mommy rainbo.....Bo 41 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 We are looking into Jan or Feb of 2017. We have gone in march, april, Oct, Nov-Dec, and early December. Hubs wants to try February and I said how about Jan. Working around DD school schedule. We would be traveling either MLK weekend and then staying that week or Presidents day weekend. Im trying to only take her out of school 4 days. (she is a straight A student but we are in a new school this upcoming year) I need weather, crowds, closures, basically what you liked and didn't like about this time period or if we need to take her out on a full week. No bashing. If it is really bad pm me. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 January is better price wise, crowd wise, BUT the weather can be iffy. I've been warm in January, I've frozen my tail off in January. February, the weather is more likely to be be beautiful, but I've also frozen my tail off. Those holiday weekends, the crowds can be bad, but you will be traveling, so it will die down right after the holiday. The Friday before Presidents day, the rates jump WAAAY up to Holiday rates and run that way until late April. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayco1 15 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Feb. is good because it is next to March which is best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 12 minutes ago, jayco1 said: Feb. is good because it is next to March which is best. But March this year is premium rates and crowds because of a fairly early Easter and even earlier Spring Breaks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayco1 15 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 46 minutes ago, Travisma said: But March this year is premium rates and crowds because of a fairly early Easter and even earlier Spring Breaks Mostly referring to weather, has always been great around end of March. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 4 minutes ago, jayco1 said: Mostly referring to weather, has always been great around end of March. True. But I think our Spring weather has come and gone. We are going to be in the low to mid 80s this week again. We hit 80 a couple weeks ago, then it dropped back down to the chilly mid to high 70s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mommy rainbo.....Bo 41 Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 On March 8, 2016 at 9:25 AM, mouseketab.....Carol said: January is better price wise, crowd wise, BUT the weather can be iffy. I've been warm in January, I've frozen my tail off in January. February, the weather is more likely to be be beautiful, but I've also frozen my tail off. Those holiday weekends, the crowds can be bad, but you will be traveling, so it will die down right after the holiday. The Friday before Presidents day, the rates jump WAAAY up to Holiday rates and run that way until late April. Price is a consideration of course. Weather will be better than home. Just wanting to try something different. With Jan having better prices it would make the trip doable. We are sending DD to private school so we didn't think a trip was doable, but hubs knows I like to go every other year or so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Be prepared for rain and cold. It may be nice (fingers crossed!!), but I would be prepared. The crowds will jump up for those 3 days weekends but still... it's Disney and The Fort so, enjoy!! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 If you're interested in weather and crowds, Josh's crowd calendars http://www.easywdw.com/easy/crowd-calendars/ have average weather and crowds. We did a January trip and it rained A LOT. It was cold enough that we had to wear our winter coats. I did a trip report about it if you want to see specifics. Even with the bad weather, I'd go again during that time in a heartbeat! Florida weather is so unpredictable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 If it's private school do they have any random time off? When I was in private school we had some weird random long weekend that was great because most people weren't off. we were just there 2/27-3/1 and the weather was fantastic. Jeans and tshirts during the day but needed a sweat jacket when the sun went down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Back when my kids were younger we used to go in January when they were off track. I seem to recall what my brother called cold was daytime temps in the 60's and high 40's to 50's at night. To us those temps were fine as they were still warmer than what we left here in NC. We've thought about making our next trip a mid-January one but it wouldn't happen until 2018 if we manage to make the long trip we've planned to go out west next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momof3kids-Yvonne 594 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Price is a consideration of course. Weather will be better than home. Just wanting to try something different. With Jan having better prices it would make the trip doable. We are sending DD to private school so we didn't think a trip was doable, but hubs knows I like to go every other year or so. To help with costs look into the Disney Youth Education programs. They often have the Individual Enrollment classes during that time. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mommy rainbo.....Bo 41 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 I keep checking the schools current schedule to find the magic days off but had not found anything. They give a week at Easter which our old school just does Friday and Monday. I think that is where their extra days are. It is mostly days out of school that I am looking for. This last Christmas we pulled her for 7 day which turned in 8 (24 bug on the way home). Now Dd has had a run of viruses with fevers and is at 12 days out. She is at the top of the class but still don't want any problems with the school. So looking for same trip days wise, just less days out of school for her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Adam had perfect attendance (for the first 7 weeks lol). I yanked him for 5 days for vacations and he's since missed 6 for being sick. Oops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mommy rainbo.....Bo 41 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 15 hours ago, Beckers said: Adam had perfect attendance (for the first 7 weeks lol). I yanked him for 5 days for vacations and he's since missed 6 for being sick. Oops. I know. This has been her sickest year except for when she was 4.. So I guess I need to watch for year 12 if we are going in multiple of 4s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BR60103 5 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 We've done a few early year trips. I think this past year was the coldest one, but we didn't have any below freezing nights. We had one some years ago where we had to undo the hose and had an icicle from it in the morning. This January there was a site that had a moat between it and the road on a couple of mornings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer bird 6 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 January can be great however, in the past, it has been a popular time for large tour groups and cheer competitons. If you work around that then it should be good. I took my kids out of school years ago and January was near deserted...oh how times change! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mommy rainbo.....Bo 41 Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Hammer bird said: January can be great however, in the past, it has been a popular time for large tour groups and cheer competitons. If you work around that then it should be good. I took my kids out of school years ago and January was near deserted...oh how times change! That is sort of our problem. We use to go the first full week in December, but someone told. Lol now we are trying for a quieter time. Will have to check on those cheerleaders. Ran into those one trip and wow, they cheered everywhere. In line, on the ride, before eating. I didn't mind but hubs got annoyed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 My daughter said cheerleaders were at AK and the MK last weekend (3/12-13). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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