For everyone there during Thanksgiving Week

[gracie1]

For everyone there now, would you do Thanksgiving week again? What was the crowds and weather like? Was it a 10 like Touring Plans said it was?

 

[CaptainJackNO]

As I posted in an earlier thread, my parents are there now and it is insanely crowded. My dad said that the crowds on Main Street USA determined what direction you went in to the parks as the crowd from Main Street Cinema to the HUB were shoulder to shoulder and pressing against one another. They wanted to start in Adventureland, the crowd carried them to Tomorrowland.

Now, I went last year with my family. While we had a great time, I will NEVER go back for Thanksgiving. Waaay too crowded . Lines were so long that you really could only enjoy 7 or 8 rides/attractions per day. That's not value for my money and, more than anything, the crowds made it more stressful for my wife and I because we had to focus much more on our kids' safety (got trampled by some dork trying to get the "perfect picture" of Cinderella Castle by backing into the crowd entering the Magic Kingdom) due to the enormous crowds everywhere. I loved being there due to the decorations and season and all, but the crowd made the enjoyability of our trip a challenge. Never again.

 

[coachwnh]

Was there the last two thanksgivings and would absolutely do it again. It's our favorite time to go (other than a great weather week mid-February but that's hit or miss). Hope to enjoy thanksgiving in WDW again next year

 

[mike10]

I would never do Thanksgivings week at Disney way too crowded. That's why I had to push my time to Disney back to Dec. 8th to the 14th. I think Saturday is the worst day at 7 on touringplans.

But the average day at Disney shown on Touringplans was a 3. I can deal with that with even a 1 on one day :sohappy:

That's what I like so my wife and daughter will be enjoying our Disney trip then

 

[Todd H]

The first thing my wife said to me after we left Wednesday was "Let's never go again during Thanksgiving week."

The crowds were as large as I've ever seen them. We're planning our next trip for the second week of January 2013.

 

[gracie1]

Thanks everyone! My husband absolutely doesn't have any desire to go over a holiday --not when your spending that kind of money. I'm just trying to find a time that we won't have to pull the kids out of school for a long period of time (and summer is too hot!)

 

[GenerationX]

We were at Epcot on Monday, DHS and TL on Tuesday, and the MK and DQ on Wednesday. If availability of FastPasses is any indication of crowd level, the Soarin' FPs were gone on Monday by noon, and the Toy Story FPs were gone on Tuesday by 10:30am. However, since we typically tour during the summer, I didn't notice much of a difference. TL and DQ both had lighter than summer crowds.

 

[UrbanDonovan]

We did Thanksgiving week two years ago so the kids wouldn't have to miss any school.

We arrive next Saturday and the kids will be missing a week of school.

Never again on Thanksgiving. Too nuts.

 

[CynBeth]

We just left today and I would go back. We arrived last Sat 11/19 and stayed at POFQ. We spent 1/2 day at DHS on arrival day, went to EPCOT on Sun, and went to MK on Tues. At all the attractions we go on (we leave out thrill rides) at all the parks the longest wait time would say 20 min waits and it was not that long at all. We did arrive at the parks before rope drop except on arrival day which helped. We were at AK on Thanksgiving and it was great. We did other area attractions during the week as well. We did some resort hopping and we had such a great week!

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I stopped by Epcot for a couple of hours on Wednesday morning and it was pretty crowded not long after opening time. At 10am Soarin fastpasses were for late afternoon and going fast.

 

[daiquiri100]

I have been to Disneyworld 7 or 8 times since 1980. We just got home last evening and it was crazy busy. I have never seen the parks so busy and chaotic. It seemed like everyone was running to try and get somewhere and there were many times that I thought I was going to get run over! Last Sunday we were at MK and it was not enjoyable at all! The only enjoyable day was Wednesday at Epcot. We were at the parks for 5 days. It also seemed like many of the rides were breaking down, even the people mover in tomorrowland broke down more than once when we were on it and they turned the lights on while we sat there! Many of the major attractions were closed on and off, especially during extra hours--i just feel that if you are going to keep the park open extra hours, make sure the major attractions are open and working or close the park. I would never again during a holiday week! We were with a cast member and were told that they were only at 88% capacity! We also did not have the dining plan this time and noticed a huge increase in the prices for almost everything! Just IMO.