FrancoFun
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- Jan 7, 2017
I'd say that October was the busiest time of all four.
Depending on when you went in October, is it possible you were dealing with families who had taken time to travel around Canadian Thanksgiving?
I'd say that October was the busiest time of all four.
I never realized this was a thing.
This seems like an incredibly expensive "party" .. but going to another country when you are 15? Amazing.
That was my shock when i went to WDW in early October of 2014. I was shocked how crowded it felt then. No school breaks or holidays.
I've gone recently:
Jan. 2010
Oct. 2014
Aug. 2015
Mar. 2017
I'd say that October was the busiest time of all four.
That's a good point, my brother is in high school and they've been shortening the summers & adding more breaks throughout the year, so it's starting to become more difficult to avoid times when kids are in school. It varies so much depending on where you live!"I'd say that October was the busiest time of all four."
I'd say you were dealing with families whose children were on fall break. It is very common around here. It is a wonderful time to travel. Plus after nine weeks of school, the students and teachers are ready for a break.
I'm sure most of them will grow up to be perfectly nice people. But I'm of the opinion that most teenagers when put into large groups tend to be "bad people". . Lord knows I was.Below are The 15s!
Many Guests mistakenly call all of them "Brazilian Tour Groups"-there actually are just as many from Argentina and smaller numbers from Chile,Uruguay,Paraguay,etc.
They are celebrating their 15th Birthday-hence the name The 15s.
We talk to them and try to "humanize" them-they are really nice girls when you make an effort ot talk to them.
I'll be the first to admit that they can get "out of control" in the big groups-I'm just saying they are not bad people.
The Super Greeters and more usage of dedicated buses has helped the situation a good bit.
TCHAU TCHAU
Many of them have their Quinceanera while they are here.I never realized this was a thing.
This seems like an incredibly expensive "party" .. but going to another country when you are 15? Amazing.
That was my shock when i went to WDW in early October of 2014. I was shocked how crowded it felt then. No school breaks or holidays.
I've gone recently:
Jan. 2010
Oct. 2014
Aug. 2015
Mar. 2017
I'd say that October was the busiest time of all four.
Oh for sure. The main reason we were going was because the other families we were going with were on "Fall Break" . .they go to year-round school and had a 2-3 break there in late September to early October (they start school in mid-July). We just thought this break was somewhat "unique" compared to the rest of schools across the country."I'd say that October was the busiest time of all four."
I'd say you were dealing with families whose children were on fall break. It is very common around here. It is a wonderful time to travel. Plus after nine weeks of school, the students and teachers are ready for a break.
It is a H U G E thing for these girls!I never realized this was a thing.
This seems like an incredibly expensive "party" .. but going to another country when you are 15? Amazing.
Yes-I remember my 15 year old self and I don't need anything but those memories to make me want to cut The 15s a little slack!lolI'm sure most of them will grow up to be perfectly nice people. But I'm of the opinion that most teenagers when put into large groups tend to be "bad people". . Lord knows I was.
The parties are actually held at the World Showplace at Epcot. The LDPs, aka, Latin Dance Parties are routine. They are facilitated by Park Event Ops, aka PEO. The girls and some boys have a great time. They are treated like royalty all night long. They are for the most part well behaved, but they are still kids and we cut them a little slack. Having done my share of these parties over the years, I have never had any issues with them. They know full well that misbehavior will not be tolerated.One of the groups at our Resort were ALL dressed up one night and they told us they had rented a venue in Orlando
Yup, mostly correct. There is a very large dance floor, a DJ, dinner buffet and the fab four plus a few other characters usually show up for photos. At midnight, a large birthday cake is rolled out on stage to symbolize their 15 birthday and huge amounts of confetti are shot out. It ends at about 1:30AM.and would have a dance floor, DJ, food, etc. and that Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse would be there to dance with them!
The Quinceañera celebration is huge in Latin American countries. Equivalent to the Super Sweet 16 parties and celebrations here. For my DD15 she got to pick between a big party here or go to NYC and do Broadway shows for a long weekend, she chose NYCI never realized this was a thing.
This seems like an incredibly expensive "party" .. but going to another country when you are 15? Amazing.
Their most sought after Character is not Mickey,Goofy,Donald,etc.-for whatever reason,they are "obsessed" with Stitch!
At our Resort the Merch Shop had a WHOLE section with nothing but Stitch plushes-we would see them coming out of the store "lugging" the HUGE Stitch that was almost bigger than them!lol
The crowds could definitely get low enough to make the heat worth it (Less crowds mean less time standing in the heat waiting in non-AC lines)I don't care how slow it gets in the summer in Orlando. Too hot, hard pass.
Wasn't Stitch supposed to be like this century's Mickey Mouse? As in they expected him to be THAT huge and were going to make a big deal out of him and give him a huge park presence? I'm not sure what happened with that, or why they abandoned that strategy but he is pretty huge still, and probably could have gotten close to Fab Five status if they kept pushing it. But he's easily my favorite character so I'm biased. But it seems certain cultures were even more accepting of him than we are here.