September

[Alexandjohn]

Hi
I am new to this but hope someone out there can help me, am planning a trip in September to OKW and was wondering how busy the parks are this time of year. Only have just come back and the lines were crazy......

 

[NCRedding]

September is usually a great time to go, crowd-wise, depending upon the time of month you go--it will be more crowded in the earlier part of the month around Labor Day, with the crowds lessening. I love going in late Sept., because the crowds are smaller, and the weather is still very warm--good for swimming and water parks. The parks do close earlier so you need to plan around that, but we always get everything done that we want to, especially using fast pass.

 

[kdibattista]

We normally go the second week in September and LOVE it!!! No crowds and great weather. I actually read somewhere (don't recall where) that that week is the least crowded week of the entire year.

 

[mudd]

We usually start labor day thru sat. Labor day is a slightly busy and fri & sat are busy. Most of the rest of the week is great. Had to look around a couple of times while at MGM to make sure there where other people around. This is our favorite time of year. Still hot enough for water parks and shorts. But nothing like Jun-Aug.
And never that busy.

 

[mickeysaver]

We were there last September. The crowds were minimal. We had a great time. Just don't forget that it's huricane season and you most likely will have rain. Just pack extra socks and rain ponchos and keep on movin'! Mickey

 

[dansyr]

We are arriving the Wed. after labor day. How are the crowds then?? We were hoping it would be pretty quiet.

 

[Pat_Elliott]

I've never been in January, when I hear it's light, but from my experience, September is the lightest time, crowd-wise, I've ever seen. By Wednesday after Labor Day, all the kids will be back at school, and few companies schedule conferences and things in September out of respect for their employees who have children just back in school. I was just looking at my video from last September and we kept commenting over and over that the parks, Epcot in particular, were ghost towns. Notable exception: MK on Saturday's. All bets are off there, the place gets jammed.

The hours are lower, but you can get so much done. We found by late afternoon each day, we'd done more already than we normally get done during June visits. In particular. Wednesday was an incredible day to go to MK. Splash Mountain was a walkon, three times. Space Mountain, walkon. Pirates was a walkon. The only wait we had all day was Big Thunder, and that was five minutes. They had the fast pass turned off at the Haunted Mansion due to short lines. Just incredible.

And since we'd always disliked the fifty degree nights we'd run into in late October to early November, we were stunned to find it's still high 80's to low 90's. Not the gripping heat of July, but at least you know you're in Florida. We went to Typhoon Lagoon and had no wait for anything, and spots to park it for the day were plentiful.

Hope that all helps. The short version of this message: You've made a wise decision. Go to MK the Wednesday you get there.

Pat

 

[dansyr]

Thanks.... I feel reassured we made a good decision to go at this time.