Believe me July and August are blistering hot. Like one said go early, take a pool break and go back after sundown. You’ll still find pixie dust!!We have never been to Disney World in Summer. We know it’s hot and humid, but the question is, is does the misery overwhelm the magic? I know part of it is mindset.
We have never been to Disney World in Summer. We know it’s hot and humid, but the question is, is does the misery overwhelm the magic? I know part of it is mindset.
We have never been to Disney World in Summer. We know it’s hot and humid, but the question is, is does the misery overwhelm the magic? I know part of it is mindset.
There's really no "perfect" time to go. We've been every month of the year at this point except for January (though we've been in Feb and late December which I understand is similar weather-wise) and Sept (which I gather is much like August).
We've gone four times in July and August and the weather is very predictable, which at least makes planning easy. We rope drop for cooler morning temps and do a table service lunch in the park to cool off in the AC, then either head back for a pool break or do indoor shows in the afternoon. There's a short burst of rain about 3pm every day so we bring ponchos, a rain cover for the stroller, and shoes that are good for getting wet. It's absolutely still fun if you have a good attitude about it. People do LIVE in hot parts of the world and survive after all. (I grew up overseas on an island that regularly had temps about 120 degrees with high humidity and I played outside all day as a kid--I survived). Drinking LOTS of water really makes a huge difference so get a well insulated large water bottle and refill it often.
When we go in the October-March timeframe, we've have had very inconsistent weather. For example, on trips we took in March and November we experienced temperatures range from a high in the 50s to a high in the 90s in the same week. So we had long pants, warm jackets and closed toe shoes for the cold days and tank tops/shorts/sandals for the warm ones. We've had whole trips in the fall/winter when it's been too cold to swim pleasantly, and we love to swim on vacation so that was a bummer. And if I am going to be rained on (which happens in florida even in the "dry" season), I'd rather it is 90 degrees and rainy than 40 degrees and rainy. I say this not to pooh pooh those times of year--you can luck out and get gorgeous 70s/low 80s weather weather too--but only to say it's not like you are "guaranteed" good weather if you avoid summer.
I do think our favorite month to go is October, but no way will we go in Oct 2021 due to 50th anniversary crowds. But we are going again this August and I know I'll have a great time even with the heat.
We went the last week of September/first week of October a few years ago and it was brutal. I’m used to heat and humidity and we were dragging! It was worse that week than our August trip. I remember immediately being drenched in sweat from the humidity before the sun even came up as we waited on a bus when we did an Early Morning Magic event at HS.I'd argue that late September is the perfect time to go if you can dodge any tropical storms out there. It is definitely not like August, much cooler, cheeper, MNSSHP is on, and lower crowds. After that February is my second runner up for best month(just not on the holiday weekend).
I agree with this. It is all about how well you can tolerate the heat & humidity. I haven't done WDW in the summer since I was a child in the 80s but I did do a trip about 10 years ago to Universal in August and it was brutal. We ended up staying by the pool all day and then went to the parks about 4pm in the evening but even after the sun goes down it is still very hot.I would recommend looking at the people in your travel party. Can they all handle melt-your-face-off heat? My DD and I can but we once went with friends and their daughter was absolutely miserable and decreased the fun for some of our trip as she was just not able to function in the heat.
We go prepared with cooling towels, fans and lots of water and take our days slowly and take breaks. We love it but, it's not for all.
I think it kind of depends on where you are coming from. If you are used to the heat and humidity it is not unbearable. We went in 2017 - 2019 in July and it was very hot but it was ok with a swim/rest break before returning to the parks later.
I think people that are used to it would do a lot better than say my parents who live in Colorado at a high elevation with low humidity. They have a lot of difficulty coming to visit where I live and FL is hotter and more humid by a bit in July/August.I don't know. I was born and raised in Florida and you can't get me anywhere near that state during the summer.