Late August vs Easter/spring break?

[brockash]

Thanks brockash! I've been before during Easter week, but it was over 10 years ago, and pre-parenthood, so we didn't mind standing in lines and were happy to play, eat and drink our way around the 'World. My 6 y/o doesn't always love being in large crowds for extended periods, though he did fairly well when we were at Disneyland on a 7-8 level crowd day, so I do think the Disney factor helps to offset the crowd-disliking factor to some extent.

I did notice that several of the crowd calendars call for much higher crowds the week before Easter vs. the week after, citing that the majority of school districts have break the week before. I'm not sure how reliable that info is, however, and I'd hate to find out the hard way once we're there that every day is really a 9-10. I'd definitely prefer the weather in April, just not sure it's worth the trade off!!

I will say, my cousin works in the entertainment/hospitality industry in Orlando and she does always say how much of a difference there is between the week leading up to Easter and the week after (crowds dropping off right after), however it's still generally a good amount more crowded then late Aug.

 

[Amanda Hall]

I see we are in the minority but this year we could go the first week of April or August and chose April. We can not handle the heat. We like to go the week after Thanksgiving but that will not work out this year. I am nervous about the crowds but am confident a good touring plan combined with less humidity will be better for us than low crowds and high humidity/temps. We live in Georgia so we know what that time of year feels like. For us, there would be no way we could enjoy ourselves with the weather in August.