Category — a. When to Go to Walt Disney World

WALT DISNEY WORLD CROWD CALENDAR

The chart presents predictions for crowds at Walt Disney World through 2011.

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OVERVIEW: MARCH 2011 AT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews March 2011 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, operating hours, and ends with week by week summaries.
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DISNEY WORLD’S SPECIAL EVENTS

Over the course of the year, there are a number of special events* at Walt Disney World.

While they are subject to change, over the last few years they have included:

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THE BEST 2011 WEEKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

Those who have clicked around here know that I give a lot of advice on when to go to Walt Disney World.

Most of this advice is for the “average family”—a family that wants to avoid crowds, higher prices, the peak of the hurricane season, and such. 

But your family may be different than the “average family.”  You may wish desperately to avoid winter, you may not care about prices, you may be less concerned about crowds.

And while the site gives all the material you need to work out for yourself the best weeks to visit for your family—including a crowd calendar, price seasons, and extensive material on weather—you may not want to dig through all this to figure out the best time for your family visit to Walt Disney World.

For families like this, I have just published the 2011 Week Picker.

HOW THE 2011 DISNEY WORLD WEEK PICKER WORKS

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LATEST REVISION TO 2011 DISNEY WORLD WEEK RANKINGS

The final bit of data needed for this site’s 2011 Weeks to Visit Walt Disney World, Ranked in Order—actual 2011 price seasons—came out earlier this week.

I’ve revised 2011 Weeks to Visit Walt Disney World based on the new price material.

While a number of weeks had their rankings change, in every case but one it was by three or fewer rankings, and not really significant.

Only one week changed quite a bit.  The week beginning December 17, 2011 shifted from number 24, in Weeks to Avoid, to 14, and has become a recommended week.

MORE ON CHANGES TO THE DISNEY WEEK RANKINGS

This shift is because prices will remain low later in this week than I had forecast.

The week will be a bit of mix. 

• The first part of the week will be wonderful, with low crowds and low prices. 
• Crowds will build from Wednesday onwards, hitting very high levels by Christmas Eve.
• Prices go up to their highest level of the year on Friday, December 23rd

The actual 2011 price seasons show quite a different pattern than in recent years—including a completely new season, the fall season.

See this for more on the new fall season.

MORE ON WHEN TO GO TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

• For when to go to Walt Disney World, see this
• For the next best dates, see this
• For the best and worst times to visit, see this
  • For 2010 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
  • For the 2010 Week Picker App, see this
  • For 2011 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
• For forecasting crowds at Walt Disney World, see this
• For seasonal pricing at Walt Disney World, see this
  • For 2010 price seasons, see this
  • For 2011 price seasons, see this
  • For projected 2012 price seasons, see this
• For weather at Walt Disney World, see this

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THE NEW FALL PRICE SEASON AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

For 2011, Walt Disney World has made significant changes to the ways it increases and lowers prices at its resort hotels.

These changes have been continued in Disney’s 2012 price seasons.

These include

• A new second value season with slightly higher prices than the first value season
• A new second regular season with slightly higher prices than the first regular season, and
• A totally new season—the “Fall” season

THE FALL SEASON AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

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