Originally Posted By cnbhoward Does anyone know how the crowds are during this week? We have reservations for Sept. but it is during the week of the marathon and have now learned (yes, behind the times a little bit)that the 50th is ending is Sept. My wife, my seven yr old and I have been countless times but this will be the first for our almost two year old. I expect crowds but I am just trying to minimize as much as possible. Thank you for any help anyone can give me.
Originally Posted By practicallyperfect The parks should be fairly quiet. We like to go during this time just for the lack of crowds. In fact, we'll be there Nov 12-18 as well! The Christmas decorations are up so it is a magical time. Just keep in mind that the parks will not be opened late and some of the shows and parades may not be scheduled.
Originally Posted By cnbhoward Thank you for the info. That is funny that you will be there the same week. The other question I would have is will Small World be open. Disneyland guest relations said when I called today that they dont have the official dates but its usually the first week in October till the 2nd week in November that it is closed. My wife is adamant that it is open because it will be our 2 yr olds first trip.
Originally Posted By wendebird Isn't that Veteran's Day weekend? I always thought that weekend was pretty busy?
Originally Posted By wendebird As far as ride refurbs go, I check this site. (It's more accurate that the Disneyland site) <a href="http://www.riderefurbs.com/" target="_blank">http://www.riderefurbs.com/</a> No word yet on Small World closures & openings.
Originally Posted By practicallyperfect Veteran's Day is Friday, Nov. 10. I'm thinking the park will be busy that weekend which is why we will be arriving on Sunday!
Originally Posted By BoyStory We'll be there that week! We don't arrive until Monday so I too am hopefull that the Veteran's day crowds will be gone by then (or at least by Tues). A few years ago we went around Veteran's day when it fell on a Monday. We opted to go to another theme park on Veteran's day, but my parents were there and according to them -even with the pouring rain- it was PACKED. Tuesday though the crowds were very light- not to mention the sun finally came out which was an added bonus . I think it's a nice time of the year to go- just a darned struggle every time with the schools for us with school-aged children .
Originally Posted By friendofdd Usually, by that time everything for the holidays is operational except the Christmas Parade. Before I retired and moved near DL, we always took the second or third week of November to visit. You will have a great time.
Originally Posted By LogDog That's cool. We're going the 8th and will be in town till the 15th. The actual reason for going is I'm doing a monday-tuesday session with the LA Reporters Clinic to make a resume tape, but how can we go all the way down there without making a DL trip of it?
Originally Posted By cnbhoward wow, maybe with all these people going the crowds will be bigger than expected. Thank you everybody very much for all your help. I consider myself a huge Disneyland fan but am awed by how many people know WAY more about the best place in the world.
Originally Posted By wendebird >>Veteran's Day is Friday, Nov. 10. I'm thinking the park will be busy that weekend which is why we will be arriving on Sunday!<< Hmmm, my calendar shows it's on Saturday November 11th. If schools are off, I'm sure it'll be busier than a regular weekend. I'm not trying to talk you out of it or anything, but you may want to prepare for a busy weekend. At least through Monday. (I'm not sure if schools will get the Friday or Monday off) Before I hit submit I checked a few school calendars. It looks like some are taking the Friday & some the Monday. (Our district is taking Friday)
Originally Posted By practicallyperfect Wendebird, you are right---Veteran's Day is on Saturday. But as you know with school-age kids, I always associate holidays with the days the kids are off school! LOL. Part of the joy of being a working parent and dealing with childcare issues. Our school district has the Friday off as does my district (I work at a college).
Originally Posted By BoyStory Wendebird, I'm curious which schools showed to be taking that Monday off for Veteran's Day. Were they local or out of state schools? Thanks!
Originally Posted By wendebird I honestly didn't write it down or look for that info. I just went to Google & typed in 2006-2007 school calendar. I looked at several, I just don't have the time right now to go through them all again.
Originally Posted By BoyStory ^^^Thanks, I thought perhaps you were looking at specific areas. I just checked and my kids have the friday before off. I know DyGDisney checked it out and was told it would be observed by schools the friday before- I guess I thought this was Nationally, LOL.
Originally Posted By ssturgeo I am also going that week...and went the same week last year...my brother goes every year that week! Yes, the weekend is busy with Veterans Day, but the weekdays were great...walked right on most rides every day. The Christmas decorations were up, and since we stayed through Saturday we were able to see the Christmas Parade also, which began the Friday of that week.
