Busy in December?

[froggy33]

The POP warner football/cheerleading kids are there at that time. They are put up in the Value resorts, starting with All Star Sports. They then spill over into the other values, and into PORS. We were there last year from Dec 14-Dec 21. The first 4-5 days or so were perfect, practicallly empty! Then it go busy.
Have fun!

 

[MiaSRN62]

I booked online at midnight on Oct 31. It was a last minute decision to go. I had gotten a great DING fare from SW 30 min prior so I went for it. Well...I cannot tell u how nervous I started getting when I was searching the disney.com site at midnight for a room. Nothing was showing up for close to 45 min. I kept signing on and off......refreshing the page.......then........FINALLY.....a standard room at CBR showed up and I grabbed it ! My first choice would have been a value resort, but I figured beggars couldn't be choosy. I called CRO in the morning to try and switch from CBR to a value (friends are staying at POP the same time). CM told me nothing at all was available. I have since checked the web site multiple times and made many phone calls to CRO on a daily basis hoping something else besides the executive suite at CSR that constantly pops up. Nothing at all since Oct 31. I am resigned to staying at CBR and spending the extra money----at least I'm onsite.
I have stayed at POR one time while POP Warner cheerleaders were there and it was nuts. They were noisy and dominated the main pool. They were doing cheer routines and making pyramid formations in the pool. They totally took over the hot tub (stayed in there for hours at a time) so noone else could use it. I don't know if it's like this every year, but it was obnoxious.
Also, in Feb '05 there was some sort of cheerleading competition going on. POP was booked to capacity. Some parks on some days were VERY crowded. I recall being at MGM and trying to get lunch at Pizza Planet with friends and there were like 30-40 cheerleaders in line in front of us. They were loud.....rude.......some fighting with eachother. I sure hope I don't run into this when I get there on Dec 1.

 

[kimis]

How do you get "blessed" "gobbled" and "frosted" ? Cute!

 

[DisLUV]

Ever since 1999 my DW and I have ONLY gone during this time. This year we are taking our DS(1) and DD(4) to the world during this time (Dec 7 -13).

Back in 2004 we went during the exact same week. I know that POP warner and MouseFest are happening during my stay and they happened during may stay back in 2004. The only time I had a problem was on my bus from the POFQ where the pop warners were staying. In the parks you would see a random group here and there but they did not effect the crowds at all. Also like someone else said the reasons the rooms are full is there are alot of conventions going on also. But those also do not effect the crowds either. Unless you are like me and when I go to my coaching convention in Jan, I may go hear a speaker or 2 but probably NOT LOL

If you are a person who normally goes during the CROWDED season, you will be pleased, because these weeks are times when it is nice to be in WDW!!!

 

[jenseib]

The bad thing is, there are no onsite resorts left. At least anythign affordable. So we won't go then, becuase alot of the fun for us was to stay onsite. Of course, you could always call if you want to go then and see if there is any cancelations. But that is doubtful I bet!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

The bad thing is, there are no onsite resorts left. At least anythign affordable. So we won't go then, becuase alot of the fun for us was to stay onsite. Of course, you could always call if you want to go then and see if there is any cancelations. But that is doubtful I bet!

Have you tried booking some of the days instead of your entire trip? I found no availability from December 2 - 8. However, most resorts were available from December 3 - 8, so I booked it. A couple weeks later, a room was available on December 2nd, so I booked it. I have all the dates I wanted, but in two separate bookings. In the worse case, I could've stayed off site or at Downtown Disney on the 2nd. Maybe you can look into doing the same thing.