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1 Feb 19, 04:19 PM |
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Trying for More Ears
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Day 1 lands on Veteran's Day Weekend
Hi All,
We are booked for November 2019 and trying to start putting itinerary together. We fly on the 9th and therefore the 10th is our Day 1 which also happens to be the Sunday of the Veteran's Day weekend (Veteran's Day is the 11th). I had originally anticipated an easy day that day, outlet's/Walmart, but my wife really wants to kick the magic off straight away with Magic Kingdom. Is this totally out of the question given the crowds at that time? Also, if we were to do MK Day 1, is it best to force ourselves up and out (maybe with a Be Our Guest breakfast reservation) or is it better to lie in on that day? Many thanks. |
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1 Feb 19, 04:24 PM |
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If you want to do mk on your first day ( I always do ) then just go for it and don’t worry about crowds . Nothing more special than seeing the castle for the first time of your trip . It may be a mvmcp date so the park may be quieter in the morning but we won’t know for sure until the dates are released which could be anytime.
We are not a rise a 4am family even on the first day ( we work shifts so perhaps that helps ) but you may benefit from a 8am adr if you can get one it all depends on your family , no point get up at the crack of dawn if everyone is going to be tired and grumpy all day.
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2 Feb 19, 01:14 PM |
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Veterans Day is not a huge holiday and it is celebrated on different days by different states. My son lives in Texas and it has never been a holiday for either him or his wife. Sometimes ours is a Monday holiday, other years duyring the week.
I think Disney may have a special offer for veterans but I don't think it would dramatically impact park attendance. |
5 Feb 19, 10:43 AM |
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Trying for More Ears
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Thanks for your responses. I have decided we will go to MK on Day 1 but just for the morning, we are going to convert 1 MK day and 1 rest day into 1 MK Morning with a rest afternoon and 1 MK Afternoon with a rest morning.
Hopefully this will work! |
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5 Feb 19, 10:56 PM |
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We were there in 2014 the first two weeks of November. The first week was 'Jersey week' when apparently loads of people from New Jersey come to the parks. This had no impact on us at all, apart from hearing quite a few Noo Joisey accents around.
The middle weekend was the Food & Wine Half Marathon. We had been told to avoid Epcot on that day (and indeed all weekends during F&W Festival) so we did. We should also have avoided Disney Springs (or DTD as it still was then) as it was really full of people wandering round with drinks, and we were in a hurry to get to Cirque de Soleil! As for Veterans' Day, we timed it so our 2 night Universal stay was over those days, so we'd have early entry and FOLP to avoid the crowds. Well, nice though that was, we needn't have bothered. Universal was almost completely deserted on Veterans' Day, despite having a special parade. Everything was a walk on! However, I did hear that MK was rammed that day. Seaworld/Busch give free entry to veterans, but I don't know if that has much impact. The only two times I have been to Seaworld it was deathly quiet!
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7 Feb 19, 11:08 AM |
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we were there for Martin Luther King day a couple of weeks ago...avoid all parks like the plague...it was rammed stupid
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15 Feb 19, 08:15 AM |
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