Better vacation in October?

[liveforthemagic]

OK. Maybe its just cause I am from the MidWest and we have had a really weird, kinda cold, kinda damp winter. But the idea of spending a kinda cold, kinda damp vacation at DW in December isn't that appealing.

So DD and I have decided a possible rescheduling is in order.

Turns out, she loves the idea of trick or treating with Mickey and Co! Here are my questions...

Can you guys share with me your weather experiences in October? I don't think we would do a WP, but we'd like to be able to do SM without fear of catching pneumonia! And resort pool swimming sounds nice in the afternoons!

Do they decorate the entire park for Halloween--or is it pretty subdued? Do the characters dress in costumes for the regular appearances, park opening, shows, meet and greets?

And finally, any recent guesses as to when the dates for MNSSHP will come out, or any links to an old site for last year's dates.

I like Christmas better than Halloween, but for warmer weather, I think I can get into this!

 

[skooniebird]

Northern Illinois here. We went October 18th to the 26th. Upper 70's was the LOW 2 days. Otherwise, low 80's. And left Chicago 49 degrees with 30 something windchill. hehehe Felt like we walked into heaven. First 2 weeks of October is not as crowded they say. We did not enjoy anything except the decorations at the halloween party. It was about a 10 minute line for one piece of candy. They say they sell a limited amount of tickets to the event and the park is closed to non ticket holders, but it was twice as crowded as when we had been there earlier that day before the decorations and all! It is decorated awesome and neat to see everyone's costume's. Hope you have better luck with that than we did.