Trip Last week of Jan. 2009???

[Tammysushi]

Hi all~
There is such a wealth of info on these bds...We have been to Disney the 1st or 2nd week of Feb. for the last three years. We're thinking about going back in 2009, however I'm pushing for the last week in Jan...Roughly 23/24th (Fri/Sat) to Jan. 31st (Sat.). Do you think we can pretty much guarantee that the crowds will be light? We don't mind it being cooler...we just want light crowds!

2006 & 2007 we went at just the right time. This past February,we unknowingly went during Mardi Gras...as much as I love Louisiana, the whole state seemed to be at Disney that week and it made a real difference in the crowds. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't what we were used to!

I'm thinking that if we were to go that last week in January that would be best as there shouldn't be any winter breaks that early, etc. Any thoughts on my thinking here...wondering what the Disney pros think!

TIA!
Tammy

 

[brobrosmom]

I too tried to plan a trip in January and thought that the last week of the month would be the best. No holiday weekends, no marathon, all the kids should be back in school, and being from Louisiana, no mardi gras crowds. Well, I booked January 24th thru the 31st. I did not realize that Superbowl is in Tampa this year on February 1st, only 1 hour away from Disney. From what I am reading attendance is expected to be higher than normal. You may want to consider the 2nd week in February as Mardi Gras is the last week of February so there won't be too many cajuns!

 

[CTKris10]

The last week of January is probably the sloweesstt time in WDW. Light crowds and cool weather, I would definitely give it a go

 

[aleciajab]

Here's to hoping that the Super Bowl won't affect the crowds too much!!