Need help deciding when to go!

Ashleybs

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My husband and I are totally torn on when to go to WDW and thought someone might have an extra "Pro" for one of the two dates to help us decide! We are typically a one vacation a year family that is during the summer, so both of these times would be an "extra" trip.

October 9-14 (5 nts) - We'd love to go in the fall when the crowds are smaller (crowd calendars are showing 4-6), as well as cooler, MNSSHP would be lots of fun, oldest has a 4 day weekend, so he would only miss 2 days of school(which is okay because he is an A student). Our youngest will be 2 months shy of turning 3(so he would be free).

April - somewhere between arriving the 2nd- and leaving no later than the 11th (5 or 6 nts) - We honeymooned at WDW and have always wanted to go back then. Our anniversary is the 6th and my birthday is the 10th so we would be there during both of these dates. I'm thinking the crowds won't be quite as bad as normal since Easter is 2 weeks before this date, but I know it will be more crowded then during October, as well as pretty warm. Our youngest will be almost 3.5 and the oldest will miss no school because it's Spring Break.

As you can see, there are lots of good reasons for going during each time! I'm not sure if the youngest being 6 months older for going in April rather than October would make a difference as far as his enjoyment, etc to help decide.

Any thoughts would be great!!!
 
If you can take him out of school, I would say October because spring break crowds are crazy bad.
 
I would choose Oct. Spring break is just so hit or miss as far as crowds are concerned, and it can already be pretty hot in April. Add to that the baby is still free for one more trip, and that cinches the deal for me.
 
Another vote for October. Spring Break looks too crowded for us. We have been spoiled with September crowds, though.
 

I think you'll find October is hotter than April, in a side-by-side comparison. Even if I'm wrong, it's not "cool" :)

So I'd base it on crowds, for sure.

Edit: We live in very different climates- both months actually may be cool to you
 


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