DLP in March

[anna42hmr]

Has anyone been this time of year and can let me know what its like crowd and weather wise. we are planning on going 20th march - 25th march (4 nights, plus we intend to spend a day or so in paris, also does any one know what the park hours are aproximatly as they are not listed on disney site as yet, and are they likely to have rides shut this time of year??

also is disney village worth going, ie buffalo bills, and would we be ok to book this when we are there, or is it best to advance book.

has anyone else been to the spa at one of the disney hotels as well? whats it like?

[adam_goodger]

UK school holidays don't start until the beginning of April this year which means that the parks should be reasonably quiet. Unfortunately it also means that the parks will close earlier and will not have any of the evening parades or fireworks. On the other hand, you shouldn't need to book Buffalo Bills.

I have never been to the Spa at the Disneyland hotel so I can't help with that question.

Not sure if you are staying in a Disney hotel but you won't need EMH at that time of year. You should be able to see and do everything without having to rush.

[tracey.cross]

We have been 3 times in march and had every type of weather possible. Trip one we walked around in jeans and T and were very warm and not once single drop of rain. We caught the last night of the spectromagic parade as we arrived on a sun. Sunday was very very busy (this was the weekend before easter if I recall) the parks mon to wed were not too bad. Lines of 60 mins for Dumbo and BTM after 11am.

Trip 2 was jeans and light jumper weather with a little rain. We arrived mon- thu so parks were quite quiet less than 45 min wait in pm for big attractions except for fantasyland which was still busy.

Trip 3 was 2nd week in march and was freezing -1 degee celcuis at 9am and no higher than 4 degrees in the afternoon. As a result most attraction were quiet especially the out door ones!!!! We drank a lot of tea and coffee. Wore wooly hats and gloves extra tops and had to buy the kids blankets to wait in line for attractions.

Just a note on fantasyland in DLP if you have little ones and want to ride dumbo or peter pan flight with a line of less than 30 mins you need to do extra magic hours am, be there at rope drop or do good morning fatasyland breakfast. By 11am in my experience whatever the weather there is a massive line of 60 min wait and by lunch you can see 90 min wait indicated. Peter Pan is similar by does have fast pass but you need to get them in the first few hours of park opening or the fastpasses run out.

When we did Good morning fantasyland breakfast we rode peter pan 2x no line then rode dumbo with 10 min wait. By the time the dumbo ride was completedl the standby line was at 20 min wait.

Buffallo Bills IMHO in not worth the money as a dinner show. The show is very very good and is in dual language (as are a lot of the attraction in DLP) the food however pretty poor quality and not a lot of it and the unlimited drinks were about 2 per person if you were lucky. I would see the show again if they did a no meal option.

When we stayed in March the parks opened at 10am but the good morning fantasyland breakfast in the park was at 9am.

The parks were closed at 6 pm or 7pm if I recall correctly pretty early but if you havn't eaten in the park and not pre reserved dining it can take a couple of hours to find somewhere to eat if you try in the disney village staight after park closing.

Hope this helps

feel free to ask futher questions if needed

[ford prefect]

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is superb! We have seen the show at leat 12 times.

The food is average, however they have recently changed the menu. Last time (May of this year) we had quarter chicken, kebab, sausage, chilli, corn on the cob and roasted potato wedges, followed by apple crumble and icecream.

The drinks do keep coming, however my advice is to buy a drink in the bar, take your glass in and as your glass is refilled at the table tip the contents into the glass you brought in from the bar.

You will have no problem booking at the resort, however it will be cheaper if you book in advance.