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Another great time to visit the Parks is September, watch out for the Labor Day weekend. Plan your trip for a time right after school starts. Take your kids out of school on a Wednesday or Thursday and head for the Parks. Yes, they’ll miss a couple of days of school, but schools just getting started and they really won’t miss that much. And family vacation time is just as important, maybe more important, than school.
November is another good time to plan a trip, you’ll get to sample of the Holiday setting at a slower time, but watch the weather.
December is another great time to travel to Disneyland. Make it your family Christmas present and plan your trip for the early part of December. That way you’ll avoid the large crowds that show up around Christmas break, and yet still enjoy all that Disneyland offers at Christmas. Remember your poncho, or rain gear. If it rains, the parks get very empty, all of the locals go home. And the Parks will truly be yours to enjoy
I have created a couple of charts to help you see the best times to plan a trip to Disneyland.
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And look at the average temperatures, most of the year Disneyland has great weather.
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And put the information all together. and the chart looks like this, and shows the ideal times to plan your trip to Disneyland. The ideal times being smaller crowds and moderate weather. when planning your trip consider checking the long range weather forecast before finalizing the dates.
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And then when you see the average rainfall for the Anaheim, Disneyland area, you get a better idea of when to plan your visit to Disneyland.
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So if you want to visit Disneyland at the best time to have the park all to yourself (almost) plan your trip for an off season time, when every one else is busy with school and work. You’ll be able to accomplish so much more fun time, and a lot less waiting in line. On several of our trips we have seen very small crowds, and had the ability to ride a ride, and get right back on again, with wait times around 5 – 10 minutes tops. The only draw back that you may encounter is that some rides or attractions may be down for refurbishment, and you won’t get to enjoy them. But that give you a reason to make another trip at a later time. And keep in mind that others are thinking just like you, so sometimes thing won’t work out as well as you planned. But for most of the time you’ll be walking right down the middle of Main Street USA almost by yourself. You should always check with the Disney calendar for the dates your thinking about, it will help you plan the perfect dates for your visit.
I am always happy to lend a hand, and answer any questions you might have about an upcoming visit to the Parks. But as always no one has a crystal ball and can see the future to foresee everything that could impact your visit. We offer this information here to help you make the decisions on what might work best for you and your family.
See ya in the Parks.
Hi,
Will June 24 and 25, 2013 be a good time to go. I know it’s already summer break. Usually how crowded will it be? Planning a trip for my little one who’s 4.
Hi Dori
Your are right it will be summer break, all of the Orange County schools will Letting out June 13, 2013. As you already know everyone will be planning their summer vacations, and may choose the early part of summer break for the “cooler” weather at that time in Anaheim. All that being said, your choice of a Monday and Tuesday will give you a better chance at a little smaller crowd.
Be sure to study the heigth requirements for the rides, and just avoid the ones your 4 year old won’t be able to ride because of heigth. Take time to see World of Color, Fantasmic, Aladdin, and I always suggest doing a Character Breakfast in the park, to get lots of pictures without running all around the park and a good meal too. With all that and a few rides (get a fast pass for Radiator Springs Racers) Pirates, Mansion, and any others you get to, your two days will be pretty full.
Hope you have a great time, don’t forget a Mickey ice cream bar!
Glenn
Thanks for the great info. By any chance do you think Mother’s day will be crazy?
Hi again Dori
First off, thanks for the kind words. Second, sorry for the delay in my reply, been a crazy week. As for Mothers Day, I don’t think it will be “Crazy” but it should be busy. Disney has made lots of preporations to make Mothers Day special, by offing special dining packages at several of the resorts hotels and dining establishments. They are offering all you can eat buffets and special sit downs meals, to help Moms celebrate their day. So watch for long lines at some area restaurants, and probably larger crowds in the Parks.
Happy Mothers Day
Glenn
Does Disneyland still offer free days for birthdays?
Hi Rick:
If you have a birthday coming up, let me be the first to wish you a Happy Birthday!
As far as Disney offering entry to the Parks on your birthday, I’m afraid that hasn’t happened for a couple of years. For what I’ve seen and read, Disneyland Park attendance has gone up about 10% since Carsland opened. So don’t see any need for them to entice people to the Parks.
Hope that helps a little.
Glenn
hi my name is margie and we are planning our family vacation to disneyland in May. Wondering what would be the best time to go because it seems like everytime we have gone there is an event going on and theres more people than the park already has on daily basis….could you please let me know what would be a good time to go in May? So that my kids can enjoy there time in DISNEYLAND thank you:)
Hi Margie
Sorry for asking so long to get back to you, work and a sick pet kept us pretty busy. But if I have the option of any days in May, try to start on the 1st, it’s a Wednesday, and middle of the week is usually less busy than weekends.
Orange county schools will sill be in session, and I see nothing big planned for the first few days of the month. Remember that Disney Corp. is claiming that Disneyland park attendance has increased substantially since the opening of Cars Land. So everything being relative, quieter may not be quiet. So we can only make our best guess, and go. But if I was able to go in May, those would be the days I would try.
Hope that helps a little, let us know how it goes, the information will help others in the future.
Once again, sorry for the delay in answering.
Have fun!
Glenn
Hello, My family and I are going to D-land the first of May. We have only been during the first week in November which is a great time to go in my experience. We are going to go to the park for 5 days. Since grad nights start May 9th, would you recommend going to the park May 5th- May 9th vs May 6th – May 10th? I figured if it got busy Thursday afternoon we would just leave and I was thinking I would rather take my chances on a Sunday in May then have potentially 2 busy grad night days and nights to end our trip. Would you recommend this? Or would you skip grad night all together and go to park May 4th – May 8th?
Hi Cameron
I’m just getting around to answering questions, sorry for the delay, been a crazy week. That said I would say yes to your dates. The first week of May should be a good time, even if one of your days hits on Grad Night. If that happens just take that night and make it night at Downtown Disney, for a great dinner and adult refreshments, and make that the Finnish of a great day and week in the Parks.
Have a great time.
Glenn
Hi… We have decided to plan a trip Sept. 30 thru Oct 4th. Is that a good time to go and good weather? And is there a lot of things going on at this time? Do they do the Mickey’s trick or treating then as well?
Thanks
Hi Dallice
October is a fun time to vist Disneyland, weather can be cool, but often you’ll find nice days and cool nights. As far as the dates for Halloween, I haven’t seen the actual dates yet but here’s a link that shows the dates from last year
http://disneylandobsession.com/?page_id=4951
You might finda couple of attractions closed to make over for Halloween, but all in all it’s a fun time to visit.
Trick or Treat!
Glenn