Originally Posted By PetesDraggin I am trying to plan a trip to Disneyland during the last week of May (the week before Memorial Day) and am having difficulty finding a decent hotel at a reasonable price. For example, I searched on Expedia and found the Sheraton Plaza Hotel listed at $955/nt during this week. I checked the Anaheim Convention Center calendar and saw that the Windpower 2011 Conference and Exhibition is scheduled for May 22-25. I have never heard of this one, so I don't have any idea how crowded the resort will be during this Expo. I was hoping someone in the LP universe would have some insight into this convention. Any idea how many people will be attending? Does the resort get really crowded during the convention? Any information would be helpful.
Originally Posted By alphabetmom I don't know, I will be in southern cal. At the same time and at Disneyland at least 3 of those days. I think hubby's and I will be getting city passes. Waiting to see AAA rates for after April 14 th to make determination. Luckily we are staying at a time share.
Originally Posted By Sparrow Any convention will add to park crowds but it doesn't sounds like there will be a lot of children or families at this one. Just might just have to chalk the booked hotels up to it being the beginning of summer time and some colleges already being out. Graduation trips, even. We're going to Vegas the week before Memorial Day because we figured Memorial Day weekend would be crowded. Maybe people are going to Disneyland for the same reason?
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Going to Disneyland in May?? You don't waste any time in indoctrinating the young 'uns! ;-) According to the convention center calendar, they are xpecting 20,000 people at the Windpower convention with an estimated 7500 hotel rooms needed. Looks like that's going to be a busy week! (at least for hotel rooms) <a href="http://www.anaheimoc.org/conventioncalendar/index.asp" target="_blank">http://www.anaheimoc.org/conve...ndex.asp</a>
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf By the way, in terms of hotel needs, that appears to be the 2nd largest conference of the year in Anaheim. NAMM in January (8500 hotel rooms) is the biggest. Who knew....
Originally Posted By PetesDraggin Yeah, we figure that 2 months is long enough to wait to take the new one to Disneyland. I saw on the Anaheim Convention website that they are expecting that many people, but I was hoping that they wouldn't meet expectations. I guess I'll just have to see what I can find.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf If they are expecting that many hotel rooms, the folks are coming from out of town. And they are hosting in Anaheim for reason, to draw as many people as possible. Why would people want to come to Anaheim? Any guesses? DLR will be busy...
