We've been to F&W in Oct 5 times in the recent past, last year was the only time that spanned Columbus Day and the weekend prior. Those 3 days were much more crowded than we experienced on other trips, crowds dwindled from Tues on. Things weren't horrible but we did decide to avoid CD weekend in the future. Other than that we find Oct to be less crowded that the week we used to go, the first week in March and the weather is consistently better than March.
Bill From PA