Orlando weather: go in mid-September, or wait until November?
Mar 25, 2009, 9:42 pm
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Orlando weather: go in mid-September, or wait until November?
We have an option on some timeshare weeks in Orlando. The first is a top-tier property, but the week starts Sept. 20, '09. Is that still hurricane season?
Disney experts: if you had a choice between Sept. 20, ***** property, or mid-November, **** property, which would you take? My thought is neither week would have major crowds, but Sept. might be too hot/muggy/buggy.
Advise, please!
Disney experts: if you had a choice between Sept. 20, ***** property, or mid-November, **** property, which would you take? My thought is neither week would have major crowds, but Sept. might be too hot/muggy/buggy.
Advise, please!
Mar 25, 2009, 11:45 pm
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September WILL be hotter, muggier, and buggier. That being said, if the property is significantly nicer than the one you could have in November then you might want to just deal with it.
Mar 26, 2009, 7:26 am
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We have an option on some timeshare weeks in Orlando. The first is a top-tier property, but the week starts Sept. 20, '09. Is that still hurricane season?
Disney experts: if you had a choice between Sept. 20, ***** property, or mid-November, **** property, which would you take? My thought is neither week would have major crowds, but Sept. might be too hot/muggy/buggy.
Advise, please!
Disney experts: if you had a choice between Sept. 20, ***** property, or mid-November, **** property, which would you take? My thought is neither week would have major crowds, but Sept. might be too hot/muggy/buggy.
Advise, please!
I agree with your assessment regarding crowds at WDW. Once school starts in the fall, things are less crowded at the various theme parks & other attractions. If I were in your shoes, I would opt for the mid-November time period because crowds would be thinner and the weather nicer.
Have fun in Central Florida!
Mar 26, 2009, 7:34 am
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Best Orlando/Disney vacation we ever had was the week before Thanksgiving, checking out the day before the holiday.
Awesome weather. Relatively low crowds (about as slow as WDW gets these days). Easy to get restaurant reservations. Lower rental car rates, etc.
Perfect.
Awesome weather. Relatively low crowds (about as slow as WDW gets these days). Easy to get restaurant reservations. Lower rental car rates, etc.
Perfect.
Aug 3, 2009, 5:06 pm
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Well, depends what you are going to do, and how much nicer the property is. And your tolerance level.
September will be a lot hotter than November. For some people, late November can be a bit cold. You don't really know - the weather in Orlando fluctuates a lot more than people imagine it does.
But you also have to consider what you plan on doing and how the properties are. Will you be doing the parks all day, day in day out? Plan on spending a lot of time by the poll? Just hanging out? Each makes a difference. If you are going to spend most of your time in the parks I would opt for November - less heat, less crowds. Going to the pool? November might be a bit cold for that if you are unlucky.
Is this long term or just this year? Hurricanes aren't as frequent as many of us imagine - they don't have one every weekend. And if you are talking about 1 week out of a year your chances of that being the week might be pretty low. You are far more at risk from bad thunderstorms and tornadoes that Hurricanes in Orlando.
September will be a lot hotter than November. For some people, late November can be a bit cold. You don't really know - the weather in Orlando fluctuates a lot more than people imagine it does.
But you also have to consider what you plan on doing and how the properties are. Will you be doing the parks all day, day in day out? Plan on spending a lot of time by the poll? Just hanging out? Each makes a difference. If you are going to spend most of your time in the parks I would opt for November - less heat, less crowds. Going to the pool? November might be a bit cold for that if you are unlucky.
Is this long term or just this year? Hurricanes aren't as frequent as many of us imagine - they don't have one every weekend. And if you are talking about 1 week out of a year your chances of that being the week might be pretty low. You are far more at risk from bad thunderstorms and tornadoes that Hurricanes in Orlando.
Aug 4, 2009, 10:50 am
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