Branson Time coming...

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

maybe May/June timeframe this year.

Just wondering how many will be there while we are. I often wonder how many TS4Ms folk are milling around at the resort or sitting a seat or two away while at the shows.


Tucson and Yorktown couples plan to meet at Branson in celebration of anniversaries. I hope to burn off TSs this year and take in several shows.

Maybe I can form-up a get-to-gather. Send emails if you plan to be in Branson this spring/early summer.

Been checking for favorable temperatures and rainfall in May/June, at Branson?


Haven't booked TSs yet, waiting for sister to get time-off OKed.


Trying to figure out which TSs to book. None of us do stairs very well, with our ailments and all!

I have several RCI WEEK deposits to burn, plus many Wyndham points to make use of in 2012.


We hope our medical conditions continue to allow such traveling.



Robert

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I'll be here, but you know that.

[Kay H Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kay H]

Robert,
Happy to hear that you and Carole are both well enough to travel this coming year. May 2012 treat you better than 2011 did. Enjoy your travels.

[retailman Member Find all posts View Profile Close retailman]

We always go in April. Not as crowded.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Robert, We will be there June 16-23rd. If you happen to be there at that time, let me know.

[Jeanne Sz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jeanne Sz]

We stayed at Mountain Vista last year beginning Memorial Day weekend. Weather was good, temps in the 80s, not terribly humid. Luckily we missed the floods of the previous month or two. Hope to get there this year but not sure when.

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Which resort to Choose

Hunting through several reviews to find; less noise, elevators, 3 or 4 bedrooms...
Do any have free Wi-Fi access?
We would just as soon not be right near the Strip. Which resorts are located a few block to a mile away? Any at all?

Do you find decent airfare? Which dates and time of day? I'm finding the rates increase after April.

So, are the rain days higher in April, then in May?

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Hunting through several reviews to find; less noise, elevators, 3 or 4 bedrooms...
Do any have free Wi-Fi access?
We would just as soon not be right near the Strip. Which resorts are located a few block to a mile away? Any at all?

Do you find decent airfare? Which dates and time of day? I'm finding the rates increase after April.

So, are the rain days higher in April, then in May?

None of the resorts are on the strip. A number of them are a block to a mile away. Then, there golf resorts, and lake resorts.

May is nicer than April, but availability decreases after schools are out.

Oh yeah, I've told you all that.

[Jeanne Sz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jeanne Sz]

Last year, on JLB's advice, we booked our stay at Wyndham Mountain Vista. It's next to the Welk resort. Nice place, good location, away from the bigger resort. There are a lot of handicap parking spots, accessible units, and elevators. We enjoyed it. That late May-early June time was nice and not too busy. We quickly mastered the shortcuts and side roads that enabled us to stay off the strip and avoid traffic when we wanted to be away from it all.

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Nice that members share

Thank you JLB and all the rest of you.

Hope to see you there. Will know when, pretty soon.

Don't know when kids stop school.

Don't know when humidity gets bad. It gets up around July at Yorktown.

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If you can't tolerate/enjoy Branson's May weather, there won't be a later month you can.

We enjoy late March/April, also, when things (dogwood, forsythia, red buds, etc. are in bloom). If your nose still works, the fragrance is wonderful.

April/May are great fishing months, provided the lake level is not askew, as it was last year. During a normal year, I catch enough for the year before June, off my bruish piles under the dock.

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approximate school dates

http://www.timeshareforums.com/forum...ol-breaks.html

US Summer school breaks

AL 22-May 8-Aug
AK 22-May 22-Aug
AZ 22-May 14-Aug
AR 1-Jun 22-Aug
CA 13-Jun 28-Aug
CO 29-May 17-Aug
CT 20-Jun 29-Aug
DE 5-Jun 22-Aug
DC 12-Jun 27-Aug
FL 4-Jun 20-Aug
GA 13-Jun 4-Sep
HI 5-Jun 30-Jul
ID 22-May 20-Aug
IL 6-Jun 29-Aug
IN 28-May 16-Aug
IA 29-May 27-Aug
KS 23-May 20-Aug
KY 23-May 13-Aug
LA 29-May 8-Aug
ME 11-Jun 4-Sep
MD 16-Jun 27-Aug
MA 18-Jun 4-Sep
MI 12-Jun 27-Aug
MN 6-Jun 4-Sep
MS 21-May 7-Aug
MO 23-May 15-Aug
MT 29-May 9-Aug
NE 21-May 17-Aug
NV 6-Jun 15-Aug
NH 13-Jun 4-Sep
NJ 24-Jun 5-Sep
NM 30-May 13-Aug
NY 27-Jun 6-Sep
NC 9-Jun 27-Aug
ND 22-May 23-Aug
OH 4-Jun 28-Aug
OK 28-May 20-Aug
OR 10-Jun 5-Sep
PA 4-Jun 27-Aug
RI ? 5-Sep
SC 4-Jun 20-Aug
SD ? ?
TN 22-May 14-Aug
TX 23-May 27-Aug
UT 5-Jun 28-Aug
VT 11-Jun 29-Aug
VA 12-Jun 4-Sep
WA 20-Jun 6-Sep
WV ? ?
WI 6-Jun 4-Sep
WY 6-Jun 29-Aug

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In the event this thread becomes reference for Branson availability, yes, on or about August 15th, things screech to a semi-halt (Endosummer), some shows take a hiatus, etc.

Of course, if this was the Branson forum, there would be that inner clique that would now feel obligated to post that things are never slow in Branson, that it is the busiest place they have ever seen, all the time.



Perhaps they don't actually work in/with, or know anyone that works in/with, Branson shows or attractions.

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Summer school breaks

Thank you Lawren.

Looks like we are safe, with anytime in May.

We like nature 'coming alive', but hope rain cooperates as we tour the area.

Jim, fishing from the dock would be fun. Climbing up would be a chore. My oldest has a phrase he uses often when I talk like that; "WAA WAA"
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Robert

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Branson Trip on hold...

Caroll and I will be looking for another house and moving.
Not certain where, but we're not traveling till this is done with.