Originally Posted By ploeb909 Ok, whats the deal? Last night I was told by my boss that Disneyland was going to shorten the days it would be open, IE: Tuesday-Sunday. Or something along those lines. So when I was talking to a friend of mine this morning, I laughed and told her what my boss had said. She said the same thing, and thought she heard it on the radio or on t.v. Anyone else heard this? This cant be true right?
Originally Posted By fkurucz If I were to close 1 day a week, I would close it Wednesdays. Mondays still get some spillover from the weekend out of town crowd, especially on 3 day weekends.
Originally Posted By ni_teach This is what they use to do back in the day. So there is a history behind it. I have not heard them talk about starting to do this again. If they really wanted to save money they could close the DCA on one day and Disneyland on another. That way there was at lease one thing for people to do.
Originally Posted By ploeb909 I have a 5 day trip planned in late June. I cant believe the powers that be would close any day of the summer. Lets keep our fingers crossed, I know we are in some hard financial times, but geez! This cant make the already min wage worker feel good.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I really don't see them doing this any time soon. Sure, they did it when the park was young, but the park is completely packed every single day (even those 'off' days) compared to how busy it was back then. They're still making plenty of money, so I don't think they would really consider doing this unless things get a lot worse. As it stands, they have released the park schedule through the beginning of spring break, and both parks are open every day. They do say that things are always subject to change, but I really doubt they mean that drastically. If they do close the parks for a day per week, I would expect them to wait until after the spring break crowds die down, and then keep it open every day during peak times like spring break, summer, and Christmas. If they do close them, I would hope that they would think about it enough to close the two parks on different dates. If they're both closed, they're going to have a heck of a time filling all those hotel rooms! That being said, there isn't any talk of doing that any time soon.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Basically, with the popularity of the Ap program and the troubles it would cause if they decided to close one or two days a week... it won't happen! Now, cutting back on operating hours, reducing entertainment (such as Fantasmic! only offered 3 days a week at WDW) are already in the works. So shorter days, but not less days. And what would that do to the "Free" day at Disneyland BD promotion. Sorry, your BD is on Tuesday, you can't go? No way would Disney do that.
Originally Posted By ploeb909 I really wish I knew where that came from. I thought it was hot air, from someone who doesn't care from Disney. I think perhaps he, and my neighbor, may have heard that "Fantasmic" was being cut in days.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt They talked about this in WDW too but, I think they decided to just have shorter hours in all the Parks.
Originally Posted By bobiascastle I plan my trips so we go on Wednesdays only because it is slower BUT it is never dead. There are always lines & lots of $ being spent. I can't see this being true.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones I heard Remember... will be shortened when it returns for Spring Break.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Darkbeer, that makes complete sense. I wouldn't worry about them being closed on any single day. But, I think it would be a good idea for next year, letting people know in advance when they buy their AP's, to close DCA for 1 day a week in the off times. It's basically empty when DL is not very crowded.
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan I noticed that the operating hours are differnt this year then in years past. We have gone for spring break the last week of march the last two years and the park was always open from 8am to 12am all week. This year for the same week it is open 9am to 11pm except on the weekends which is always 8am to 12am. Maybe the extended hours for the whole week will start in April this year....maybe that is what was meant by reducing hours. I havnt checked the calandar lately to see if they offer the extended hours after march 27 or not. I was told by Disney Travel Co. that last week of march was considered peak season as far as the hotels were concerned, but the hours are not what is usually peak hours?
Originally Posted By ploeb909 Thats funny that Disney wouldn't stay open till 12am during Spring Break. With all the conventions that take place in that area too....I'm going for my daughters "cheer-comp" during that last week of break and I happen to know the Univ. cheer classes and comp/show case is that following Monday going into April. It will be interesting to see what Disney does with hours, hotel cost,closing restaurants etc.Do we think that APs will once again be raised? And did anyone notice that the Disney Visa is no longer advertising free stroller rental?
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan no free stroller rental? that was so handy I see on the calendar that the last two days in march the park closes at 10pm. last year it showed peak hours, open until midnight everynight starting on March 15. hmmmm, very interesting...conventions, cheer camps and spring break crowds with less hours....
Originally Posted By Westsider The 8 to 12 Spring Break hours are only around the two weeks of Easter. Easter changes every year, so those operating hours change each year. The hours outside of the two Easter weeks are based on school schedules, so each year is different. If Easter always fell on the same Sunday you could easily compare year to year. But since its a holiday that moves each year, every year is different. Easter is later in April this year, unlike last year when it was in March, so the longer hours dont start ramping up until the third week of March. The peak weeks of Spring Break are in April this year.
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan so is it the week before Easter and the week after Easter? the calendar is still showing only 9-10pm on April 1, 2009, which I thought was strange because the week befor that it is open until 11pm every night during the week.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I think my son's Jr College has that week in March off for spring break - is it possible that many colleges have that week in march off?
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan yeah that must be it...and also most of Oregon is out then ....then maybe no spring break crowds until the easter break. it sure makes the calendar look weird. just glad they have semi extended hours for our trip. and mm is not at the crack that will actually be nice
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <I heard Remember... will be shortened when it returns for Spring Break.> True, it's going to be retitled '(We Hope You Don't) Remember'
Originally Posted By 9oldmen I think Easter Sunday lands on April 12th this year. Although certain schools vary as to when they give their students the two weeks off, the "Spring Break" period, as far as theme parks are concerned, would be from April 3rd, through about April 19th. As far as closing Mondays and Tuesdays, that was something that happened right up until Eisner took over in late '84. It was he who initiated the 365 day operation. Even when they were closed for those two days, it was only during the off season. Even in the unlikely event that they returned to the policy, it wouldn't interfere with any vacation plans you might have for, say, Summer. Also, they would have to give a MAJOR advance heads up to not only AP holders, but to travel agents for helping people plan their trips. But as others have said, not going to happen.
