Category — n. Approaching Dates at Disney World

Earlier this week Disney World released dates and made tickets available for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.

An overview including dates for the 2014 Halloween Party is here, and there’s a review of the 2o13 edition here. 

The dates and overview of the 2014 Christmas Party is here, and a review from 2013 is here.

I had previously published forecasts of these dates, and of the 45 or so forecast dates only one was off–there’s no Christmas Party November 17.

I saw someone post yesterday that there was the same number of Halloween parties in September as last year.  Not true–there’s three more, ten this year, seven last year.

This, I think, is part of Disney’s conjectured “Afternoon Strategy,” and will make picking the right days to go to the Magic Kingdom even more important.

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OVERVIEW: NOVEMBER 2014 AT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews November 2014 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, and operating hours; adds a few other notes; and ends with week by week summaries.

Mid-November has some of the best times of the year to visit Disney World, with cooler weather, low crowds, low prices, and fun special events.

The beginning of the month is not so good, with moderate crowds from Jersey Week, and Thanksgiving week, with high crowds and higher prices than the rest of the month, should be avoided.

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THANKSGIVING 2014 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Thanksgiving week at Walt Disney World is busy–particularly Wednesday through Saturday.

While not as crowded as some other holiday weeks–Easter and Christmas, for example–it can be very challenging, and the material below gives some hints on how to deal with it.

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DISNEY WORLD’S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PARTY IN 2014

While Christmas itself is December 25 of course, Walt Disney World provides a special Christmas celebration at the Magic Kingdom many nights in November and December.

This celebration is called “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, or “MVMCP” for short.

At the party, many of the Magic Kingdom’s rides are open, and cookies and hot chocolate, special events, and slightly different Christmas parades and fireworks, and even snow (!) are offered.

The official Disney World page for this event (where you can also buy tickets) can be found here.  For a review of MVMCP, see this.

MORE ON MICKEY’S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS PARTY

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OVERVIEW: OCTOBER 2014 AT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews October 2014 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, and operating hours; adds a few other notes; and ends with week by week summaries.

Late October has some of the best times of the year to visit Disney World, with nice weather, low crowds, low prices, and fun special events.

The beginning of the month is OK, but not so good, as the first week is still in the peak of the hurricane season, and the second week sees extra crowds and higher prices from Columbus Day.

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Spring is around the corner at Disney World, bringing with it big Spring Break crowds, the Flower and Garden Show, and welcome and wonderful warming.

These and other topics are in this month’s WDW Magazine, which you can find on Apple Newsstand, Google Play or at WDW-Magazine.com.

My contribution this month is avoiding the spring break crowds.

The best way to do so is to not go then; the second-best set of ideas are in WDW Magazine!

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