Veteran's Day - how busy are the parks?

[tlmadden73]

Curious how busy Veteran's Day (for those who have visited in the past) is as not all jobs/school systems have that day off. (Mine do). It's one of those "odd" holidays (compared to say July 4th or Christmas where everyone in the country have off).

This year it is observed on Monday 11/12.

I am planning on a trip from 11/11 - 11/16 and was debating going to a park on 11/12 .. taking a day off and going to parks 11/14 and 15.

Or .. if Veteran's day is supposed to be GREATLY busier than mid-weeks, just go to parks on 11/13-11/15.

(I know .. it's always busy now .. )

 

[scrappinginontario]

Just took a look at a website I us. It appears most days around that time are anticipated to be around 5/10 for park capacity while Vetran's Day and the day either side look to be 7-8/10. Magic Kingdom is anticipated to be the busiest park on Vetran's Day.

 

[tlmadden73]

Just took a look at a website I us. It appears most days around that time are anticipated to be around 5/10 for park capacity while Vetran's Day and the day either side look to be 7-8/10. Magic Kingdom is anticipated to be the busiest park on Vetran's Day.

Thanks .. I don't put much stock in crowd calendars normally, but I appreciate you sharing that. It does give me a baseline. That tells me what I generally guessed .. that it will be more crowded because it is a holiday (3-day weekend) (I mean that is why I am going (it saves a day of time off work and school and it is a week or so from the crowded Halloween time and the Thanksgiving holiday (which I assume is busier too)).

Hoping to have some input from people who have been there on those days over the past year or two.

Just debating whether to hit a non-MK park that day or just go to Disney Springs or resort exploring that day.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

We will be there 11/2-11/11 for Jersey Week. With Jersey Week being the week before I'm going to say it's going to be busy.

 

[Mickey's Best Girl]

We were there last November.

That week/weekend was quite busy, like mid October busy. Remembrance Day fell on a Saturday on the tail end of Jersey week.

The week following was great.

 

[n2mm]

Veterans weekend and jersey week run together. It can be busy. I’m there only because my cruise comes in that weekend. (Bad planning on my part). My rooms are booked, but it as a struggle getting them at the 11 month window.

 

[OKW Lover]

Veterans Day isn't widely observed (sadly) and we've never noticed a significant difference in crowd levels over that weekend. We've lived in FL for 4 years now and before that visited frequently around that time.