Help! When should we go?

[keander]

Has anyone used isitpacked.com to determine crowd size? Is it fairly accurate?
We went in November of 2009 and had a great trip. The parks were so empty until Friday night, which was the first day of Christmas celebrations, and even then it wasn't terrible. We are planning another trip for this year during the same week, but isitpacked.com is giving me "Hey, it's alright" on one day and "Yep it's packed" on the other two days!
We want to go the week of Veteran's Day. Veteran's day is on a Wednesday, that would be our driving day, and then we would go to the parks on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. But I really want to go on a good week. We've also gone in May and October in the past and both times were packed and so much more stressful.
So, is Veteran's Day week a bad idea? Should we go the next week instead?

 

[Imdboss]

The Avengers marathon is that weekend which would be one of the reasons for the increase in crowds.

 

[keander]

Yikes, thanks for the heads up! We will definitely postpone a week. Is there anything the next week (November 16-20)? That''s the week before Thanksgiving--good week, right?

 

[figment_jii]

As Imdboss said, the Avengers Half Marathon is slated for November 12 through 15. The majority of the events are on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (the races). Last year, that also coincided with the official start to the Holiday season in DLR. The end result is fairly high crowds (Fri to Sun) as folks come for the race and to see the holiday offerings. I went last year (2014) starting from race day Sunday through the following Friday. The weekdays (Mon to Thu) were fairly manageable (shorter hours, but still able to get a lot done), but there was quite a noticeable uptick in crowds on Friday.