park hours in november

[SpaceAce]

Trying to plan a trip and thinking early November. Does anybody have a resource that would tell me 1) typical park hours and 2) average weather?

Thanks!

 

[Dopey Sharon]

We have been going in early November for the last few years. It's a great time to go!

The weather is perfect! Sunny and highs in the 80's. We never had any rain. We wear shorts and tshirts the whole time! You can see past weather at www.wunderground.com

The parks close earlier, but, the crowds are low, so it's really not that big a deal. MK closed around 6pm, MGM either 6 or 7, AK closed at 5 and Epcot closes the same time all year...9 for WS and 7 for most of FW.


Have a great time! We'll be down there too!

 

[pklein09]

We went the first week of November last year. Dopey Sharon was right on the money with the exception of MK. MK closed at 7 pm for us.

The weather was fantastic. It was in the 80s during the day. When the sun went down, we didn't feel the need for a jacket. We did have 2 days with rain. One day, the day we planned not to go to the parks, it rained for 2 hours or so. We watched it from Wilderness Lodge (plenty of stuff to do there inside!). The other day, it rained for 30 min while we were in the park. No big deal, at least not for us.

Enjoy your trip! The crowds were great that week. The longest we waited for anything was 30 min for the safari in AK. Most lines were 20 min or less.

 

[QuickGold]

Historical park hours: http://mgmstudios.org/hours/#historical

 

[unclescroogefan]

Does this mean that there is no SpectroMagic or Wishes in November?

 

[SpaceAce]

bump, because I would like to know about Illuminations, etc.. as well.

 

[Dopey Sharon]

Illuminations was every night.

Spectro, I think, was one night during the week...Tuesday, I think and either Friday or Saturday...can't remember

Fireworks were every night

Fantasmic was every night

 

[jann1033]

Originally posted by pklein09
. Most lines were 20 min or less.

used to going in Dec or Jan with no wait... spoiled!! so were most lines 20 or less than 20? plus the water parks would be doable with the weather in Nov? is epcot lots more crowded with f&w? it looks like park hrs about the same as Jan but less spectro I think

 

[turnlisa]

We were there last year at this time. Most lines were less than 20 minutes. Only a couple were longer -- the obvious ones, Space Mountain, Peter Pan, etc. Water parks are definitely doable in the early part of November when we were there. My DS and I were in the pool every day. Epcot seemed to be more crowded on the weekends with the F&W. I heard this is because that is when locals converge on the park, too. We didn't catch Spectro but did watch Wishes every night from the room (we stayed at the Poly). Illuminations was every night and we went to Fantasmic with no trouble.

 

[julybride]

Here is the park schedule for Nov 2003 -

http://www.themeparks.com/wdw/calendar/november.htm