Saturday Before Thanksgiving

[DisneyDreamer08]

I am wondering if anyone has been to Magic Kingdom the Saturday before Thanksgiving?

My daughter and I will be in Disney November 16-23. She wants to do Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Cinderella’s Royal Table. I was planning this for Tuesday the 18th, a party day, so potentially lower crowds. When I logged in at our 60 day mark, the only day with BBB availability was Saturday 11/22. I was able to book it for 8am and CRT for 10am which is exactly what I wanted.
However I am really nervous that crowds at MK are going to be insane that day. Our first LL likely won’t be until 11ish, after breakfast, so I’m worried things will run out or be booking late at night by then. I did sign up for alerts for 11/18 and have been checking myself but no luck yet.

If anyone has any experience specifically with MK the Saturday before Thanksgiving, I’d love to hear how it was!

 

[networkpro]

Of course others have, the park is open, guests attend.The time of year isn't bad for crowds, but it's the weekend so it'll be full of locals. MK is a park to avoid on the weekends.

 

[JIMINYCR]

We have friends who traditionally go to WDW on Thanksgiving. They fly in the week before and stay til after the holiday. They say that the weekend before is fairly busy. The crowds then build greatly as guests start arriving on Mon - Wed for the holiday weekend. MK is usually pretty slammed on the weekends as a normal park day.

 

[HoustonHorn]

My daughter and I have done a daddy-daughter trip the weekend before Thanksgiving through the Wednesday before since 2020. We did MK on the Saturday in 2023. Here was our day:

Flew in from Houston, dropped bags at the hotel, then off to MK
Railroad from Main Street to Frontierland
BTMRR
Watch Festival of Fantasy Parade
Country Bear Jamboree
Watch Mickey's Magical Friendship Faire
Meet up with 3 others
Space Mountain
Peoplemover
Pooh
Peter Pan
Dinner at Pinocchio (don't judge - we just needed calories)
Speedway
Space Mountain
Meet up with 3 others
TRON
7DMT

So that makes 5 attractions with 2 people, 6 attractions with 5 people, 2 attractions with 8 people along with a dinner, all on a travel day. IIRC, that would have been under the Genie+ and VQ system, so I would have stacked LLs using Genie+ from the plane, then gotten a VQ for TRON.

So it's busy, but I think you're a pro based on your posts, so you should be fine.

Congrats on getting BBB and CRT when you wanted - CRT is really special when your princess is all made up!