ElizaHawthorne
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2008
We wnet the week of Thanksgiving and the first week of December this year. For some reason the week in December seemed busier.
We wnet the week of Thanksgiving and the first week of December this year. For some reason the week in December seemed busier.
Can anyone comment on the crowds immediately preceding Christmas, i.e. 12/18 to 12/23? When do families begin pulling kids out of school, and when is the noticeable difference between the low tide and tsunami of tourists? I firmly believe the first two weeks of December have been lost to promotions, parade tapings, MouseFest and Pop Warner. The third week may be the new black, but when does it go from wonderful to tolerable to horrible?
We were there the 13th to the 24th this year and I thought the crowds were very managable. We are early risers, so we get most of our rides and such done in the morning to early afternoon. The only thing we needed fast pass for was Toy Story Mania. I walked on Space Mountain, Test Track, Soarin was maybe a 20 min wait. By the weekend before Christmas (Sat was the 20th I think) we saw the crowds start building. But we had planned for this and did mostly non-park activities on the 21st -24th (Pirate Cruise for the kids, carriage ride at Ft Wilderness, checked out resort decorations, bead activities at AKL, DTD, that sort of thing).
I would go at that time of the year again. Can't beat the weather! We are gong in August this year and I am not looking forward to sweating to death.
Can anyone comment on the crowds immediately preceding Christmas, i.e. 12/18 to 12/23? When do families begin pulling kids out of school, and when is the noticeable difference between the low tide and tsunami of tourists? I firmly believe the first two weeks of December have been lost to promotions, parade tapings, MouseFest and Pop Warner. The third week may be the new black, but when does it go from wonderful to tolerable to horrible?
When are the parade tapings typically done? Are there more than one? I assume one is taped at the Magic Kingdom. I would like to avoid the park on any day there is a parade taping, since I assume it will be mobbed.