my family and i aretraveling down to wdw at easter week this upcoming yr. i was wondering besides the crowds what to expect. ex: weather, shows, when to make priority seating etc.
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easter week
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Yellow Shoes
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If by Easter Week, you mean the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, it will be super crowded. That is traditionally a very busy week.
Learn to use FastPass, make your PSs as soon as you can, and prepare yourself mentally for the crowds.
If you mean the week after Easter, the crowds will be much smaller.
The best place to find weather information is www.weather.com. You can find the daily highs and lows for late March 2004. That will give you a good idea of what you're in for.
Learn to use FastPass, make your PSs as soon as you can, and prepare yourself mentally for the crowds.
If you mean the week after Easter, the crowds will be much smaller.
The best place to find weather information is www.weather.com. You can find the daily highs and lows for late March 2004. That will give you a good idea of what you're in for.
Captain Hank
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Two years in a row, I've gone to WDW during the week of/after Easter. We arrived on Good Friday, just pretty much cooled it on Saturday, visited relatives on Easter Sunday, and then went to the parks through the following Friday. Crowds were larger than when we went during the latter part of January. The Magic Kingdome was VERY crowded, so I became good friends with FP. The HM line even took up the former Keelboat dock. The other parks, however, were manageable.
civileng68
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Weather
As someone from Florida I can tell you that in April it's hot. Some evenings will be cool depending on any fronts but overall it will be in the 80's with mild humidity. It's really before the staunch humidity is reached but I would just look at the weather as you may not even need anything warm.
KimPossible said:
As someone from Florida I can tell you that in April it's hot. Some evenings will be cool depending on any fronts but overall it will be in the 80's with mild humidity. It's really before the staunch humidity is reached but I would just look at the weather as you may not even need anything warm.
BelleBeast
New Member
I'm going Wednesday before Easter - and I keep hearing things differentlySome say more crowded the days before Easter and others say the place gets packed after easter!!
What will we do???
BelleBeast
What will we do???
BelleBeast
se8472
Well-Known Member
belive me, its just crowed all around those dates. Just be ready for crowed and know what to do. A tip is that the earlyer the MK closes...the less crowed it is.
Such things as getting ready for the parade to come a whole 2 hours before its going to start.
Learn fastpass like the back of your hand. If you can get another one at 5:34...be at the next ride with tickets ready at 5:33. Also don't really waste your fastpass on show or anything.
Try and get good seats for fantasmic up 2+ hours before it starts.
If there are going to be 2 showings or something try and go to the 2nd one.
I know that when you have been at the parks all day you get tired so try and take a break here and there.
Also when it comes to the sit down shows/parades, try and have someone save your seats. there is no point in 6 people waiting 2 hours for a parade to come. Just let one person hold the seats while other go and enjoy themselves or so..try and make ti back however at least 30 minutes before the show would start because that is when all heck starts to break lose with peple fighitng and stuff for seats!
Thats my 2 cents on how to deal with croweds
Such things as getting ready for the parade to come a whole 2 hours before its going to start.
Learn fastpass like the back of your hand. If you can get another one at 5:34...be at the next ride with tickets ready at 5:33. Also don't really waste your fastpass on show or anything.
Try and get good seats for fantasmic up 2+ hours before it starts.
If there are going to be 2 showings or something try and go to the 2nd one.
I know that when you have been at the parks all day you get tired so try and take a break here and there.
Also when it comes to the sit down shows/parades, try and have someone save your seats. there is no point in 6 people waiting 2 hours for a parade to come. Just let one person hold the seats while other go and enjoy themselves or so..try and make ti back however at least 30 minutes before the show would start because that is when all heck starts to break lose with peple fighitng and stuff for seats!
Thats my 2 cents on how to deal with croweds
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
Above all, be flexible. At certain points, there will probably be an attraction that you really want to go on with a prohibitive line. More than likely, at some point in the day, that line will be almost non-existant. Check the tip boards often, and when everything gets totally clogged, take a much-deserved break. And I would definately recommend a second showing of anything. I saw Phillharmagic during the first Spectromagic, found a good spot for Wishes on the Liberty Square bridge, just chilled out on a bench with a great view of the changing colors of the castle (got some GREAT pics!) and got front row seating for the second showing of Spectro on Main Street (and got even more great pics!).
CAPTAIN HOOK
Well-Known Member
Weather - we've experienced gloriously hot summer type days to overcast including heavy rain showers.
Expect long lines and even longer park hours - expect SpectroMagic and Fantasmic twice a night !
Crowds get bigger as Easter weekend approaches and then gradually get smaller after Easter - the park hours reflect these trends
Use FastPass as much as posible
Don't burn yourself out too early in the day, or take a break and return in the evenings
Expect long lines and even longer park hours - expect SpectroMagic and Fantasmic twice a night !
Crowds get bigger as Easter weekend approaches and then gradually get smaller after Easter - the park hours reflect these trends
Use FastPass as much as posible
Don't burn yourself out too early in the day, or take a break and return in the evenings