Originally Posted By tukogirl Will it be busy tomorrow (9/13) as a lot of schools will be out for Rosh Hoshanna? Anyone have experience at the parks on this school day off in previous years?
Originally Posted By imadisneygal I have never heard of a public school having the day off for Rosh Hashanah. We always have to pull our son out of school to take him to Temple. I would not expect larger than usual crowds tomorrow.
Originally Posted By ncnike7 Darkbeer posted about this a while ago, he said it would be pretty crowded. But if adults don't have the day off maybe you'll be okay, unless they just send the kids.
Originally Posted By berol Some districts lose state money with all the absences, so they gave up and made it a teacher workday or whatever excuse worked. It's reportedly a 4-day weekend in at least one district which could bring crowds. I posted #2 thinking all schools were in session on Friday.
Originally Posted By LuLu It's off in our district, and we have a very small Jewish population. I've also heard that many teachers will be taking the Friday off! I think the biggest issue at DL will be if they've planned extra staffing. If not, rides could have longer waits even if there aren't significantly more people there.
Originally Posted By tukogirl Thanks for the feedback guys! I think I will give it a go... My first trip to DL by myself. Im excited
Originally Posted By imadisneygal Our schools did that with the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Lots of absences so they just take it off now. Our new school here in Texas just takes the whole week of Thanksgiving off. But they're in tomorrow and Friday. Except us...we'll be at the Temple! Happy New Year!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer It also happens to be the start of Ramadan, an Arabic Religious Holiday. As mentioned above, the school districts do not want unexcused absences, and a "heavy" weekday is expected. That does not mean a busy Summer day, but a heavier than normal weekday crowd. And also as mentioned above, it is hard to get extra folks to come in on a off-season weekday to work, so the extra folks add a major strain to the park.
