Christmas and Summer Crowd Comparison

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This will be our first Christmas trip...I expect it to be super crowded, but it it similar to summer crowds or worse? I guess it really doesn't matter, but just trying to plan plan plan... :yay:
 
Worse. Christmas week is about the busiest you'll find WDW. Only the President's Day week and the Easter Week are close, crowd-wise.
 

way more crowded, but on the positive side it *usually* is a lot cooler and you have plenty of decorations and alternatives (resorts) to check out.
 
personally i feel they are similar. You just have to be smart in either season in how you do the parks. Both are very crowded but manageable if you do it right.
 
personally i feel they are similar. You just have to be smart in either season in how you do the parks. Both are very crowded but manageable if you do it right.

I agree. We are summer veterans but did Christmas at WDW for the first time 2 years ago and I braced for the absolute worst in terms of crowds and it really wasn't that bad. There are certainly more people at WDW during Christmas week, but I think it is a larger percentage of 'inexperienced' visitors and we were always able to stay ahead of the crowds. I was actually suprised at how much we were able to do. And as one of the previous posters said, the weather is cooler and that makes a HUGE difference because usually by 1 or 2pm in July you can't wait to get back to your room and/or your resort pool, but at Christmas time you can soak up the decorations, etc. and also check out all the resorts.

I think if you expect huge crowds and 'plan, plan, plan' you will enjoy yourself a great deal.
 
Christmas is much more crowded than the summer and the days are shorter. Less hours of sunshine.
 


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