Please help with a few dates

[MickeyMinnieMelanie]

We are looking at going 3 different dates next year. Please tell me your opinion on which date would be best.
1st week of April- I do love the Flower and Garden festival
1st or 2nd week of November (free dining)- I do love the Christmas decorations
September (free dining)
Which is better for weather and crowds?
Thanks

 

[Dan Murphy]

These may be of help. Personally, I would avoid 'free' dining times if possible.

http://**************.net/2014/09/25/disney-world-crowds-in-2016/

http://**************.net/2015/10/04/disney-world-crowds-in-2017/

http://**************.net/planning-...to-go/next-best-dates/weather-and-when-to-go/

 

[2forMe]

I like free dining, but I stay value or moderate so that works for me. Crowd wise either Sept. Or November. ..but sept will be humid and very hot!!

 

[AFwifelife]

What are you planning on doing this trip? September has lower crowds than summer but it gets pretty busy if free dining is offered. Not as easy to get into restaurants if that is one thing you are wanting to do. Also it's still really hot and there is nothing "extra" going on. November is better for weather, same line of thought as September for free dining, but you get to see the Christmas decorations. April would be my personal pick. Weather won't be surface-of-the-sun hot but it is the start-ish of the rainy season. No discount offered like free dining makes for lower crowds and you still get the "extra" of the festival at Epcot.

 

[ariane37]

Well I'm going to suggest either April or November, because I love the F &G festival and I also love going in the fall and seeing the Christmas décor (although it won't all be up that early but a lot will). You may hit some spring breakers with your April week; in November, you'd have to check the dates but you'd get the benefit of Food and Wine and MVMCP if you're interested in either, while on the possible negative side, crowds for the marathon, Veterans Day, Jersey week and also F & W. It's been years since we've gone that early in Nov. but I think reports from those weeks in Nov. last year were kind of heavy crowds; maybe check out a crowd calendar or two for this year. We've never done April but have done March and May; also never done Sept. but it's still VERY hot and humid like August I believe. Not a reason to stay away but in my book a reason to go with the other months

 

[IrishNYC]

September is the start of MNSSHP, if that interests you (we're going Sept, 2017 for that, and because it works out with school holidays). April is spring break season, and I'd hate that.

 

[Alesia]

No question for me - April.

 

[scrapquitler]

I would go the beginning of November.

I will say the first week of November can still be HOT. And you can run into Jersey Week which bumps up the crowd a little bit, but not so much that it's a problem for me. November has the benefit of Christmas decorations, and the Food and Wine Festival. Probably my favorite time of year to visit.

 

[MickeyMinnieMelanie]

This time we are going for our 20th anniversary (even though our anniversary is in June. Too hot to go on actual anniversary). Just the two of us. We have gone in October several times and have done the F&W festival and MNSSHP. We have also done MVMCP and Flower and Garden Festival. We are going to go for 5 nights and 4 days. Planning to do one park per day. We like to do the Table service restaurants. Also deciding between Moderate resort for free dining or renting points from friend for AKL.