Crowds in mid-October thru mid-November are definitly a fair bit heavier then in January b/c of the Halloween festivities (partly), and b/c of the Food and Wine Festival (mostly) at Epcot. We are staying over at VWL and are going to take the boat over for MNSSHP on the 3rd of October. Sundays are alot less crowded then Fridays, and the beginning of the month less crowded in general then the end of the month. We are going at this time so we can celebrate the boys' b-days, 3 and 5 years on the 1st and 6th, respectively. Can't wait!