HopperFan
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- Sep 6, 2003
In 2019, Presidents' Day is late. Would earlier in the month for 2019 make more sense?
We would either do like the 2nd week in May or Feb 5 - 12.
Well .... we are right in the middle of that Feb time frame so randomly check MDE for wait times. That might give you an idea .......... And it has been randomly cold and rainy this year.
My issues with early February is that is full blown big tour group season. School is out during January to around the third week of February, with the middle weeks tending to have an overlap of guests from two regions. I have gone 3rd week of Jan 5 of the last 6 years. I have tried the first week of Feb but found it to be crowded and that was low crowd years. When I bumped my trip to third week of February it was a drastic change in the crowds and there were virtually no large groups.
Any given year the February "slow" weeks are a gamble, due to international travelers. I think as they were less, Disney added the Arts Festival to fill all the weeks ........... but this year I would say the international travelers (this is their big "summer/winter" break) were back. We go this time of year because we have APs and like to go every few months but avoid Christmas when we can ... so by January we are antsy to go.
Probably my very favorite time of year is May and we have done it MANY years, all different weeks. Most folks won't pull their kids out of school that month, while there are some cheer groups overall the school groups are not there, Flower & Garden is my favorite festival, the weather is warm but not usually stifling hot (and not cold as it's been lately) yet and we aren't in to hurricane season yet. And next year I wonder how many will delay their trips to the end of the year to try to box in a SWL trip.
I would be all over a second week in May. There will be big cheer competitions the first two weekends but I've never had them impact the parks. It very well could dictate where I stay ....... which would be NOT Allstars for sure and preferably a moderate or deluxe.
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