june weather and crowds??

[uktigger]

hi all
i know this has proberbly been asked before but how are the parks and crowds at the end of june is the weather o.k does it rain alot or is it just showers and if so do they soon clear up,i know so many questions but i,m starting to panic as we were going in october 04 which i know the crowds are light,but we have had to change our plans because my eldest son is starting secondary school and he has a school trip the same dates we have and we were told by the headmaster that this is a trip that all pupils are expected to go on,i know it means our trip we come round quicker but what a pain
hopfully our tour operater will understand and let us change dates(although i don't suppose without charge)i will let you all now the outcome
thanxs eve

 

[figment95]

I was there last June (2nd-3rd week) I like heat and humidity so the weather didn't bother me much. It was very hot at that time but it was ok. Disney employs a lot of little tricks to keep you from getting too hot and it rained almost every day for a little bit. The crowds weren't so bad. It started to pick up around the time we were leaving. Hope this helps.

 

[wdwgoofeeee]

Just returned on Saturday from a week at WDW. After a little rain Sunday the rest of the week was great!. From Tuesday - Thursday absolutely the best Florida summer weather I have ever experienced. It was hotter at home (Delaware) than it was in Orlando. In fact the weather was so dry those days that the hotel room sliding door and windows were not even steamed on those mornings.
The crowds were MUCH bigger than I anticipated. We had a great time and got to do almost everything that we wanted, but do NOT go without a game plan.
Get to the parks EARLY, EARLY, EARLY! In the Magic Kingdom if you want to get quickly to Big Thunder and Splash Mountains take the train to Frontier Land (great tip that I read here....saves a LOT of time).
In the Studios, if you like TOT and RnR get a Fast Pass for TOT, get on line for RnR, then use the stand by line for TOT and then your Fast Pass. Three rides without much wait.
In Epcot get Fast Pass for Test Track, get on stand by line and then use your Fast Pass for a quick second ride. The Fast Passes for Test Track run out around noon so do NOT WAIT.
In Animal Kingsom, get Fast Pass for It's Tough to be a Bug, then go on Safari, after Bug go over to Primieval Whirl and Dinosaur. Use the times posted in the stand by line to determine which Fast Pass to use.
Use Priority Seating for dinner!
Weather is hit or miss but don't let that upset you. A lot of the attractions are inside anyway so it won't matter.
Check out Mission: Space after 4pm to see if they are testing. We got to ride four times last week. A really great experience! Also a lot of fun inside after the ride. You can also send free video postcards from there.
Please let me know if I can be of any other help. As I said, I was very surprised by the size of the crowds at ALL the parks. Even Tuesday E-night was unsusually crowded, but still worth it.
Another tip: a couple of hours or so before closing the Studios start to get quiet. We managed to get on TOT a couple of nights with almost no wait on stand-by.
Enjoy your trip!

 

[bshow1]

I'll ditto what wdwgoofeeee said about last week. Almost no rain, and the heat was only a problem if you stood still in the sun. Plenty of shade is available in the parks.

I thought the crowds were very managable. It felt like there were a lot of people there, but everything was flowing smoothly. Getting to the parks EARLY and using FastPass helps you to stay ahead of the crowds.

By last Friday though, I could tell that the crowds were building, so this week might be a lot worse than last...

 

[uktigger]

hi thank you for your replies
as long as it dosen't rain too much i'll be happy i just can't stand the rain,but hey at least we will be at disney
oh by the way we managed to change our holiday from the september to june at no extra cost,it actually worked out cheaper for us as well,morw to go spending

eve

 

[drogerstn]

We visited WDW from 19-June to 25-June and it rained off and on all day for the 1st 4 days; was cloudy and sprinkled a little on the 5th day and was clear the last 2 days. The all-day raining we experienced is not typical for June, but obviously it can occur. The rainy days made park touring quite comfortable and much of our time was spent indoors or under cover anyway. For my family, some cloudy days with rain help reduce the chances of sunburn.

We carried ponchos and used them when necessary; the crowds were fairly light on the rainy days. The crowds seemed larger the last couple of days; this could have been because of the time of year instead of the weather because the resort area and parking lot seemed more crowded during the later part of our visit.

A typical June day would have afternoon showers of short duration.

 

[uktigger]

hi drogerstn
thanxs for letting me know how you got on with the weather let's just hope when we go next year we have the typical june weather i'm becoming paranoid with it

eve