LadyDiznee123
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Good! How are you?
I'm great. Saving for my November visit! Slinky Dog Dash, Here I come!
I suppose as you're in and out all year long!
Good! How are you?
Ok wait, I still want to know what the 15’s are. For real!
Ok wait, I still want to know what the 15’s are. For real!
The 15s are Tour Groups of South American girls celebrating their 15th Birthday.
Most are given the choice of a LARGE party at home or a trip to WDW(some will also go to NYC and Miami)and,in addition to WDW,most will also go to Universal,Sea World,Busch Gardens,etc.
Some will also have Private Parties(some with South American entertainers),attend Orlando Magic games,etc.
The largest numbers,BY FAR,are from Brazil and Argentina with smaller numbers from Uruguay,Paraguay,Chile,Venezuela,etc.
It is VERY interesting when Brazil and Argentina encounter each other-they DO NOT like each other-mainly because of Soccer.
Their rivalry is like Alabama v. Auburn or Ohio State v. Michigan on STEROIDS!
The "main" months for the migration of The 15s are late June/July/early August for their Winter Break and January/February for their Summer Break.
The 15s will be at the highest intensity level possible this Summer because it is a "World Cup Summer"!
If Brazil and Argentina somehow meet in the Finals on July 15,WDW will cease to exist as we know it!
I am very familiar with The 15s as we go every July for my Birthday and,for the most part,they are really nice young ladies,but they can get "out of hand" at times!lol
They now use Private Buses almost exclusively and that has helped greatly as has the introduction of the Super Greeters in the Summer.
I present to you the LEGENDARY PHENOMENON KNOWN AS THE 15s!lol
We went last July. I was sweating. While Sitting. In the shade.lol I have been there for 115 real feel temps...when we walked out of our hotel room, the humidity basically knocked us back in to the room. Good times!
And. At NIGHT. While watching ROE!lolWe went last July. I was sweating. While Sitting. In the shade.
We went last July. I was sweating. While Sitting. In the shade.
Just a few notes from our late July 2017 trip. After going in March our previous 5 trips, we were nervous about going in July. We were surprised at how low the crowds were compared to some of our previous "Spring Break" trips that ranged from early to mid March. For example, there was an evening where we hopped over to MK about 5pm. Did our FP's and had dinner. Over the next 2 hours, we literally walked on every ride in Adventure and Frontier Land. We did over half of MK in 3 hours and the biggest time sink was walking from one end of the park to the other. Never had done this. We went back to Frontier Land around 9pm and did BTMRR and SM numerous more times before we headed to the hub for the end of the night. Other evenings at MK were this way too and we realized that outside of the "peak" times at the parks (any of them) the number of people really dropped off and a lot of the park could be enjoyed with little or no waiting. This was with most parks closing at 9-10pm all nights. I think the latest night we had at MK was with evening EMH's and that was until Midnight.
We did early July last year and mid-August the year before. We are going again in mid-August this year. Room rates with the summer special are soooooo cheap compared to fall/winter/spring, and that makes a big deal to our budget. I paid a nightly rate for a split stay at BC and YC this summer that was the same price I paid for POR in December. Plus the wait times on rides for both our prior summer vacations never topped 20 minutes, except for 7DMT (which we fasspass anyway). I LOVE going in the summer.
Here is what we do to deal with the heat:
1) Plan to do rides that are outdoors or have mostly outdoor queues either first thing after park opening or in the evening (e.g., Jungle Cruise, Magic Carpets, Winnie the Pooh, haunted mansion) and save the all-indoor stuff (POTC, little mermaid, space mountain) for the hotter times. With the exception of Animal Kingdom, the parks have a lot of indoor attractions and entertainment to keep cool in.
2) For the reason above, we never do a full day at Animal Kingdom. It is the hottest of the parks, with very little indoors. Do a half day morning, or half-day evening, or both, but avoid it at all costs between noon and 4pm.
3) Table service lunch. Spend 1-2 hours with a relaxing long lunch in an air conditioned restaurant.
4) Relocate after lunch when it is hottest. Either go back to the hotel to swim, or park hop to another park on air conditioned bus or monorail. Typically, it rains sometime in the afternoon, and after that, it cools down so by the time you are settled into the new location it is better.
The 15s are Tour Groups of South American girls celebrating their 15th Birthday.
Most are given the choice of a LARGE party at home or a trip to WDW(some will also go to NYC and Miami)and,in addition to WDW,most will also go to Universal,Sea World,Busch Gardens,etc.
Some will also have Private Parties(some with South American entertainers),attend Orlando Magic games,etc.
The largest numbers,BY FAR,are from Brazil and Argentina with smaller numbers from Uruguay,Paraguay,Chile,Venezuela,etc.
It is VERY interesting when Brazil and Argentina encounter each other-they DO NOT like each other-mainly because of Soccer.
Their rivalry is like Alabama v. Auburn or Ohio State v. Michigan on STEROIDS!
The "main" months for the migration of The 15s are late June/July/early August for their Winter Break and January/February for their Summer Break.
The 15s will be at the highest intensity level possible this Summer because it is a "World Cup Summer"!
If Brazil and Argentina somehow meet in the Finals on July 15,WDW will cease to exist as we know it!
I am very familiar with The 15s as we go every July for my Birthday and,for the most part,they are really nice young ladies,but they can get "out of hand" at times!lol
They now use Private Buses almost exclusively and that has helped greatly as has the introduction of the Super Greeters in the Summer.
I present to you the LEGENDARY PHENOMENON KNOWN AS THE 15s!lol
I've been going to WDW since it first opened and for the first 20 years it was only during the summer. Then, we started going in September and October for an easier, lower-crowd experience. Everything was practically walk-on for years. I went last October and it was the worst crowds I've ever experienced. You literally couldn't walk through Fantasyland. I've never seen anything like it and never want to again. It wasn't fun at all. To be honest we aren't planning too many more trips to WDW. It's not sour grapes about the crowds - although the prices and crowds are a factor. There are just so many other things that we want to do instead. Now we are adding a day or two on to some of our other trips instead of making WDW our actual destination. We love cruising and going to Hilton Head, so we add a day on at the beginning or end of the trip. We went to Universal for two nights at the end of HHI trip last year, and we are going on a cruise in June so we're spending one day in WDW first. The high crowds throughout the entire year is just making it a little less magical for us.
On our last trip in January of 2014, there was a large group of them in line behind us at the Pop Century bus stop chanting, screaming and being kids. By the time I got up the bus driver, I told him "if you dare put me on the same bus as all those children, not everyone is going to make it back to the hotel alive!" He pulled them all aside and put them all on a separate bus. It had been a long day and my patience was long gone! LOL
LOL!!!!I am pretty sure they mean the mass amount of South American teenage tour groups who chant and like to lay down on Main Street for reasons unknown to everyone else.