#1 Least Crowded Week

[bscott6471]

If you had to pick 1 week out of the entire year that would have the lowest crowds, which week would it be

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Week after Labor Day.

 

[roselark]

I agree! Week after Labor Day FTW!

 

[PSUGuy]

We arrived on New Year's Day in 2005, a Saturday. By Tues and for the rest of our stay ending on the 10th WDW was a ghost town. I actually wished PI was more crowded.

• Bill From PA

 

[bscott6471]

Awesome! That is the week we are going.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

We arrived on New Year's Day in 2005, a Saturday. By Tues and for the rest of our stay ending on the 10th WDW was a ghost town. I actually wished PI was more crowded.

• Bill From PA

Have been there twice at this time in the last 4 years - this year it was much more crowded, but only at MK & HS. With so little at Epcot, crowds have surged in those 2 parks - especially MK. Crowds in general were low, but MK was packed.

 

[bscott6471]

Awesome! That is the week we are going.

The week after Labor Day is the week we are going!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

February 30 - Martember 5

 

[kay1864]

February 30 - Martember 5

February 30 is my favorite day of the year to go...practically nobody there!

 

[revdon64]

The word is out on lowest crowds. Now the low crowds are Easter week and December 26 thru Jan 2! LOL!

 

[msb578]

Although maybe not quite as low, the week before Labor Day weekend is pretty good too.

 

[memo10]

I prefer going in Jan/Feb. It's too hot in September! I find that I can handle crowds much better when I'm not cranky from the heat.

 

[pearljamin03]

The week after Presidents Day is usually outstanding. Make sure you check when Mardi Gras is though. I've made the mistake of going before Presidents Day and all of Louisiana is there with their LSU shirts! It was awful

 

[msmouse]

The week after Presidents Day is usually outstanding. Make sure you check when Mardi Gras is though. I've made the mistake of going before Presidents Day and all of Louisiana is there with their LSU shirts! It was awful

I will try not to take offense to that. . .

 

[lovin'fl]

lowest crowd times we have been were 3rd week of Sept (right before F&W started) and end of January. January, we have been twice and it isn't completely low crowd...the Sept trips, also been twice, were really low crowd. We also have been twice in Dec, the 20th to the 25h or 26th, and that wasn't bad until the 24th. Easter week, July 4th week, early August and Xmas Eve/Xmas day were super crowded crazy busy. Been 3 times for F&W (2 Oct and 1 Nov trip) and those were moderately crowded times.

Once DDs go off to college we hope to do the Jan 2 to 10 week.

 

[msb578]

lowest crowd times we have been were 3rd week of Sept (right before F&W started) and end of January. January, we have been twice and it isn't completely low crowd...the Sept trips, also been twice, were really low crowd. We also have been twice in Dec, the 20th to the 25h or 26th, and that wasn't bad until the 24th. Easter week, July 4th week, August and Xmas Eve/Xmas day were super crowded crazy busy. Been 3 times for F&W (2 Oct and 1 Nov trip) and those were moderately crowded times.

Once DDs go off to college we hope to do the Jan 2 to 10 week.

August is an interesting one. It starts out crazy busy and gradually slows down as kids start school. The last week is pretty quiet. But of course the heat doesn't really improve at all

 

[Cadaverous Pallor]

The two weeks after labor day win this competition, and it's not even close.

 

[bc7ate9]

September can be great (we go every September to celebrate our anniversary), but just keep in mind that it is very HOT and very HUMID. Like, you walk outside and you're wet. And instead of walk, you kind of swim through the humidity. It also rains most afternoons. That being said, the weather can be worth putting up with for the low crowds. This past year, crowds weren't low at all. Lots of South American tour groups. 2015 was weird, though, with Labor Day having been so late.

 

[mikeyg1479]

Generally, the slowest times are:

1. Right after kids to back to school (hence the post labor day suggestions
2. January after holiday peak time is over and when kids go back to school. When in doubt look at the room rate schedules on wdwinfo.com- you'll see its most expensive when they are traditionally more full, and less expensive in "slower" times. The pricing literally changes from week to week sometimes. This can help you pick a more "non-peak" time if that's what you are going for.

Its not a perfect science, don't ever expect a ghost town as WDW is very crowded these days and business is booming-generally even in slow times, so we are talking relative here. (personally I miss the post 2008 market crash years- parks were pretty lightly crowded much of the time, deals were rampant (free dining plan!), they were pulling all stops to get people in. Now its all expensive tickets (increasing yearly), no deals, crowded parks almost all the time.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

I will try not to take offense to that. . .

Roll Tide!