Spring Break 2015

No one has reported anything but, I drove throught the Mirador late last night and it was HOPPIN. The streets were not closed off but there were barriers ready to go. Crossed last night, one hour coming into Mex.

It is a very busy spring break. We also hosted a caravan of 18 rigs the traffic made it a little more difficult to get around

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Pretty tame vs 20 years ago. But then I don't hang out at the hot spots from those days.

Cholla was pretty quiet Sat-Wednesday. Not many houses lit up near us, JJ's had 25 people Sat night.
Bandito's had a decent crowd Sunday night.
People told me Friday and Saturday night that Bandito's and the Malecon were the places to be.
We went into town Monday and Tuesday and there wasn't much traffic on BJ or other main streets, either days.
Tuesday evening while at Pollo Lucas, BJ traffic activity picked up a lot.
During our trip back to Phx, Wed. PM there were many cars and RV's heading south.

http://www.numerounoonline.com/main...42-puerto-penasco/200761-milenio#.VQzu33zF_9k

They estimated 55,000 visitors, very inflated numbers IMHO. They all must have been only active between 12pm and 6am. ;)
I didn't venture to the Malecon or the Mirador, which I was told was busy, so maybe I missed 2-3,000 people.
Sorry there wasn't enough activity and traffic to support the 55,000 claim, even a 10k increase of visitors makes RP seem pretty busy which it wasn't.

I know the estimates are usually inflated for most big weekends but this SB they were severely over inflated, IMHO

Sandy Beach was packed and resorts were at full occupancy. Las Palmas was sold out for most of it. malevon was packed everytime we went there. The college kids partied all night and slept until 1 or 2 pm and then started all over again!

Husband said there are long lines coming back to the US- way backed up, so some Spring Breakers must have been in Penasco: http://bwt.cbp.gov/?com=1&pas=1&ped=1&plist=2602

Port Name
Crossing NamePassenger Vehicles
HOURSMax
LnsSTANDARDREADYLANESENTRI
Lukeville6 am-Midnight
3/22/20155At 4:00 pm MST
30 min delay
5 lanes openN/AN/A

I've been there for most SB's and I'm sure some places were busy and I was down for the 1st weekend and left on Wednesday so I'm sure it got busier.
Another reason I doubt there were 55k, is there would be 6hr waits today vs the 30 minutes from the above post.
Having been in RP during Easter, 20 years of SB's and Memorial Day weekends when the estimates were 40-50,000, with those numbers people just invaded everything and the whole town was just taken over.
I never saw anything close to that.
On Sat, Mar.14 at 6pm, at Bandito's there were 25 cars parked nearby, JJ's had less than 35 people at 9PM.
On Sun. the 15th, Wrecked on SB had 40-50 cars in their lot.
Driving in town Sun, Mon. and Tuesday traffic was pretty light all places we went, I was surprised how un-busy BJ was even in the south end of town.
There weren't any lines at the ATM's I saw, which always have a line of kids during many SB's, I've witnessed.
La Curva, had 10 people in there for lunch, Bryans had 15 people at 6-7pm on Monday, Super Ley wasn't very busy the 2x we went.
Freemont traffic was very normal. I sure didn't see many ATV's and Rhino's driving around, most were parked at the rental places.

Hopefully Easter brings some extra business to RP and all the Nationals visiting spend some extra money. :)

Despite all that....it was a great Spring break.

I'm not saying all 55,000 (if that really is the number) are all leaving today, but that there is a long line today: 1 hour . I think the article was talking about over the 3 weeks of Spring break. Whatever the numbers, out 2 groups that came down on separate weekends had a great time.

I know the web site is not always correct. But at 6 PM showed this, must of been a lot of people left late.
Port Name
Crossing NamePassenger Vehicles
HOURSMax
LnsSTANDARDREADYLANESENTRI
Lukeville6 am-Midnight
3/22/20155At 6:00 pm MST
60 min delay
5 lanes openN/AN/A

Last Sunday afternoon at 5:00 it said there was a 180 minute wait with 4 lanes open.

When does Mexican SB start?

We waited an hour last sunday at 12:30.

Hillbeartoe said:

When does Mexican SB start?

If you mean Semana Santa it starts next weekend the 28th, but RP will become totally crazy on the 1st and 2nd. It's a week I tend to avoid because it's that busy, long waits everywhere almost impossible to get around town.

Np. Thank you

Sb for Mexico is next week and also may be for some students the week after Semana Santa I've heard it called Semana Diablo.

