Category — 6. The Christmas Season at Walt Disney World

OVERVIEW

The Christmas season at Walt Disney World includes both the best and the worst times to visit, with both prices and crowds at very low and very high levels over the period.

Decorations, special Christmas shows, programs, and events, and Christmas trees are everywhere, making Disney World as special a place to celebrate the holidays as you can find.

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THE MYTHS AND FACTS OF POP WARNER WEEK AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Like Jersey Week, Pop Warner week is more of a mythological problem than a real one.

Pop Warner week is the period–for the last fifteen years, the first full week of December–when Disney hosts Pop Warner football and cheer and dance championships at its ESPN complex.

In 2018, it will be from December 1st through December 8th.

As a result

• Larger numbers than usual of loosely supervised adolescents loudly populate several of the resorts–typically the All-Star resorts, but also a moderate or two.
• Evening crowds in the theme parks are a tad higher than they otherwise would be (the kids and their families compete during the day)

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