Thanksgiving week

[jpaxton1118]

Can anyone tell me what the crowd levels are like the week of Thanksgiving?

 

[FoggyToad]

LARGE!!!! If you can swing it, go before (earlier in Nov.) or the week after. Crowds will be much more manageable.

 

[lailah]

Packed!! The secret is out. We used to go the Thursday before Thanksgiving until the Friday after. Thursday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving were very manageable. Thanksgiving and Friday got very packed. We did it last year and WOW!! The crowds were huge starting the Sunday before! We are now deciding on another time to go where we don't have to take my granddaughter out of school for too long of a period.

 

[Architectlink]

I am astounded at what happened this Christmas holiday in Orlando...it was raining on New Years afternoon, and as I headed out to see family staying near Disney at a resort, I happened to hear the news channel MENTION that the Theme parks were already closed early in the day..

...NO mention of it on the radios
...NO mention on any other channels that I noticed
...NO mention of it on any signage...

So when I got on Interstate 4 and saw all of the lanes of stopped traffic, I again wondered what these hundreds of thousands of people were going to do who were stuck in traffic waiting to get to their rooms or to the theme parks, who were sitting behind thousands of people who were being told at the gates that they were closed.

I think that Disney should not be allowed to exceed their capacity and not even notify people who are 5, 10, 20-100 miles away that they are CLOSED.

It was a horrible experience I am sure for thousands of people...but then, again, perhaps people will start realizing that Disney does not care if they have people lined up 20 deep at every venue and every cash register and every entrance....who cares...it's just their money!

 

[PooksMom]

We went the Saturday before Thanksgiving this year, crowds were busy but manageable until Tuesday, then it got busy. I had planed for this and did the parks before. We planned on hanging out at the resort for the rest of the week. This was my first Holiday away and I usually entertain, I felt totally out of sorts on Thanksgiving morning and there after. I'll stick to odd times as long as the teachers don't scold me. I planned it so DD would only miss two days of school.