Memorial Day experience????

goofynme

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Anyone who has been to WDW around Memorial day please help...Do you happen to know how crowded WDW is the week before and the week during/after Memorial day.

I would figure that Saturday, Sunday and Monday would be crowded but is there overflow before and after?? Thanks in advance to anyone in the know!
 
We were there last year, the week leading up to Memorial Day. We only did the parks a couple of days. We did MK on Thursday(not terrible) before Mem. Day, and did Epcot on Saturday of Mem. Day weekend. I was really surprised at how short our waits were at Epcot. I really expected it to be much more crowded. We did Epcot and then hopped over to MGM for about 2 hours. DD8 was dying to get her chance to ride RNRC since she was finally tall enough. I think that we got lucky and someone gave us a fast pass, we then ran over to TOT and were able to ride both within about 1- 1.5 hours. I remember that area being fairly crowded , but I think it was getting around time for fantasmic, and that area always does get really congested. I think that the week before won't be too bad, you'll probably see the crowds build all week. I'm not sure about the week after Memorial Day. A lot of schools in our area, and Florida will be getting out later thanks to all the hurricanes (Ivan cost us 2 weeks of school, that have to be made up). I'm not sure how many days floridians have to make up, but I know the Pensacola area schools were out for almost 5 weeks due to Ivan. Anyway, if you have a choice, I'd pick the week before Memorial Day.
 
We typically go the week of Memorial Day (ie. the days that follow MD). I'd put the crowds at about 3/4 on the crowd-o-meter. Not crushing, but "busy" is certainly a word that comes to mind.

If you plan your day you can get through any crowd. We're no longer bothered by crowds, having learned the ropes... Oh, and stay away from MK on the holiday...do Epcot or make it a pool day... do MK mid-week, after the long weekend crush has cleared.
 
We're doing WDW before the weekend, heading for VB for the long weekend. We'll see how that works out.

Bobbi :D
 



















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