Originally Posted By DVC_dad The thing you should most worry about is very young children. Heat, any heat is tough for them and can spoil your trip if you aren't prepared. Lots of water, and keep that skin covered from the sun. Late August is a toss up as for heat. It won't be cool, I know that much. Try this <a href="http://tinyurl.com/26vbvj" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/26vbvj</a> Best stuff on Earth for children, I know, I have tried them all. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yrq5bu" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/yrq5bu</a> and then this too
Originally Posted By AuroraRose my sister, who thrives in the heat, and knows all about keeping hydrated, can not stress enough how awful august is!! go in october!!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I'll be there in August - but I have to tell ya -- August in Chicago - as far north as we are - we have had runs of 7 + days 100 degrees + - etc -- So while I really didn;t want to go in August ( only time schedule allowed this year) - same rules apply as would at home -- don't overdo it....lots more pool time - and sunscreen
Originally Posted By DVC_dad For me August isn't so much the ever present heat, as it is the extra 4 million park guests getting their Disney fix on right before "back to school." I know sometimes you have to go WHEN you CAN go. For this August is fine.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 How hot is hot? Back in 51-54 we lived about 2-3 hours south of WDW. In the summer, my mother's leather shoes were covered with green slime. Good thing there's central air now.
Originally Posted By danyoung Plan to start sweating within minutes of getting out of your shower. Take a hand towel with you and sling it over your shoulder - makes a great sweat wiper. You're going to feel like the air it thicker (which it is!), and the heat will be just incredibly overwhelming! That said, I'd take a trip in August if it was my only option. If there was any way I could put it off till the end of September, I'd do that in a flash.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<my mother's leather shoes were covered with green slime>>> I am trying to grasp one of the various meanings of this post. I think I don't really want to know.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<Is July just as bad or worse?>>> I don't think it would be any worse. It's hard to say which is hotter, the Devil's kitchen or his Sauna.
Originally Posted By Mr X In general, Florida can be oppresive pretty much from mid-May all the way until mid-September or so. Certainly July and August are not very different, anyway.
Originally Posted By MsLindanne July in Florida is just about the same as in August. We've been during both times. Somedays it is all I can do to keep my shaving my head! ha..ha..So many bad hair days. If you have long hair, pony tails are the way to go. Otherwise, yes, it is just as hot. Plus, nearly everyday during the late afternoons, there are the rain showers. During those times we usually find a nice restaurant, have a bite to eat, and watch all of the other guests running thru the parks trying to keep dry. It is really an experience, especially for us Northern California residents. We enjoy it!! ºoº
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun After having snow for months (and yes, woke up this morning to about an inch!!) I LOVE WDW in August. I wish I could bottle it and pull it back out in January!!
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Somebody I can agree with on July & August. We had 3 inches of snow last night, but I swear it probably melted down to 6 inches. My bones and joints LOVE WDW in the heat.
Originally Posted By sdlovesmickey Yeah, July in Florida is sounding pretty good right now!! It has been snowing here in South Dakota all day today. I am sooooo sick of snow!! I have only been to WDW one other time 10 years ago and it was in August. I don't remember a great deal of heat, but the rain never stopped it seemed. We just bought the rain ponchos and carried on. I am hoping it will not be raining as much in July Last summer when I went to DL it was really hot and it sure sucked it out of you by lunch time. It was also very crowded! Since WDW is so much bigger it seems like there is more room to disperse. I don't care how hot it is I can't wait!!!
Originally Posted By MsLindanne Living in Northern California, we don't get the heat that I like, but in Florida? Oh yea....and I love it! In May, were moving to Colorado, so to those of you that complain about the snow, well, I guess I will be joining you. Although, it won't be Denver, so hopefully it won't be that bad, but just the same, something I am going to have to get use to. Were going to WDW in June, and we can't wait!!! ºoº
Originally Posted By danyoung >It has been snowing here in South Dakota all day today. I am sooooo sick of snow!! < I used to travel all over the country in a musical show group. Winters were really strange - blizzard conditions one night in Ohio, then balmy breezes and 78 degrees in Georgia the next. Or the real shock was spending a week in SoCal, then flying into 40 below in North Dakota! I sure do like the south in the winter!!!
