<p>Does anyone know the date for this year's PPW (or if they are going to have one)? My daughter was asked to report on July 1st for Plebe Summer. Last year Plebe Summer started on July 2nd and PPW was August 8-10.
Also- Can anyone recommend hotels for PPW.</p>
<p>Hotels - depends what you want. If you want to walk onto the yard, we like the Loews. If you want to stay farther out and take the shuttle bus. The Hampton at BWI gives discounts to midshipmen families. It is about 30 minutes. There are a lot of options, those are just two that we have used.</p>
<p>As far as reservations. We did not book until IDay and had no trouble getting a place. You received the official date of PPW with some of the mailings prior to IDay.</p>
<p>For the Class of 2010, our Iday was June 28th and PPW was August 11-13.</p>
<p>If you look at the Anchor Dates calendar it shows that Plebe Summer will be 50 days. That puts it ending on around August 20th. </p>
<p>Intersession for the current midshipmen ends on August 21st - Classes start on the 24th. Generally there is about one week between PPW and the start of Classes. That week is still considered Plebe summer - usually the monday is a small sea trials (not open to parents so don't think about hanging around to catch a glimpse of Plebe summer training.) They will get their computers, move into the academic rooms etc. Classes do start later this year due to the date of the Army Navy game being a week later, so finals had to be pushed back.</p>
<p>Anything is possible and USNA is known for changing dates so be patient. If you try to out guess the Academy it could lead to you spending additional money.</p>
<p>This is just another suggestion for PPW. Depending upon the number of people expected for the weekend it might be more economical to rent a house for Thursday through Monday. We had four family members and three High School roommates and friends for PPW. We rented a house in Eastport within easy walking distance of Gate One. Your advantage for groups is that you have a lot of area for MIDS and family to just relax with a kitchen, yard, barbecue and TV. It worked out well for us.</p>
<p>One place to check out is: <a href="http://www.stayannapolis.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.stayannapolis.com</a></p>
<p>We used:
<a href="http://www.Leisuremanagementllc.com/LeisureManaementllc.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.Leisuremanagementllc.com/LeisureManaementllc.html</a></p>
<p>Great owner. Two great houses with amenities within walking distance.</p>
<p>Stay at a hotel that #1 - has a refrigerator in it, #2 - has a pool "just in case" (mine didn't want it, but loads did), and #3 - has a sitting area for space so you can sit while your plebe sleeps (the most requested thing to do). We liked Springhill Suites. Ask for the USNA Parent rate.</p>