Originally Posted By Mickey4President I am planning our next trip to WDW. Eveytime I ask my DH, he asks me what I'm smoking b/c we're not going. Of course he said that before our last two trips, also. This is my question..Which would be a better time to go, August or September. I do have 2 school-age children. However I don't mind pulling them out of school if it means that it will be less crowded in September than in August. Thank you for any advice that you can give.
Originally Posted By Elderp Go in September, then you can see the world famous attraction known as the Elderp's. Um, wait a minute that might want to make you go in August. Seriously, the historical low is in September right after labor day but the Free Disney Dinning thing is slowly changing that.
Originally Posted By Mickey4President You have just sold September to me. Low park attendance and the Elderp, how can I not choose any other time? lol
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun I'd choose September if I could. We usually end up going in August because I can't take time off work to go. Once summer is over, I'm bound by school vacations.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 the crowds are pretty much the same but Sep. tends to be not as hot as Aug. Which one you choose have fun.
Originally Posted By Mickey4President Luckily, I work from home. Other than holidays, it's easy for my DH to get the time off that he wants to get. If we go later in September, then we can do MNSSHP again. Also with it will be $70 a night cheaper to stay at the WL than when we were there in October 2006. Then if they are still doing the free Disney Dining plan, all the money we would have used for food can go for shopping.
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Originally Posted By wam0418 September all the way! I have been 16 times in my short life so far and September by far.(the only bad is hurricane season) But I have only been hit by 1 in the 10 times I have gone in Sept. The lines are very low. The longest I have ever waited in line in Sept is 20 mins. So the sign said at the front of Splash Mt. The parks close pretty early. Around 7PM for the MK. But with small crowds there is plent of time to see and do everything in the parks. Plus extra magic hours at night is good as I have seen Some pretty good character greetings at that time of year. One year Mickey ,Goofy and Donald in Space suits at Space Mt. The weather is still warm. Between 80 and 95 on avg. One time I went it even hit 100. So weather is good. And the best thing Kids are in School! LOL sorry I forgot you had kids going. LOL. Just kidding. Take them around labor day week, that way they will only miss one less day.
Originally Posted By Mickey4President I think that we are going to go the last full week of September 2008. Hopefully, there will be one night that we are there that they have MNSSHP. Now we just have to decide how many days we are going to be there. I want to be there 7nights/8days. He only wants to be there 3nights/4days.
Originally Posted By frdeb1999 We have done a mixture of nights there. In my opinion you can't see nearly everything unless your there at least 8 days and honestly then your still not going to see it all. Since we have gone quite a few times now we stick to the 5-6 day mark. And my husband is like yours. He goes along, but does'nt see the point. In the end he has a wonderful time. But feels like it's too expensive and over rated. LOL I think he's come to grips though that he is indeed out numbered now and just enjoys it!!
Originally Posted By Mickey4President The last time we went, we were there for 6 days. We were able to do most of what we wanted to do. We even had enough time to enjoy the pool at the WL. I'm just hoping that being there for 8 days, that we can take it at a slower pace. Hopefully, it will save us some soreness in out feet. My husband biggest problem is that it means he will have to not play World of Warcraft for 8 days. I think this time, I will take my laptop for him, and get some alone time in a park with my DS's
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun It's nice when you become a "regular" and can skip somethings that you just don't feel like doing and hop around more. My kids are older so we rarly even walk through Mickey's toon town and fantansyland doesn't take nearly as long. They are Ok missing Peter Pan or Winnie the Pooh in order ot wait for Splash or Space Mountains. I know we enjoy more of the atmosphere than we did the first few times and take it at a more relaxing pace. In Sept the crowds may be thin enough to go slow, relax and still see most things.
Originally Posted By amcjeep4life We are bringing our 2 nieces, aged 10 and 12 to WDW for a week mid-September. Their mother gave us full blessing, and said that they probably will learn more with me in the parks than they would the second week of school. Things start out slowly now, and they don't really hit that learning rush until after the X-mas break. I seem to remeber school starting much faster than that. Kids these days.
Originally Posted By Mickey4President At the time of the trip, our DS's will be 9 & 10. We don't go near toon town at all, and we don't do the character meet and greets. We take the boys to a character breakfast to see the ones they want to see. Also, we don't go to any of the parades, with the exception of going to the Mickey's Boo to you Parade on our last trip. Also, I do a great deal of planning and we pick out the rides we want to do before hand. Then we plan a route that will help get in the rides in without having to bounce from one side of the park to the other. Once we have been on all the rides that the DS's picked out then, if we have time, we do other rides again, or do new ones.
