April or late June - which one?

[Nana2Callie]

Please help me decide between these two options - pros and cons?
Thank you.

 

[sherlockmiles]

April - better temperatures IMO

 

[Skippyboo]

April-just avoid the first week since that’s Easter week. Better weather, Flower and Garden Festival.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Please help me decide between these two options - pros and cons?
Thank you.

If you’re gonna make this visit 18+… go April.

 

[Miffy]

If you don't mind the heat, then June. It's probably less expensive than April. But the weather is much better in April.

 

[drusba]

Late June is mid-summer when you can sweat standing still outside at midnight. April can have warm days even close to 90 degrees, but humidity is not at the summer level and evenings tend to be pleasant. Crowd-wise in April, you might want to avoid the week before and of Easter, but the rest of April has manageable crowds, usually less than late June.

 

[Genie+]

Compare the April bands to June.




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April will likely be busier than June at the parks but there is something about visiting WDW during gorgeous weather. It’s a different experience. To me that is peak WDW. Hard to beat.

 

[gottalovepluto]

When in April? Normally I’d say April over June hands down. But if it’s the weeks around Easter? No way, go in June!

 

[prisbelle]

I think June would be too hot! But April is Easter though...!

 

[Mle8308]

A lot of schools in the Northeast have school vacation starting the second and third weeks in April. Everyone goes to Disney!

 

[CapeCodTenor]

A lot of schools in the Northeast have school vacation starting the second and third weeks in April. Everyone goes to Disney!

I second Mle8308, school vacations Northeast schools are in April, so a lot of kids will be down there. I did a quick check and confirmed that Barnstable Public Schools in Barnstable, MA, where I live, has their school vacation the week of April 20th. I also did a quick check found that Orlando Public school's vacation is the first week of April. So that's is something to consider. We went in June of '23 and loved it. Yes it was hot, but if you go into that vacation knowing that then you can plan for it. Just a thought.

 

[gottalovepluto]

A lot of schools in the Northeast have school vacation starting the second and third weeks in April. Everyone goes to Disney!

I’ve been during that time and as long as it they don’t coincide with Easter week, they don’t make enough of a dent in crowds to merit being avoided. Parks won’t be quiet but they won’t be Xmas/Easter slammed.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

I’ve been during that time and as long as it they don’t coincide with Easter week, they don’t make enough of a dent in crowds to merit being avoided. Parks won’t be quiet but they won’t be Xmas/Easter slammed.

I've never been in April, so this is good to know. I heard that the week between Christmas and New Years is absolute chaos.

 

[Mle8308]

I’ve been during that time and as long as it they don’t coincide with Easter week, they don’t make enough of a dent in crowds to merit being avoided. Parks won’t be quiet but they won’t be Xmas/Easter slammed.

I was there one year for that week and it was pretty busy, busier than I like it. Won't do it again. And it did not coincide with Easter. However, the weather was pretty darn great! If you buy LL it would be doable.

 

[beccasmom]

I have found June to be too rainy, although that may have just been our bad luck. It’s hot and humid too, but no surprises there.

We loved late April. The weather was glorious (luck of the draw, I know) and the crowds were not bad except on the weekend at Epcot (for the Garden Festival). Easter is early April this year, so late April should be fine in that regard. Early May is nice too.

 

[Kerr84]

Teacher here so we go in the summer. Yes, it’s hot, but we bring cooling towels and fans and then take a mid-day swim/hotel break.

 

[bluezy]

We have been at Disney the 3rd week of June on at least 9 trips (it's the week that the students and teachers in our family are finally all out of school). In general, we're ok with it. We plan for the weather -- taking breaks at the resort in the afternoon, being prepared for rain, etc. There are some years that it has been ungodly hot -- highs in the upper 90's and high humidity. We would sweat just walking out the door of our room/building in the morning. We try to do indoor attractions throughout our time in the parks to get a break from the heat. But we've also had years where the temps stay in the mid to upper 80's most of the week and humidity is tolerable. On our trip in June 2024, we had one day where it was a little drizzly/misty in the morning (before 10:00 a.m.) and cloudy all day (but no real rain) and the high temp that day was 81 -- it actually felt a little chilly to me. Rain hasn't really been an issue for us on our June trips. Some trips we see the typical FL shower some afternoons and some trips we have a few hours of rain one day. Some trips we've had zero rain during the day, but one or two overnight showers during the week. And it can be raining at Magic Kingdom, but bright and sunny at Animal Kingdom. We've never had enough rain to feel like "it rained a lot" during our June trips (but I know we've been pretty lucky with rain during our trips). The only trip we had a lot of rain was the year we went in May. It rained for hours on end every single day -- an inch or two every day. We bought the Disney rain ponchos (the cheap dollar store variety wasn't cutting it in the monsoon like downpours) and soldiered on. Parks were empty, we got a lot accomplished, and still had a great trip. One of the advantages to going in the summer is that it has slowly become less crowded and the parks are open later each day. For us, June works and I've never regretted taking June trips.

All that being said, if I had the opportunity to go in April, I'd jump on it as long as it was at least 7-10 days after Easter. I would just like to experience the parks in Spring when it's a little cooler than June.