We are planning on going Nov. 28th to Dec. 7th This is the week after Thanksgiving. Can anyone help me with some questions.
1. Weather How is it? We are bad in the heat more so the humidity.
2. Crowds - Are they bad or do they taper off?
3. Codes- Do you think they will come out for this week?
4. Is there anything I should know going ahead with planning?
Thanks for your help!
1. Hi! The last 2 yrs we went the second week of Nov for 10 days and will again this year!
I hate the heat and humidity so I love this time of yr. It was low 70's to low 80's (at the most) when we were there. Actually, it cold have been a bit more balmy some days but... anyway, the weather was great both years. Nothing more than a sprinkle of rain. Now, some evenings in '07 were definitely cold, and one day was a big cold front and it got no higher than 60 daytime and windy! But, heat and humidity were not a problem either yr.
2. These days it's just my DD17 and I and we love going this time of yr, crowds are great.
We go for super soap weekend at hollywood studios, so for that weekend, 2nd of Nov, it is crowded at that park. Food and Wine Festival closes that same weekend at Epcot so that is probably pretty busy. Then we stay the week after and crowds are fairly low. Not too much wait time for attractions, often walk on or maybe 10-15 min wait, so that is great! And it's great cause you don't have to try to manuever around tons of people in crowded parks. The weekend is more crowded though, and weekend before Thanksgiving and the week of is very crowded. We were almost glad to be leaving then! Can't stand too much crowds and waiting 45 - 60 min for an attraction is so not for us!
But, after that weekend after Thanksgiving things do drop off again for a couple weeks until Xmas week.
Another thing we love about that time is the MVMCP(Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party) at MK. The last 2 yrs they started the Monday after we arrived and we had a great time! We thought the mon. party was not crowded at all and we just walked on rides we wanted for the most part. A couple things are closed but I don't know which cause everthing we wanted was open! We also went Fri and that was a bit more crowded but not still not terrible. We went to the park after 4, using our party ticket and stayed till close at midnight. The parties are 3 nights a week then, like Mon, Th and Fri, I think. We love the xmas party and the fun holiday atmosphere then. Plus, the Osbourne family xmas lights open that week at DHS and love those too!
3. The last few yrs they sent out a code in Mid Aug I think for that time. Last yr it saved us about $600 for a mod. room at CBR and 2 hoppers for 10 days!! I was shocked actually when I called, I'd always booked seperately thinking, stupidly, that the packages would cost more and not be cost effective. What was I thinking?
You can go to Mousesavers.com and check, they have a listing there of the deals that have been released in past years, what they were and when they were for. I expect they will put one out this yr too. Plus, if you have
AAA, you can usually get a discount 10 - 20% if all else fails. Try calling to see if there is a code attached to your name every so often too, you never know!
4. You should probably go ahead and book now if you can so you get the resort you want. Then, when a code or discount comes out you can apply it to your existing reservations! Also, make your ADR(advance dining reservations) when you can, starting at 180 days out from your dates. I usually haven't done that myself and I've still been okay, sometimes with walkups or ressies on the end of the available times which is okay for us. We are more late night people anyway, so late breakfast or brunch works well for us as well as late dinners. So, we did okay with 2 month ADR timing but you may definitely want to get better times good for your family asap and then not worry about that.
Oh, and try not to overplan every minute. Be aware of the park schedules, such at EMH (extra magic hours), MVMCP(get tickets for this if you want to go), parade times, park opening and closing times, etc. But don't plan every second. Leave time for spontenaity, or changes that come up, or w.e.
Oh yeah, and plan on having a great time!!
P.s. sorry to be so wordy, but hopefully there is some info in there you can use!
. We had a lovely trip and got a code at some point but I don't think we saved all that much. Hopefully if all goes well this year will be different 
