Originally Posted by agpt

Applied 2018-01-23 for passport applications for two minor children, one new, one renewal. Received in the mail 2018-02-05. Under 2 weeks standard processing.

Previous history:
2013: standard processing (not expedited) passports in ~2 weeks.
2017-4-10 application, 2017-06-09 in-person "expedited" pickup. -- almost 9 weeks.
So it took two months when we had scheduled travel, 2 weeks with no scheduled travel...