Help with December dates

[TeamUrsula]

Hi! I know December crowd levels are high, but looking to fine tune our dates a bit. We are going three days, between 12/9 and 12/15. I'm thinking Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. But would Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday be better? Will there be differences with Sunday vs. a weekday as far as park hours or shows that time of year?

Thank you in advance!!!

 

[figment_jii]

My guess is that you're going to be faced with large crowds regardless of when you go just because you're approaching the dates when AP blockouts begin to go into effect and it's the holiday season. Nominally, I would guess that Sunday and Monday will be the busiest days of your window. Sunday (12/9) is the last weekend day that SoCal, SoCal Select, and Deluxe APs get until after the new year, so I would anticipate crowds due to that. Mondays have been unexpectedly busy lately, so I would anticipate that trend continuing (better to over-estimate than under-estimate crowds).

Generally, the parks are running on full or close to full operating hours by that time of the year. Most of the evening entertainment is offered nightly, with the exception of F!, which may still be on a weekend (Fri-Sun) only schedule at that point (if often doesn't go to a nightly schedule until closer to Christmas).

 

[TeamUrsula]

Thank you! I think we have to decide between Sunday and Monday, looks like it may not matter much, except that last day to use those APs seems like it would make for a very crowded Sunday. Maybe it will come down to whether we want to see F!