My wife, some friends, and I were planning a weekend trip to WDW May 13-15. According to the Unofficial Guide this is normally a slow weekend. I expected that with the 50th Anniversary that might not be the case. What I didn't expect was our inability to get a hotel room!
We don't want to stay a value resort, but at this point we can't get a (non-suite) room at a moderate or deluxe. The only choices I'm coming up with are very expensive suites (overkill for our time and budget). I've also checked at hotels we've stayed at off property (Wyndham Palace and others), and they're booked up as well. I guess I'm naive, but I figured that with all the resort rooms Disney has that they never totally filled up. Obviously, I'm wrong.
Looks like this means we'll have to cancel this trip. I'm wondering, though, what this is likely to mean about crowds this summer. Will the huge crowds in May lower the overall summer attendance or are all the parks going to be overrun for the next few months?
I've got one major question for the experts here: If you had the entire summer free and could visit WDW anytime in June-late August, which dates would be best for about a 10 night stay? (Which dates will overall crowd levels be lowest?)
We don't want to stay a value resort, but at this point we can't get a (non-suite) room at a moderate or deluxe. The only choices I'm coming up with are very expensive suites (overkill for our time and budget). I've also checked at hotels we've stayed at off property (Wyndham Palace and others), and they're booked up as well. I guess I'm naive, but I figured that with all the resort rooms Disney has that they never totally filled up. Obviously, I'm wrong.
Looks like this means we'll have to cancel this trip. I'm wondering, though, what this is likely to mean about crowds this summer. Will the huge crowds in May lower the overall summer attendance or are all the parks going to be overrun for the next few months?
I've got one major question for the experts here: If you had the entire summer free and could visit WDW anytime in June-late August, which dates would be best for about a 10 night stay? (Which dates will overall crowd levels be lowest?)