Am I crazy for thinking it would be fine to do Disney in July?

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Being at Disney AND it being hot and humid as balls seems pretty miserable to me

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Yeah but do you even like Disney?

This is more of a trip for the kids than for myself, so the hot and humid might suck but they’ll appreciate the “magic.”

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Thoughts on Disney in July? Too hot?

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Lol frick yeah its going to be hot. Even the lines that are inside most of them you start outside, yes Disney does a good job of helping but its still going to be hot as frick

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I'm not sure how you're spending that much on the Gaylord (multiple rooms?), I just booked three nights at the one in Dallas that priced out under $1k (not including parking, etc.)

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Nashville must be the place to be. The price also includes the water park tickets and estimated food costs.

Nope. We switched to the summers when crowd levels started to drop and love it.

Leave on Friday for a week at the Boardwalk.

Here’s what I suggest.

Rope drop on days you don’t get lightning lanes or multi pass, mid day break then go back on the evening. The next day, start a little later but use multi pass and lightning lanes. Then, a half day or water park then repeat the process with another rope drop day, etc.

It's hot, but the parks have been empty. It's kind of ideal if you want to go and the heat isn't a real deterrent.

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Am I crazy for thinking it would be fine to do Disney in July?

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It's hot from July - August. July is crazy busy especially the week before and after the 4th. Starting the second week of August you start to see some slow down since schools are starting to ramp back up.

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I don’t mind the heat as much and most of the lines are inside

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Eh, not really. Almost all lines start outside and only the last 15 minutes is actually inside. In Magic Kingdom, pretty much everything is covered though except the speedway. Hollywood Studios has a pretty even mix of inside and outside (but I find this to always be the hottest park with how its set up). Epcot is probably the best for inside lines. Animal Kingdom has almost no inside lines (but probably the coolest of the 4 parks with the openness and landscaping).

You also mentioned staying at All Star Movies. That's on the bus line, so you will have to stand outside in the heat for that as well.


In any case, literally thousand of families go to the parks every day in the same "heat" and survive. Only you know what your family is OK with so if you don't think its too hot then go ahead.

The crowds follow each other. When a new low crowd time starts getting popular, the crowds start swelling during that time. Mid summer is the new low crowd time, expect it to get worse in a few years, but now is the time to do it.

The heat is too miserable for me having to deal with Disney though.

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The more and more Disney added festivals throughout the year, the less and less crowded summer got. Now, many of those summer trips are pushed up to International Festival of the Arts or back to Food & Wine.

In 2025, they don't have festivals from June 3 to August 27. There is also a small time period around Thanksgiving without one (November 24-28, 2024, and November 29 through December 30, 2024) and then basically from the New Year until Marathon Weekend (December 31, 2024 through January 16, 2025).

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Yeah, I loved going to the festivals when they were low crowd, now that shite is so busy because everyone loved them too. I expect them to add something in summer or do something to shift the crowds around a bit. I hope they do because I don't usually go in the summer.

I’ve taken kids twice in July and it’s miserable. You’ll be exhausted just from trying to not lose your patience. How old are your kids?



It’s much more enjoyable November thru March.