Hello!!!! We arrived the day before Memorial Day & stayed until June 2cnd. We were at MK on Memorial Day. This was our 1st WDW vacation so I have nothing to compare it to. I was very worried about crowds as well. Again, I have nothing to compare it to but this was my experience: Memorial Day MK~ myself (39), ds13,ds13,ds9. We were @ MK around 745 (for a 9am opening) we were at the beginning of the line. Around 830 ds9 says "oh mom look behind you!" It was a sea of never ending people. RD comes & we followed a map straight to Fronteir Land where we WALKED right onto BTMRR! Then we went to SPLASH around a 5min wait! Then we worked our way over to SPACE It was about a 10 min wait max. Then we went to a bunch of other things & did not have more than a 15 min wait. And I mean A BUNCH of rides. Then we got some dole whips around 11 (we waited in a 10 min line) we found an empty bench. After we continued around for other rides where the longest we waited was maybe 25 min. By 1:00 we had gotten onto all of our TO DO's (we did not hit fantasy land as this was not a big deal for my boys). By this point is when I noticed it to feel busy. We left for an ADR @ Floridian Cafe for lunch (which was not at all busy). We hung around the Floridian resort just walking around & sitting at a table outside for a bit talking. Then we hopped on the Monorail back to MK by 3:00. This is when I actually saw how busy it was. But, we went at our own pace. We already went on our big rides. I was never pushed or felt like there was too many people. My ds13 who is asthmatic & does not like crowds did not complain at all or ask to take A break. We went to CHH for dinner and found a nice table. Around 8 we walked onto Its a small world and a bunch of other rides in that area. We did not plan Wishes well so we did not get a great spot an that was PACKED!!!!!!!!!! After we went into some stores and got a hot dog at Casey's. we lingered well after wishes. We only had to wait maybe 15 min for our resort bus back. We did get a seat (twins gave theirs up for 2 little girls) I WOULD DEF GO AGAIN on MEM DAY!
For the rest of the week we went to the other parks as well as TL. I did not plan those as well so we did ended up waiting in lines and figuring out FP system. I never felt like there was too many people. In epcot We waited in almost a 2 hour line for soarin' but FP were out & we waited until 5 to do it. That was the longest line of the week for us. We got tables in QS restaurants & had an ADR every day. In DHS my w/the use of FP my boys road Rockin Roller coaster twice & Tower 3 times. We saw the 2cnd Fantasmic show so we did not have to wait in a line. We used FP for TSM.
Kali River Rapids was a 70 min wait (in AK) again I did not plan this park well and it was our last park day. It did not feel crowded but it was darn hot! We ate lunch at Restaurantasaurus & found plenty of tables (sometimes that's how I judge crowds). We had ADRs at Ohanas that night and I wanted to do some laundry, so we left after we did the headliners.
Our Resort: POR. We were upgraded to a RR pool view. The quiet pool was QUIET and empty the whole week & my boys like that over the main pool which was busy. They are swimmers and enjoyed the pool each night. The food court we ate in a few times and it wAs never packed (but we would grab something in an off hour)
Busses: we did use disney transport and never waited more than 15 min going and 20 min coming home. I always had a seat (I make my twin boys 13 stand for a girl) so they stood three times the whole week.
I'm planning to go in 2014 and would love to go this same week. But, because of my older boys I can't take them out. It took them too long this yr to catch them up. So we will have to go during the summer.
**** you will receive lots of feedback, different than mine. But, I vote yes! Go That week following Memorial Day! The weather was great (not too hot, a few hours of rain here and there 2 days) crowds for us was not an issue!
Have fun