Week After Thanksgiving V. 1st Week Of December

[KevinM]

Which is the better week? How long do Thanksgiving crowds hang around after the holiday?

Thanks in advance......

 

[MAMA G]

We always go the day before thanksgiving through that next week until the following Sunday. 4 trips now, so I think I can answer this one. Thanksgiving day is a madhouse everywhere - we sleep in, unpack, eat our first Mickey Waffle swim then head over to Planet Hollywood, a slightly odd, but great choice for Thanksgiving Dinner. We then see Cirque and then the improv at the Comedy Warehouse before heading for an early bedtime. The kids never minded not heading off to the park right away because they knew the deal and had as much fun in the places I mentioned and we get a relaxing start to our vaca. Friday after Thanksg, we head to the MK bright and early, it is also a madhouse. We tour until around noon when the crowds are too much, head to a monorail resort for a character lunch, back to the hotel pool and return for dinner, evening touring and Wishes after the sardines have somewhat headed out. That Saturday we head over to Seaworld, which has very low attendance that day in my experience, although WDW is still mobbed. It is a likewise nice day with minimal crowds. Then by Sunday, everyone heads home. I have been told from castmembers that the attendance on Saturday can head towards 80,000 in the MK, but by Monday it drops near 20,000. We tour that whole next week all over the world experiencing little or no waits, except for E tix like Test Track, etc and we fastpass those. The parks close early that week, but we are never at a lack of entertainment with the MVMCP, the Candlelight Processional and the Osborne lights. The temps are great - sweatshirt in eves, otherwise nice, warm shorts weather. It is the time of the least rainfall and we are New Englanders, we swim even when Floridians are wearing jackets.
Sorry so long......
Have a great trip!!!!

 

[KevinM]

Thanks! We arrive on Saturday after Thanksgiving, but don't plan on hitting the parks that day. I was hoping that Sunday at the MK won't be mobbed, as we are bringing first timers with us.