Least crowded month that you’ve been to WDW poll

[Princess2R]

September has always been golden to The point that heat in the 90s made it worth it lol
i went last in February and it was so hot in the upper 80s, had rain 🌧 and so crowded ! I had been hoping for cooler weather to be the trade off . Hahah

i know most will say that there are no more low crowds anymore and it is seemingly becoming true !

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Before my kids started school, we used to go to FL in mid January. Really about a week after New Year's. It was heaven. Pleasant, 70s temperatures and empty parks. Can't wait to send the kids to college and start enjoying off-season travel again. I've got about a 10 year wait for that.

 

[Kaadk]

Here's my take based on our trips:

Oct '12: Second least Crowded
Oct '14: Third least Crowded
Apr '16: Least Crowded (but that was at Disneyland, not WDW which is probably why more so than the particular month)
Aug' 17: Fourth least Crowded
Feb' 19: Most Crowded (so far)
Aug' 20: Still to be seen.

Basically, we've never seen a particular month that's less crowded than any other at the times we've went, all we've seen is that Disney crowds have been steadily increasing year over year.

 

[cindyfan]

Tough question..... some months can go from most to least crowded depending on the week.... January is the best example!
But... consistently from what we have experience for the entire month.... toss up between May and September. September might come out least crowded by just a bit! But we still prefer May due to the humidity in Sept.

 

[OKWFan88]

September in my opinion has very low crowds based on the past three years I have gone right after labor day. Last year especially but that was because of Hurricane Dorian. It was walk on for rides during that time. I have never seen the parks that empty, but again that was because of Dorian. Not a fan of the heat but the crowds at least the past three years in September have been lower than when I go in late July or December.

 

[mamamelody2]

We've gone over Labor Day twice. Because of the holiday we can go for 9 days and only miss 4 days of school/work. The Tuesday-Friday after the holiday is awesome for crowds. The earlier days, even the holiday itself, are not bad at all. 2018 on the Thursday after Labor Day, we walked on ToT 4 times in a row. Could have kept walking on, but the tummies needed a break! LOL.

 

[GPC0321]

I put January, but that trip was in 1999. So, everything was less crowded. I only go at crowded times now due to being a teacher. But that January trip so long ago was incredible. If they had FastPasses then, we didn't know it and we didn't need them. Never waited more than 10-15 minutes for any ride and walked right onto most. This was late January, I think.

 

[Brett Wyman]

September is our favorite month to travel. So many guests are terrified of those hurricanes, plus school is just starting for a lot of districts, so it keeps the crowds VERY low. Tickets are cheaper, DVC point rates are lower, and rooms are cheaper too. For us our kids have the third week of September off every year for "fall break". We start the first week of August so they have been in 6 weeks by then. Cant say how lucky we are to be able to do a week at WDW then.

 

[kevjen01]

Hey Disney friends. I voted for December especially the first week. This is December 2, 2008. Beautiful weather and low crowds

 

[CastAStone]

The only time that Disney World isn't busy anymore is early September, which is also the time the parks are statistically the most likely to get hit by hurricanes. The other 50 weeks range from slightly busy (late Sept, parts of Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec) to absolutely insane (Easter, Thx, Christmas/NYE, all of February, Spring Break).

The least crowded month I've been to WDW was February in 1993. But Feb 2020 was the single busiest month on record, according to Touring Plans.

 

[halfpintpeggy]

Yep, agree about February. We used to go in February & the parks were blissfully dead, recently February has been crazy!
Sadly, we won’t be going that month again.

 

[CleKait]

It used to be January/February. Now September wins.

 

[MomOTwins]

There needs to be a date limit on this since this has really changed over time. If you look back on posts on this board in January this year, there was thread after thread of people saying "Grrr, I'm angry because I'm here now and I thought from [a blog/a friend/a trip 10 years ago] that January was the "low season" but it is wall to wall people and every ride is a 2 hour plus wait!!!!" And then there were hundreds of replies along the lines of "Old news--January has been extremely crowded year after year for a several years now."

This question the way it is phrased is going to add to that confusion. What matters is not the least crowded time someone has ever visited (even if that was ages ago), but what is the least crowded time now, which is unquestionably late August through September.

 

[EdmondD]

Before my kids started school, we used to go to FL in mid January. Really about a week after New Year's. It was heaven. Pleasant, 70s temperatures and empty parks. Can't wait to send the kids to college and start enjoying off-season travel again. I've got about a 10 year wait for that.

Love January! Although you have find the sweet spot between marathon weekend and MLK day weekend.

 

[AngieInOH]

Not sure you should vote if you're basing your result on a 1999-2013 visit. I wish we could go back to the crowds back then!!!! It was sooooo nice!!!! ...... but then again, maybe this pandemic will take us back to those days, at least for awhile.

 

[beccasmom]

It was a toss-up for me between May and September, but I chose May, specifically early to mid-May. I would have chosen January, but we visited in January this year and it was mobbed.

 

[Shellyred8]

I like early-mid May and mid-September.
I agree with others on the January crowds. We went this year, the last week in Jan, and it was pretty bad.

 

[Davey Jones II]

Love January! Although you have find the sweet spot between marathon weekend and MLK day weekend.

What's MLK day?

 

[Schneewittchen37]

What's MLK day?

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

 

[tobikaye]

I am going to say that each year can be totally different. January 2017 had amazing time with low crowds and in 2018, just a couple days different and the crowds were worse than the prior June.