Columbus Day Weekend

[mommykds]

OK my last question for the day..I promise!!!

We are going to WDW Oct 1 - Oct 10. I am now planning to try to get in MK during the week because I hear it's busy Fri-Mom of Columbus Day.
Can you give me your opinion on this itenarary. Thanks alot.

Sat 10/1 - Arrive DTD & Chef Mickeys for dinner
Sun 10/2 - MK - Crystal Pal for breakfast
Mon 10/3 - Epcot - PSB
Tues 10/4 - MK (late) for the MNSSHP
Wed 10/5 MGM - Fantasmic
Thu 10/6 - MK - CRT(dinner)
Fri 10/7 -AK - Boma for dinner
Sat 10/8 - Epcot
Sun 10/9 - MK early (doing the Family Magic Tour) & then leaving. Maybe do Epcot in the evening.
Mon 10/10 we leave to early to do anything but have breakfast at our resort.

 

[lovesdumbo]

You may want to avoid Epcot on the weekend also because of the Food & Wine Fest.

 

[heathriel]

That looks good to me. Epcot will be crowded on Saturday (as will everything else), but there are only a few rides there that have the potential for long lines, so that's a good choice. People will be in line at all the food kiosks, however, so this is a good time to eat at counter service places there.

As for the rest, as long as you are able to get all the PS's (and you don't have any difficult ones listed), looks like you've got a good plan to me.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Weekends at Epcot for the F&W Fest can get crowded just trying to walk around the World Showcase but maybe its just really bad at night.

 

[sters]

Weekends at Epcot for the F&W Fest can get crowded just trying to walk around the World Showcase but maybe its just really bad at night.

... but heavenly in the World Showcase after dinner! A great time to do Imagination and Spaceship Earth!

 

[RubySlippers]

We were there for the F&W Festival during Columbus Day Weekend last year and we did not find it to be too bad crowd wise. However it rained ALL day on Monday but we kept going !! Have a GREAT TRIP!!!

Ruby

 

[princess pooh]

We always go for Columbus day. It's one of my favourite times to visit. It was crowded on the weekend but we planned it well and didn't have to wait in too many lines. I found that Epcot was a lot more crowded at night and the lines for the F&W booths were crazy at dinner time.

I hope you have a great time!

 

[lasmickey]

We were there from Sept. 29th - Oct. 8th last year, leaving on Friday (the start of Columbus Day weekend). Our itinerary was VERY close to what you plan. We even went to MNSSHP on October 3rd.

For the majority of our vacation, the crowds were quite minimal. (Although we did start our days at opening time of each park.) We were pleasantly surprised to find that we could literally walk on most everything in each park well up until mid-afternoon. We were a bit worried about Epcot, since it was the first week of F&WF, but again, no long lines anywhere, and we "ate our way around the World" one evening with barely even a line at any of the food vendors.

I think you should be fine if you generally stick with this plan. Good luck in your planning. If you have any questions regarding that time of year, I'd be glad to help you out! (If I can....)

 

[mommykds]

Thanks!!!