Aug or Oct

[DisneyQueen1320]

So I'm thinking of our vacation for 2016 and I can't decide what to do.
I love going to DW in Oct for Food and Wine and MNSSHP, but we want to take a 4 night cruise. Since I have school age kids I can't take them out of school for 2 weeks.
So I have two options, I can go in Aug and go to DW for about 9 days with a 4 day cruise or I can go in Oct and only visit DW for about 4 days with a 4 day cruise.
Is it worth it to go in Aug for more park days or should I go in Oct?

Thanks

 

[ErinsMommy]

August is HOT very very Hot -- I love Disney but couldn't wait to leave to go home to normal temps.

 

[Disfan1968]

If you don't mind heat so much, I would do the longer trip. It's not like October is exactly cool in Florida. But we go in August and limit park time to six to eight hours a day and stay twelve days. The balance of our time is spent at resort pools, shopping, etc.

 

[OurLaughingPlace]

We go every August. It's hot but if you're prepared for it (water bottles, frogg toggs, pool breaks, ADR breaks in air conditioning) you will be fine. We go for 2 weeks so we can take lots of resort pool breaks and still accomplish a lot. I would always vote with 'more Disney time', even if it's August