How hot is hot? It's as hot as the 7th layer of hell - I was born and raised in west central FL, so take it for whatever it's worth to you!
meredith1 said:I do not live in Florida however, I do live in the deep south and have all my life. I do not let my kids go out in the afternoons to play in August. It's just entirely to hot. It's awful!
Unfortunately, since I'm a teacher, we are only able to go during the summer. We always go the 3rd week of August because the prices drop that week and I don't have to be back for work week until the last week of August. I guess in 18 more years when I'm able to retire we will be able to go in September to see the fall decorations and in December to see Christmas.
DH and I were there Aug. 19-23 this year and it was hot but I didn't think it was unbearable...we left the park everyday around 1 or 2 to go to the pool and rest and returned about 4 or 5 so we missed most of the hottest part of the day. And there are a lot of rides/attractions that have lines inside a cool building so we were not bothered.
We did have to deal with a lot of rain this trip...went in 2009 during the same week of August and it only rained on us 2 times in our 7 day stay. We have a CM friend who moved down and started right before we left last month and his comment when I asked him what to expect was, "I can guarantee it will rain everyday at 4pm." Well, the first day we were down there (19th) it stormed at 3:00, 6:00, 7:30, and 9:00...they had to postpone Wishes until the storm passed. The next day we were at HS and there was a storm in the middle of the aternoon (while we were back at the resort) and another "deluge" during EMH at 11pm...we ended up getting soaked while waiting for our bus to go back to ASMu.
We were there this August from the 25th - 30th. The tropical storm/hurricane was in the area and we got a nice breeze for a few days because of that. There were also two days where it was misty and rainy out. We all wore our rain jackets. The rain kept the heat down and I did not find it bad at all. The crowd level was very low, and the heat wasn't too bad. I would go again in late August.
We were there end of August and didn't think it was too comfortable. Because of Isaac, our first 3 days had intermittent rain, which was nice because it kept the temps down a bit.
When it got sunnier for the last part of our trip, it was hot, but nothing unbearable. We had a hot summer here in Minnesota this year - 31 days over 90 degree temps over the summer (a usual summer has about 13 90+ days), so maybe we were used to the heat and humidity, but Disney in August didn't feel much different than Minnesota this past July.
We were there 8/25-9/1 this year. The heat and humidity was there but not unbearable. Went back to the resort everyday during the hot part of the day. Lots of inside air conditioned rides and attractions to find shelter. The crowds were not bad at all. Would do it again for the savings. We had free dining this trip.
--Tim