Jeanette I am glad you are home, but sorry you feel so yucky

Don't worry about work tomorrow, I know getting an attitude sucks, but you need to take care of you first and foremost!!! Feel better soon!
So many swirling thoughts right now, maybe it is the impending swirling winds on their way

So I need some help sorting through them all.
First, we are booked for Jan 5-7th at CR (as long as there is a FL res or AP discount). According the WDW website the Osborne lights should be up through Jan 6th. I cant find an end date for the dream lights. I know some of the holiday resort decorations will be coming down by then as well, so I was thinking moving the Jan trip to an earlier date. But this is what I am running into:
- F&W runs through Nov 12, which I am thinking wont have a HUGE impact on crowd level

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- Osborne Lights and Dream Lights start Nov 9, again thinking that first weekend may be crazy.
- FLE previews are rumored to start on Nov 19, which is also Thanksgiving week so that is out.
- FLE opens Dec 6, which means utter chaos!
Now keep in mind that we also have a tentative trip planned for Oct 19-21 at YC but again are waiting for the AP discounts. It looks like the resort season changes that weekend as well so the Sat night could be pretty high even with the discount which may price us out. Also add the fact that if the kids don't have school on Monday (due to TS Isaac) then they will be giving back Oct 21 as a make up day. But I really want a second stay at YC while it is warm so the kids can enjoy SAB. I thought about extending our Sep trip by a day but there is no way DH can take off a second day that weekend.
I know part of me needs to wait and see what the fall discounts are going to be, so I can plan better. But since I am obsessive I want to have my plan ready to go as soon as they are released.
I guess my questions are as follows:
- Does F&W really make an impact on crowd level, especially since we are planning on staying at YC in Oct.
- Do you think come Nov 19 through the rest of the year is just going to be crazy with the FLE previews then opening? Or is there any chance that the first weekend in December may not be chaotic?
I keep looking at the calendar and just cant figure out what it is going to be best. Do I just leave the Jan 5-7th and keep my fingers crossed the Dream Lights are still up and we can still have a little holiday spirit? I am just nervous that December is going to be a wash with FLE opening.
I know I am over analyzing but when you have a DS on the Autism Spectrum and a DD with severe ADHD and anxiety, crowd levels are HUGE in our planning process.
Toughts, suggestions, hammer over the head
Melissa