Deciding Between Last Week in April or First Week in May 2023

[rosegold:)]

Hi Everyone!

I am currently planning my 2023 Disney World vacation! I am trying to decide which week in April or May to go, my options are:

April 25-30th
May 2-7th

Which week would y'all pick? I am considering weather and crowd level. I hope that Easter crowds would have cleared out by this time. I see there are some cheer and dance competitions durng this time frame, but does that have a large crowd impact in the parks? We are only going to Epcot and MK since those are our favorite parks I assume there will be some crowds in MK for Tron/Happily Ever After, but that's ok since we get to see Happily Ever After again too!!!

Thanks!!

 

[sheilafri]

I‘d go with first week of May. I believe there are still dance/cheer competitions in April.

 

[Smugpugmug]

I would do first week of May. I've been to the parks when cheer/dance competitions were happening and I didn't see any groups in the parks. If I did see them, they were at Disney Springs. You'll only really notice them if you're staying at the All Stars, Coronado and maybe Caribbean Beach.

 

[Jenny10267]

There is D2 Summit cheer competition May 5-7. Some might come in early (my family flies in May 4 but don’t compete until 6th) and some could stay after (I fly back the 8th). We have very little time to actually be in the parks. I wouldn’t be worried about that week. I’ve been there with large groups led by flags that were way more annoying.

 

[loves to dive]

Weather wise there isn't going to be much difference, it might be a tad hotter in May and a tad more rainy. I've been just about every week in April and May and really only notice the difference in weather the later it gets in May.