Should we go beg. or end of week after Thanksgiving?

[teach1abc]

We are starting to look into dates and are thinking about the week after Thanksgiving because it is supposed to be a quieter week between the holidays. Is it better to go so we are in the park Mon/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday. If we go earlier in the week, will there be parades and fireworks or are they only on Fri/Sat/Sun? Anything else I should consider? Thanks!

 

[DisneyMomma81]

Reports from last year mention that DLR was really busy leading up to Turkey Day ~ but T Day and the days following were quite nice in the parks ~ I'm hoping that's the case this year cause that's when we're visiting.

 

[amamax2]

We are going T, W after Tday based on advice here and past experience.

My assumption is there will not be any of the "extras" during the week based on usual off-season schedules. But we willing give them up for lower crowds.

So if you do want to see fireworks, etc, I *think* you will need to be there Fri. Thurs will probably be slow, Fri maybe a tad busier because of the extras, plus because it is always busier in general. But, that whole week should be a really great one to go!

PS. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but there may be a parade every day - we always go off-season and it seems to me there is? Just not fireworks, Fantasmic, etc. But I am not sure as we usually don't watch the parade.

 

[amamax2]

OK, I just checked Hydroguy's Off-Season tips, and it does sound like there may be one parade a day. I know we saw the one at DCA during the off-season as my kids were riding Mulholland Madness (they got to stay on it for 7 times as no one was in line), so my DH and I watched the parade while they rode, and we have gotten stuck trying to leave DL when the parade was going on.

 

[DisneyMomma81]

Here's last November's hours/schedule ~ Nov. 2009