Visiting WDW Dec 18th thru 21st- Will it be CRAZY ???!!!

[MoyCoy]

We have zero choice. We will be in Orlando with our 5 year old twins and we ant to take them to WDW for the first time. We will actually be in Orlando 18-28 but plan to visit Disney HOPEFULLY before the crazy crowds begin. I am concerned the crowds will already be in place by the 18th.

Our strategy..

We are driving from Fort Lauderdale after we disembark form a cruise on the 18th. We will rent a car and drive to Orlando in hopes that our twins will nap.
We will arrive at the Swan and ck in by 3. Attend the last day of the Mickey Christmas Party (18th) by 4pm, eating in the park. We will ride popular rides by 7pm and pray the wait times are significantly less than day hours. We will try and keep our twins awake past 10pm.

We were thinking about not doing MK the 19th (a Saturday ) due to crowds. We thought maybe Monday or Tues would be better for MK. The other option... cut our trip short to WDW and stay 3 days 18-20. Mickey Christmas Party on 18th, AK on the 19th, MK again on the 20th . OR we could visit Universal with the kids instead and plan another WDW trip in future when its not so crowded. Please Help! I have seen on Youtube the crowds and read a few blogs. I unfortunately can't find much info about the 5 days before Christmas.

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

I was there December 12-21 last year. It got busier towards the end but not crazy.

 

[GrumpyDad1974]

We were there one year the 18th to the 25th and the first half of the week was busy but not bad... the second half really started to get crazy. I think the week before Christmas crowds depend on which day of the week Christmas falls on and how school vacations are running. I think you'll be ok with the 18th - 21st. We are there the 13th - 19th and will be getting out before the craziness starts.

 

[DetroitDisney]

You will be fine. Enjoy.

 

[Cee]

We will be there the 13-20th this year. Fully expect the last few days to heat up crowd-wise. All the "must-dos" will be taking place early in the week. Enjoy!

 

[gtpoohbear]

We were there during that time last year, and it was about like typical spring break crowds- busy but easily manageable. It definitely picked up each day, but you will still miss the worst of it.

For at least the next two years, we will be stuck going the week after Christmas, and I know I'm going to ge missing those pre-Christmas crowds!

 

[zummi525]

We are going 12/17-12/26 we are looking forward to it this is our 5th trip around this time generally we would get there after Christmas until 1/3. So I believe we have battled the worst before . We have a general plan and we are definitely rope drop people. Enjoy it you are home!

 

[CanadianPaco]

We've done Dec17-26 and Dec 16-25 - it got busier closer to Christmas but definitely manageable and incredibly wonderful!

 

[saskdw]

The craziness doesn't start until the 23rd or so. We go every year at this time.

 

[pmaurer74]

We have zero choice. We will be in Orlando with our 5 year old twins and we ant to take them to WDW for the first time. We will actually be in Orlando 18-28 but plan to visit Disney HOPEFULLY before the crazy crowds begin. I am concerned the crowds will already be in place by the 18th.

Our strategy..

We are driving from Fort Lauderdale after we disembark form a cruise on the 18th. We will rent a car and drive to Orlando in hopes that our twins will nap.
We will arrive at the Swan and ck in by 3. Attend the last day of the Mickey Christmas Party (18th) by 4pm, eating in the park. We will ride popular rides by 7pm and pray the wait times are significantly less than day hours. We will try and keep our twins awake past 10pm.

We were thinking about not doing MK the 19th (a Saturday ) due to crowds. We thought maybe Monday or Tues would be better for MK. The other option... cut our trip short to WDW and stay 3 days 18-20. Mickey Christmas Party on 18th, AK on the 19th, MK again on the 20th . OR we could visit Universal with the kids instead and plan another WDW trip in future when its not so crowded. Please Help! I have seen on Youtube the crowds and read a few blogs. I unfortunately can't find much info about the 5 days before Christmas.

I have been during that time the past two years and found it manageable. Every day closer to Christmas gets busier but not crazy.