Looks like everyone had a great time: http://rockypoint360.com/spring-break-2k15-in-rocky-point/

I don't want to talk about the numbers, but they're saying this was the best Spring Break in the last 5 years. One of the best parts was no one was killed.

Glad there weren't any deaths.
As far as the numbers go, Whew it's up to 85K people now.
Look at the pic's, they tell the real story some decent crowds but I'm not seeing 85K and then compare them to the pic's from next weeks Semana Santa to see what 75k people really looks like.
Glad no one was killed and that it was a good SB.

Semena Santa is 1 week but spring break was spread out over 2 weeks with 2nd week busier than first.

Spring break travel guide: Puerto Peñasco

Puerto Peñasco offers the perfect amount of sunlight and sandy beaches for the ultimate week of relaxation and revel-worthy ragers.

http://www.daily49er.com/diversions/2015/03/26/spring-break-travel-guide-puerto-penasco/#sthash.o8QmLTIx.dpbs

brokenwave said:

Glad there weren't any deaths.
As far as the numbers go, Whew it's up to 85K people now.
Look at the pic's, they tell the real story some decent crowds but I'm not seeing 85K and then compare them to the pic's from next weeks Semana Santa to see what 75k people really looks like.
Glad no one was killed and that it was a good SB.

It is up to 85000...I read that they spent 60,000,000 peso's over the 2 or 3 weeks of spring break, that's the equivilent of 4 million dollars or 47.00 dollars per person for their time here....I dont get the math, so a family of 5 on the average spends 235.00 dollars while they are here? If they hope to bring in 12 million dollars a month with a few cruise boats, they better find some bigger spenders... at 47.00 dollars average per head, that would be 255 thousand visitors per month....God I hope it happens...

$47, that's only 20-25 tacos or 15-20 cervezas per person. No way could a spring breaker survive on those measly rations.
85,000 visitors ;);)
Who ever is counting the beans should go back to school and learn to use 2+2=4, and not use the 2x2x2=16 problem solving equation.
The Semana Santa pic's will show what a large crowd looks like and if you divide it by 3, it will still look like a huge week.

This is what a large crowd looks like. Nothing close to that during SB in Penasco in more than a few years.
With SB and Memorial Day crowds being diminished and have be replaced by Mexican nationals discovering
the beauty of Penasco during other times of the year

So the picture you posted here is from Semana Santa?
That is a Sheytload of people. I never went to RP over spring break during my HS days and have never been down when it's that crowded.

tequilatodd said:

So the picture you posted here is from Semana Santa?
That is a Sheytload of people. I never went to RP over spring break during my HS days and have never been down when it's that crowded.

Yes it's Easter, from Come to RP website. I hope that Eric Brown is there this Semana Santa to take some great pic's especially aerials of Sandy beach.

You have missed a great experience by not visiting during those crazy times.
I have experienced many crazy SB and Memorial day holidays when the bars were packed with 300-500 people every weekend night.

And when there was a crossover weekend when ASU, UofA and other schools were out together the bars would be even crazier, with 500-700 people.
Often times it would require great effort to squeeze through the crowds to get a beer or food and have to wait for 10+ minutes at the bar to get one.
Manny's expanded 2-3 times to accommodate the crowds in the 90's.

Last years SB we took our kid's to Manny's and there was less than 40 people in there on a Friday around 7:30PM, what a difference 10+ years makes.
The Mirador used to be like a Mardi Gras on many weekends, even Labor Day it was crazy busy but nasty hot and humid.
Now the crowds are now at the Malecon and other newer places.

Here's a spring break photo from Wed, Cocoa Beach FL

Nice crowd,
That's what Sandy Beach used to look like years ago, except you would have to add a bunch of RV's, ATV's and sand rails and minus the hi-rises. ;)
Shame it's closed off to us now, that's Progress!

Does anyone know the real reason Gus Brown closed Sandy Beach and will He open it for Easter?


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I don't know about this year but Brown (SBR) had Sandy Beach open for Easter last year. I heard they closed SB because of the pier construction.

This is a crazy pic of Sandy Beach - looks similar to the above Cocoa Beach picture, only worse.
http://rockypoint360.com/packed-expectations-for-semana-santa-2015/

And some Roads are opening for Semana Santa:
http://rockypoint360.com/roads-reopening-for-semana-santa/

which will be helpful for the Stations of the Cross on Friday:
http://rockypoint360.com/viacrucis-stations-of-the-cross-3-de-abril/