last week of January

**Nico3062** · 01-05-2014, 08:24 AM

Seems like a lot of unavailability the last week of January? Is there anything going on that would ramp up crowds more that any one is aware of?

Thanks,
Njr

**MississippiDisneyFreak** · 01-05-2014, 09:13 AM

I think that's when a lot of the Brazilian tour groups come its one of the months they vacation. Also, I think there is a marathon going on sometime in January.

**Strmchsr** · 01-05-2014, 11:39 AM

The marathon is this next weekend. The South American tour groups have become very heavy throughout January, though.

**d_m_n_n** · 01-05-2014, 01:53 PM

Where are you wanting to stay? We added an extra day at Boardwalk and wasn't possible until we switched to the villas. However, from past experiences most of the crowd there were convention people...very few park going families. Maybe that is the case in your situation...

**borisfam** · 01-06-2014, 08:11 PM

IBM Connect (formerly Lotusphere) is 1/26-30. It's a huge convention that takes up all of the Swan/Dolphin, most of the other Epcot resorts and spills over to other Disney hotels as well. It's been going on every year for as long as we can remember (we visit last week in Jan every year). They're all in conferences throughout most of the day, but you'll see them in the Boardwalk area with their backpacks eating and typing away on their laptops. No effect on the parks.