xmas time vs thanksgiving time

[pixeemom]

I am sure both are crowded but which time seems to be the most crowded?
I am trying to fit in a trip where I don't pull my kids out of school at all or at least not as many days

TIA
danielle

 

[TXDisney]

Christmas is more crowded.

 

[Weather_Lady]

Thanksgiving will be less crowded, but both will be more expensive and more difficult in terms of the huge crowds you'll have to fight to do anything.

We struggle with the same balancing act. One suggestion I can offer is to take a good look at the upcoming school calendar and see if there are some "non-standard" (e.g., non-national-holiday) weeks with less than a full schedule, where your kids will miss less than they would on a typical week. We sometimes plan vacations during the weeks that the school has parent-teacher conferences (and therefore schedules at least three half-days in a row) -- for us, that ends up being in November (well before Thanksgiving) and April (not adjoining Easter). Other times, we can find a couple of "superintendent conference days" in a row that are good for a getaway, since the kids are off of school, but the rest of the world won't be.

Good luck!

 

[pixeemom]

Thanksgiving will be less crowded, but both will be more expensive and more difficult in terms of the huge crowds you'll have to fight to do anything.

We struggle with the same balancing act. One suggestion I can offer is to take a good look at the upcoming school calendar and see if there are some "non-standard" (e.g., non-national-holiday) weeks with less than a full schedule, where your kids will miss less than they would on a typical week. We sometimes plan vacations during the weeks that the school has parent-teacher conferences (and therefore schedules at least three half-days in a row) -- for us, that ends up being in November (well before Thanksgiving) and April (not adjoining Easter). Other times, we can find a couple of "superintendent conference days" in a row that are good for a getaway, since the kids are off of school, but the rest of the world won't be.

Good luck!

Unfort. I don't get my school calendar till late in august, I can look up just the days off etc. but as far as half days go, its usually on the district calendar
my original plan was to go during the Jewish holiday and only pull them out 3 days but its so early in the new school year I am very nervous to do this....

 

[ninjaprincesst]

We go every year at Thanksgiving. The crowds are not that bad. Just avoid the Magic Kingdom on Thanksgiving day and it's fine.

 

[Master Yoda]

Thanksgiving is this kind of crazy.

The week between Christmas and new years is a little more like this.