue with Disney's reservation system that's incorrectly showing lower room availability. I'm told a summer update to the reservation system is causing 1 reservation request to reserve rooms at 2 separate resorts. That's causing the second resort to show artificially low occupancy. I was able to confirm this in person a couple of weeks ago.
I took the first set of dates that Guest Services offered that kept my free dining package and our friend's room only rate and kept us in MNSSHP and F&W. I had spent 8 hours on hold praying that we would be able to keep our free dining. If we had lost that deal I would not of been able to reschedule and pay more plus add cost of food to the trip. I am super flexible with my dates. My kids home school and my husband's work is very accommodating especially considering why we had to change our vacation dates.It really makes no sense for anyone to reschedule within 60 days if they want to get Fastpasses and dining reservations.
Well I just booked us at the GF for Oct29-Nov4. I'm hoping it won't be crazy busy. I feel as if most people might have tried to rebook closer to their original dates.
Ours begins Friday 10/6 and they return to class Monday 10/16 (provided I have the date right, it's a Monday. They get a full week plus that Friday before
What dates are these?
Our family trip is in November. We have a problem.I laughed at that last line. I took a mom only cruise with my DSil and niece last year and it was HARD to leave the rest of the family at home. But, if you look at my signature below, we're ALL going this year, so maybe the same will be true for you next year.
That's what I'm afraid of. My trip is Sept 19-24 and it was supposed to be like a 3/10 crowd level. Now I'm sure it will be much higher. I usually go in June so I know how to handle it but I was looking forward to smaller crowds. I'll just have to go with the flow and just be glad WDW is still there.Just from what I've seen people post it seems they just pushed back their trips as opposed to cancelling it. I'm afraid the rest of Sept. is going to be busy.