MVMCP ? for the pre-holiday November vets!

[sweetpee_1993]

Okay. I did some digging but couldn't really find a definitive answer to my question. I need to know from the pre-Thanksgiving November vets if there's a better day of the week crowd-wise to attend MVMCP. We've been once, on Tuesday 12/4/07, and it was sold out. The park was so crowded we felt like sardines. We couldn't hardly move on Main Street. Character waits all over were no less than 45 minutes to an hour. It was an overall miserable experience. I'm trying to remain open-minded, tho. I can't believe we're actually considering giving it another shot...but we are. So my question is this: Has anyone noticed if there's a better or worse night of the week to attend as far as crowd levels? Tuesday? Thursday? Thoughts? Or maybe we should heed the lessons learned and skip it? I just can't help but think that since the TPs crowd calendar is showing mostly 1's for that week that we might actually have good luck. :wave:

 

[sweetpee_1993]

That bad on a Tuesday? Funny - I would have picked it too. The only key item I can think of: Avoid anything that even LOOKS like a weekend... Friday, Saturday, Sunday - and anything that MIGHT fall within Florida School Vacation times. You want to avoid the locals. They are nice, but there are a LOT of 'em.

I was shocked by that big a crowd on a Tuesday, too. We're looking at Tues., Nov. 16 which is the week between Jersey week & Thanksgiving week. I'm kinda concerned because that's a day coming off the PGA event weekend. Not sure how many of the golf folks might stay over a couple days. Maybe we should switch it up to the Thursday night. Just not sure.

 

[Kerby626]

I just say you come visit DL for the time and see the Holiday here....well us too

 

[LuvMyLatte]

Going in November

Last year, I went the week of the 18th-24th. The first 5 days were beautiful. We walked right on the rides and even got to go on our favs 2 and 3 times without much of a wait (5 minutes). Then came the eve of the 22nd and the whole day of the 23rd. Yeesh, where did all the people come from. We had to wait 1 1/2 hrs for Toy Story Mania. CRAZY!! The 23rd was my worst visit ever to Disney. this year we are going on Nov. 13-20th and hope to avoid all crowds. The ADRs seem to be available so maybe that means the parks will be comfortable and not with everyone sitting on top of each other. :sohappy:

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Last year, I went the week of the 18th-24th. The first 5 days were beautiful. We walked right on the rides and even got to go on our favs 2 and 3 times without much of a wait (5 minutes). Then came the eve of the 22nd and the whole day of the 23rd. Yeesh, where did all the people come from. We had to wait 1 1/2 hrs for Toy Story Mania. CRAZY!! The 23rd was my worst visit ever to Disney. this year we are going on Nov. 13-20th and hope to avoid all crowds. The ADRs seem to be available so maybe that means the parks will be comfortable and not with everyone sitting on top of each other. :sohappy:

But did you go to MVMCP during that time? If so, which day of the week?

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I just say you come visit DL for the time and see the Holiday here....well us too

I was working the numbers for Cali last night....again. The flights are the big killer. Just shy of $300 each. Not good when it's times 4. The cost of traveling out there for 7 days is more than 10 days at WDW. If we only lived slightly closer I could drive it with the kids and Tracey could fly out and meet us. Then again, come March, Chandler will be old enough to help me drive....


I dunno....if we crashed at your place or a cheap off-site hotel 1/3 of the nights we might could swing it. I'll keep crunching #'s.

 

[allgar]

i've never done it before, but I'll be doing it on Friday November 12th. Hopefully it ins't too bad. If it is... well, at least I can say I've done it. The whole trip is only a weekend this time around Fri, Sat, Sun, so not much choice on when I would go.

 

[Kerby626]

I was working the numbers for Cali last night....again. The flights are the big killer. Just shy of $300 each. Not good when it's times 4. The cost of traveling out there for 7 days is more than 10 days at WDW. If we only lived slightly closer I could drive it with the kids and Tracey could fly out and meet us. Then again, come March, Chandler will be old enough to help me drive....


I dunno....if we crashed at your place or a cheap off-site hotel 1/3 of the nights we might could swing it. I'll keep crunching #'s.

You crash at our house the entire time and you have no hotel to worry about. I keep telling you girl

 

[Old School]

November 8th Crowds?

My family is going to the November 8th to the first Christmas party and I was wondering how crowded the vets thought it would be? I know that Jersey week is the week before and I didn't know if lots were staying over for the Christmas party and going home. I'm hoping that alot of people are going home and will not be hanging around. We went last year the week before Thanksgiving and it was walk on everything and I can't wait to get back!!!

 

[sweetpee_1993]

My family is going to the November 8th to the first Christmas party and I was wondering how crowded the vets thought it would be? I know that Jersey week is the week before and I didn't know if lots were staying over for the Christmas party and going home. I'm hoping that alot of people are going home and will not be hanging around. We went last year the week before Thanksgiving and it was walk on everything and I can't wait to get back!!!

I was on the phone with a Disney CM earlier today booking a fishing excursion for my guys and was trying to get a read on how the ticket sales were going. She didn't give me anything to work with other than that the 1st Halloween party this year sold out. She followed that tid-bit with, "...but you're not going to be there for the first Christmas party so none of that applies for you." I hope that's NOT a sign. Good luck! It's a while before people are really feeling the Christmas mood so maybe it'll be all good for y'all! :wave:

 

[Old School]

Crap

Not a good sign at all, I guess alot of the locals will come out for their first Christmas fix. I was hoping being a Monday that it would be slow and the crowd calender shows a 1 that day. Thanks for the heads up, I hope you have a great trip