Christmas decorations the week after thanksgiving?

[Kara315]

Hi,
I'm planning a trip for later this year to see the Christmas decorations. I was looking at the week of Nov 30th- Dec 6th, will all the decorations be up by then or would it be better to wait a week and go from the 7th-13th of December?
I heard that is usually pop warner week, but haven't heard that causing any horrible crowds etc....
Does the parade bring in big crowds for the whole week or just the days they tape? We aren't really interested in the parade so will probably work around that if we are there those days.
We would really like to see all the decorations though, and those are the best weeks for us to go.
Thanks!

 

[mesaboy2]

Pretty much everything will be up by the week after Thanksgiving. The lone exception could be the MK Christmas tree in Town Square. It will be up by the following week.

 

[Dizzytime]

We were there last Nov 30-Dec 13 and can't remember seeing anything when we left that wasn't up when we arrived. Don't know about the parade taping because we did avoid MK on those days, but otherwise it was a fun time to be there. Especially enjoyed everything at W/S!

 

[CynBeth]

The MK tree goes up after the parade taping which is the first weekend n Dec. Our trip was this past Dec from 12/7-12/15 and the tree was up on 12/9 so you are probably better off with your second choice of 12/7-12/13. It was crowded but not because of PW. A lot of people both in this country and from various other countries took their kids out of school. It was very manageable and we had a great trip.

 

[Kara315]

Thank you for the responses!
How many days is the parade taping? and it's only at Magic Kingdom?

 

[mesaboy2]

Thank you for the responses! How many days is the parade taping? and it's only at Magic Kingdom?

Generally Friday to Sunday only in MK, and only in the Main Street and Hub areas.

 

[Kara315]

Generally Friday to Sunday only in MK, and only in the Main Street and Hub areas.

Thanks!