Week before Christmas?

[bamamom]

I would really like to go to WDW at Christmas time. With the kids school schedule the only time we could go is right before or right after Christmas and stay for New Years. I am leaning more toward Dec 16 - Dec 23. Right now we are planning a trip for Spring Break March 16- March 22 2008. But I'm looking at bumping that up to Christmas 2007. How are the crowds comparsion of these times? I have only been recently in Oct, which was wonderful and I know these other times will be more busy than our last trip but with school schedules now these are our only two times to choose from at this time. Any experiences and tips would be great.

 

[anneofgreengables]

We are going Dec. 16 to 23 for the exactly the same reason. If you read the Unofficial Guide to Disneyworld, it gives crowd levels from a scale of 1 to 10. I looked at spring break, the week after Christmas and summer (the only times the kids are off school) and they were all listed as having a high crowd level. The week before Christmas had a crowd level of 6 or so compared to the week after, which was 10! I suggest you get the book to help you plan...

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Starting with the weekend before christmas (normally when school lets out) it gets a little more crowded each day, culminating with a very crowded christmas day, ebbing a little after christmas and again exploding into epic proportions new year's eve and day. But it's still a good time of year to go. The decorations, the cooler weather, and it's still disney!
Disney during spring can be just as crowded, but warmer in temps, and no festive decorations, I personally like the Christmas time better, I'm going this year and I can't wait!