Best day to visit Disneyland on Spring Break?

[mejaybe]

I'm taking my kids on a camping trip in So. Cal. during their spring break. We will not be camping the entire week though and am considering surprising them by doing a single day park hopper on the way home. We'll be down there from April 6th through April 10th and I have two questions:

 

1.) Which day do you think will be the slowest considering it's spring break that whole week?

2.) Disneyland.com does not have park hours posted that far in advance, any idea how late they are open in April?

 

Would appreciate anybody's help on this.

 

Gracias,

 

~JayBe

[RCFreak]

Bad news is Easter is on April 12 so that week will be really busy. My guess would be Disneyland will be open 8AM- 12AM that week and California Adventure 10AM to 10PM. I really don't think you'll notice much of a difference any of the days your trip aside from Friday. but i could be very wrong so good luck!

[Sunfire]

^Yeah, the week after Easter tends to be pretty crowded since lots of people are on Spring Break. Expect most of the popular rides to have at least 45 minute waits, if not longer. However, with Fastpass, you can save more time, so use it!

[mejaybe]

Based on the research I did, spring break is the week BEFORE easter (6th - 10th). Does that change anybody's opinion?

[ECZenith]

RCFreak is dead on, some nights the park may even be open till 1 am but hours are not finalized yet.

 

Even if you're not going the week of Easter the week before and after will still be quite busy as a lot of school's spring breaks vary.

 

Take advantage of fastpass, especially at Space Mountain and Indy, most attractions will have queue times of 30 minutes + so keep that in mind. Our new parade will be AN HOUR LONG!! and run twice a day so that will be a great time to hit the rides!

 

If you would like any specific tips, please feel free to message me.

[mejaybe]

All useful advice so thanks to everyone who replied. Think I'm going to go on Thursday, not because it's gonig to be any slower but because it's what fits the schedule.

 

Glad to hear it will be open later though. We always get there early and stay until closing. We never watch the parades. Typically pick the rides furthest away from them and take advantage of the short wait times. Will also take advantage of the fast passes as much as possible.