Originally Posted By cinderelly30 I am new to these boards and am really excited I found this place! Quick background, I am married with three young kids. My hubby is not a disney freak. He rolls his eyes when I get that look on my face that says "it's time to go back to disneyland!" He would rather go see what else the world has for us. As a family, we have only been to disneyland twice. First time was spring break '04 and last time it was Christmas '05. As you can tell both times were CRAZY crowded. Christmas was so crowded it was misrable. So my husband said we can plan a trip this year! YEA! I already know I am waiting for summer for the nemo ride. NO WAY will I miss that! My kids are going to all-year-round school and the first break they have will be in September. So the week we want to go is Monday the 17 till Friday the 21st. Do you think this should be a nice, quiet week? (not that there is any such thing as that anymore) but compared to the times we have been? Anyone know about the weather around then? Does anyone know of a better time? This has been a long post just to ask a question sorry! Thanks everyone!
Originally Posted By cinderelly30 Sorry I typed the dates in wrong! It's actually September 24th - 28th. Thanks!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Hi and welcome No need to apologize for any length of posting, we love it I think your dates sound great. I don't know when the Halloween decorations will go up this year, I believe last year it was the last weekend in Sept. and with it being so popular they may push it back in Sept. Others might know what attractions are typically closed in Sept. Disneyland will probably be closing at 8pm (Main Street staying open until 9) and DCA may close as early at 6pm. With 3 young kids those times should be perfect. No temptation to stay up way too late. That's about all I can answer. Have fun planning!
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ We were there in August last year (11 - 17) and saw Halloween AND Christmas decorations! Well, okay, they were filming the Christmas holiday commercial, but we got to see them. I did notice that they added some scarecrows and bales of hay as well as merchandise for halloween while we were there, so I imagine it won't be too early at the end of September. Have a great time, I think in comparison with the times you've gone it will seem like you have the whole park to yourself. And by the way - my husband is the same, except I got a few more trips out of him before he got "disney saturation" . What you need to do now, is to take him to Disney World in Florida. Mine's dying to go back. Have a wonderful time.
Originally Posted By allthingsdisney we have been severa times in sept worst time from is first week in sept other than that sept is a great month we love the 2nd to 3rd week as everything is still open for the most part and hours vary but weekends tended to be late closes with all the nightime shows on fri and sat for sure....and weekdays were really good crowd wise..busy but not so crowded u couldnt breath...lol this year we r going to try a quick trip in june.... so we r trying DL for first time in summer......have a great trip as i know we will
Originally Posted By dlkozy The weather in September has been glorious in past years. Hope it will be the same for you this year!
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^And the crowds should be reasonable. Good move too, choosing Monday-Friday for your stay as well. You might miss out on fireworks and Fantasmic, but it will be less crowded during the week.
