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2016 Planning Tools for Walt Disney World



By Dave Shute

Disney World 2016 Planning Tools from yourfirstvisit.netOver the last week, I’ve published the draft versions of all the core tools you need to pick when to go to Walt Disney World in 2016.

These include

The Disney World 2016 week rankings I publish annually are among my more popular offerings–they’ve been viewed almost 3 million times–and are meant for first time visitors who may never return. Returning visitors will find good times to visit in September and January/early February that are ranked low for such first-timers.

The week rankings likely will change a bit between now and next summer, as I get better information on crowds and prices, but weeks very rarely shift “classes”–that is, they don’t move from “recommended” to “not recommended.”

The Disney World 2016 crowd calendar may change once the final 2015-2016 school calendars are available next summer. Every year I analyze every break for almost 200 school districts covering more than 10 million kids, and use these to update the crowd calendars. Many district calendars aren’t out til the summer before, so that’s when I’ll update the 2016 crowd calendar–in the summer of 2015. I’m not expecting any major changes–2016 looks pretty tightly predictable.

The 2016 Disney World price seasons are projections based on recent Disney practices. Disney will publish final price seasons most likely in the summer of 2015.  There’s often a curveball or two in these, but not enough to move a week from “recommended” to another class.

Going to Disney World in 2016?  Then start picking your dates!

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4 comments

1 Jenny { 10.01.14 at 3:47 pm }

Love your site and I have the book, which is also awesome. My question is does the Princess Half Marathon usually have much impact on crowds and resort pricings? Some friends and I are planning to head down in 2016 for it and we’re trying to get some things lined out sooner than we possibly need to 🙂 Thanks so much for all of your work on this site, it’s been so very helpful!

2 Dave { 10.03.14 at 6:50 am }

Hi Jenney and thanks!!!

The whole period from the Thursday before President’s Day to the Sunday after (that is the weekend of the half marathon) is expensive and crowded. Prices drop Sunday night and crowds drop Monday.

3 Margie { 03.17.15 at 9:10 pm }

Dave,
We are starting to plan our first trip to WDW . Our great nephew is 8 years old and is so excited. We would like to come when it’s not so crazy and weather is cool. Where would you suggest that we should stay?

4 Dave { 03.18.15 at 8:26 am }

Margie, start on the home page and work through its topics for when to go, where to stay, etc.

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