Help me pick dates

[MommyHolly]

OK, we can really go anytime. I am looking at Feb 5-12, or Feb 12-19 (am not sure if it will be getting busy for presidents week for that one). or after presidents week on Feb 25-Mar 4(I know that some places are out of school for that one). My thing is that although we are pretty wide open time-wise, but I want some time to plan, so ideally one of the later dates would be better planning-wise. I want to go when there are low crowds, I am taking my 5 kids, and my step-daughter with her 2 kids. They think that Disney World is just the Magic Kingdom, so I really want to show them a good time. Which dates do you think would be better crowd-wise. TIA !!

 

[d4est]

Not sure, but I would think the earlier you go, the smaller the crowds.

ETA: Checked days on touringplans.com ( http://www.touringplans.com/BestDays.htm ) and it looks like the numbers are definitely lower the earlier you go.

 

[MommyHolly]

BUMP, anybody??

 

[cmonroe]

OK, we can really go anytime. I am looking at Feb 5-12, or Feb 12-19 (am not sure if it will be getting busy for presidents week for that one). or after presidents week on Feb 25-Mar 4(I know that some places are out of school for that one). My thing is that although we are pretty wide open time-wise, but I want some time to plan, so ideally one of the later dates would be better planning-wise. I want to go when there are low crowds, I am taking my 5 kids, and my step-daughter with her 2 kids. They think that Disney World is just the Magic Kingdom, so I really want to show them a good time. Which dates do you think would be better crowd-wise. TIA !!

MommyHolly,

If you can't decide, you might want to let money decide for you.

The value season is from 1/1-2/15 as opposed to peak season is 2/16-4/22

That's a big difference in price per night.

 

[cmonroe]

You can check the rates out yourself at http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/resorts/Rack-Rates-2006.htm

 

[Jenni20]

We went 2/9 - 2/13/2004. It was the week heading into presidents day weekend. The crowds were great - very low. We did notice a lot of NASCAR fans, as it was speed weeks at Daytona. On Friday however the crowds really picked up at MK. This is a great time to go - and it was during value season. Hope this helps.

 

[Goofy4]

(am not sure if it will be getting busy for presidents week for that one).

Based on TouringPlans, it sure looks like you would want to avoid Friday-Sunday before President's day.