EPCOT-O.G.
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This is particularly interesting given how many schools across the country (especially in Florida) are on spring break.
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Is attendance really down at WDW this or…
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Nubs70
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This is approaching the mid point of the Spring Break season. Michigan is high point is 1st week of April.
EricsBiscuit
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I didn’t buy LL or G+ and got on everything I wanted to. That being said, there are still plenty of people using the G+ line. The line for Peter Pan on Saturday was well outside the queue, and not because they were still scanning in. It was backed up. In hindsight, I should have tried to get to the park before 1:00 to get the bg but it wasn’t feasible. I was stuck with bg 35 and arrived at the park mid afternoon. I don’t think any sob story or tears would have gotten us on so I didn’t even bother trying lol.
BrianLo
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Ontario March break was last week too, which is a huge parks migratory event normally. I think we (Canadians) are in a pseudo recession and the exchange rate is bad to boot. Pseudo because the only reason GDP isn’t shrinking is massive record immigration.
Maybe Spring is going to be an ideal time to visit now, it really feels like attendance trends are flipping.
Maybe Spring is going to be an ideal time to visit now, it really feels like attendance trends are flipping.
Grimley1968
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I wasn't at WDW last week, but I was at Cocoa Beach/Cape Canaveral for the week. I saw many, many cars with Ontario plates heading in the same direction we were on I-75 on our travel days, probably more so than any individual US state except for Florida.
Ayla
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Forecasts haven't been very accurate so far this year, it seems.
Disstevefan1
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Are all AP levels blacked out now?
wannabeBelle
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Pirate and Pixie Dust only as per the blackout date calendar. Getting a park reservation at the other two levels may be a different question though. Marie
Ayla
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I just checked park reservations availability for day guests and resort guests...next week Tuesday, MK is blocked out (all other parks available all other days) and the following week, again only MK is blocked out on April 2nd (again, a Tuesday), all other parks available throughout the week.
The next two weeks are wide open for AP's that don't have blackout dates.
V_L_Raptor
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I was at AK on Saturday, landed around 4:00. The lot looked full driving in, but they were refilling parking lanes right up next to Preferred when I got in. Lots and lots of empty spaces within the rows, and lots of people leaving even then. Kilimanjaro Safaris was a walk-on right up until it closed at 6:45. Flight of Passage was about a 40 minute wait or so at 7:30, if that. (The posted wait time was 70 minutes, but it wasn't anywhere near.) Lots and lots of elbow room in that park for a weekend during Spring Break, surprisingly enough.
GhostHost1000
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I suspect next week to be a little more crowed again with Good Friday and Easter spring break week, but this week being dead as a spring break week as well is not good.
PREMiERdrum
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This past week and next week the parks are jammed. Not historic highs, but at least back up to pre-COVID averages for peak weeks. However, room bookings are still very, very soft.
Busses to and from resorts were easy to come by all last week - we were never left waiting.
On Monday the All Star complex had over 800 new check-ins scheduled, and occupancy still couldn't crack 85%.
Busses to and from resorts were easy to come by all last week - we were never left waiting.
On Monday the All Star complex had over 800 new check-ins scheduled, and occupancy still couldn't crack 85%.
This week and next week aren't surprising at all. Lots of schools out for spring break.
But bookings still being soft?
Our circle of "families known" has grown quite a bit over the past few years, for various reasons. We didn't see a single family that we know go to the swamps. Texas, Belize, lots went to Mexico, one large group went to Spain.
HoustonHorn
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Small sample size and purely anecdotal, but folks who I am helping are choosing to stay off-site about half the time. And these are veterans who always used to stay onsite. The reasons they cite are lack of value, high price, fewer advantages to staying onsite, and the amount they are spending on G+/ILL.
DisneyHead123
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If people really aren’t booking, they’ve budged surprisingly little on room prices.
The thing I can’t figure out is why there is such a huge gulf between the moderates and the deluxes. The deluxes are sometimes 3 to 4 times more expensive than the moderates, and just don’t seem like a 4-fold upgrade or even like they could be that much more expensive to run. It seems like they need to get the price on some of the deluxes down a fair bit so that there’s not such a huge gap in the pricing continuum. In many cases they leap from low $300s for Port Orleans to the $800 - $1,000+ range for popular deluxes.
The thing I can’t figure out is why there is such a huge gulf between the moderates and the deluxes. The deluxes are sometimes 3 to 4 times more expensive than the moderates, and just don’t seem like a 4-fold upgrade or even like they could be that much more expensive to run. It seems like they need to get the price on some of the deluxes down a fair bit so that there’s not such a huge gap in the pricing continuum. In many cases they leap from low $300s for Port Orleans to the $800 - $1,000+ range for popular deluxes.
Basil of Baker Street
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Been here all week. Parks are pretty busy but manageable. Evenings have been nice.
Next week is some in Northeast having spring break ( ie NJ ). Expect WDW to be busier.
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