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We are booked for POFQ for 10/14-10/22/06.
But reading the responses to RogerRabit's post has me wondering- should we move our dates back to the first week of Oct?? I hadn't considered Fall Break. Are the crowds really that bad?
Would the crowds be better the first week of Oct (going 9/30-10/8)? We could still enjoy MNSSHP and Food and Wine Festival (two things we are really looking forward to) and it would be value season. But then we'd run into crowds for Columbus Day weekend I guess. Hmmmmm. Any advice for me? We really don't want to deal with huge crowds, but we don't want to go in Sept and miss the Oct festivities.
Thanks!
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I can't tell you about the crowds for the week that you are planning on going but we were there Oct. 1-9, 2005. The crowds at the beginning of the week weren't too bad at all but Friday and Saturday of Columbus Day weekend were VERY crowded.
One thing I do want to mention was the weather. It was VERY HOT AND HUMID and we had rain everyday. We didn't let it stop us but it did slow us down. If you wait a week or two into October the weather will most likely improve.
A couple years ago we went the second week of October and couldn't understand where the crowds were coming from. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
Well little did we know about FALL Break in the South [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] until we asked a Cast Member what was going on. We don't have Fall Break here.
I think I'd go the week before..it got very crowded in the parks. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
GoodLuck with your plans.
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One thing I do want to mention was the weather. It was VERY HOT AND HUMID and we had rain everyday. We didn't let it stop us but it did slow us down. If you wait a week or two into October the weather will most likely improve.
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We were there the same time period...but, if given the choice of going during a fall break or moving your dates a few weeks earlier...I would go the beginning of October. Even with the heat, and Columbus Day weekend it would be better than the crowds for fall break! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
<font color="red"> We went last year in October the 15-24 and it wasnt the humid till the last couple days, and honestly we didnt run into that many people, except at Soarin and Test Track in Epcot. We only waited in line (when i wasnt in the chair) for 20-40 minutes usually. I guess i must have been in some sort of WDW vortex where we were lucky, cos the whole trip was easy, until the flight out and Wilma was about to touch land, the turbulance lasted 2 hours on the plane. </font>
I had no idea that the south has Fall Break, we don't have that up north [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] I don't think the crowds will be too bad. We were there this past summer, when the crowds are supposed to be out of control, and it wasn't bad at all! The crowds at Six Flags Great Adventure are always way worse than what we experienced in Orlando. We walked right on to some of the most popular attractions, including the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Mickey's PhilharMagic, It's a Small World, the Tower of Terror, The Back Lot Express, the Great Movie Ride, Maelstrom, El Rio Del Tiempo, and Kilimanjaro Safari!
I've gone every October (usually the 3rd week) for many years and the crowds have always been manageable. I've always avoided Columbus Day weekend though
I don't know exactly when that Fall break falls, but if you can change your dates without much of a headache, I think I would. We went October 1-8 (2003) and the weather was perfect and the crowds were practically non-existent!
The other thing to keep in mind is that value season ends right as October begins. If you can check in before it ends, you'll get value season room rates for your entire trip.
We went in October of '03, right before Columbus weekend. It was the opening of Mission:Space and Mickey's PhilharMagic and we didn't feel that the parks were overly crowded.
It WAS hot and humid, but I don't think that the end of October is that much better.
We go for fall break every year. Last year it was the third week in October for our son's school and most hear in the south. This year it falls beginning on Oct 9 which means everyone will be going down most likely on the 7th. I do know a few schools however, that will start break the next week.
Honestly, the crowds have gotten to be a lot worse. A few years ago the crowds were non existent but now with the Halloween party, Food and Wine, and so many schools that weren't having a break having them now, the crowds are larger. The weekend we got down last year was really bad crowd wise but later in the week it got better. We actually said that 1st weekend that we would never go back for fall break but then things were better during the week. It is manageable and not horrible but if I could choose I would go earlier.
Columbus Day is the worst at Magic Kindgom. We made the mistake of going to MK on Columbus Day one year and we didn't get to do much of anything due to the crowd. Epcot is a better choice for it.
Good luck deciding and your trip will be magical any time you choose!
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This year it falls beginning on Oct 9 which means everyone will be going down most likely on the 7th. I do know a few schools however, that will start break the next week.
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Yeah! I was starting to get a little worried with all this talk! I picked the week of 10/15 to avoid the majority of the fall breaks and Columbus Day weekend. I can handle the crowds though so if it's crowded, so be it - I still can't wait to go to MNSSHP!
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One thing I do want to mention was the weather. It was VERY HOT AND HUMID and we had rain everyday. We didn't let it stop us but it did slow us down. If you wait a week or two into October the weather will most likely improve.
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