Best Times to Visit

When I have a conversation with people about Disney, one of the most common topics that comes up (other than costs!) is when to travel.  There are a million websites out there that have crowd calendars and things like that, but in my own experience here are the best times of years (including holidays) to travel to Disney and avoid tons of crowds:

• January (anytime after students go back to school after winter break; MLK weekend is one of the best long weekends of the year to travel, we've had great luck with crowds for that weekend, the only downside of January is that it can be cold!)
• February- the first two weeks, before spring breaks start
• March- this whole month is really crowded, but it's the best weather of the year!
• April- other than Easter week/weekend, it's a fabulous time to travel (plus there's the Flower/Garden festival at Epcot)
• May- other than Memorial Day weekend it's a great time, starting to get hot!
• June- the first two weeks it's not too crowded, but weather is super hot
• July- the week after 4th of July is the least crowded in our experience, but lots of heat/storms
• August- the last week is almost a ghost town (after all Florida schools have gone back), but worst weather!
• September- the last two weeks are better weather, but crowded at Epcot for Food & Wine Festival
• October- awesome weather and not crowded (except Epcot)
• November- anytime other than Thanksgiving week is terrific
• December- first two weeks are my favorite time of the whole year to go, light crowds but you get to enjoy all the holiday decorations and events (I've never been brave enough to go over Christmas break, but I've seen the insane crowd pictures!)

Carter and I at Epcot the week after 4th of July, 2015.  There was no one there (this is from 10 am at Epcot)!