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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 11, 2017 20:25:37 GMT
It isn't just hot and humid here. It storms nearly every day until September. I live 45 minutes from Orlando. It's currently storming at 2:40 and has been since 1:30, with no real end in sight... Exactly! And the rain doesn't make it cooler, just muggier. Our best times visiting have been October through January. DH and I have sworn off any more summer Orlando trips.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 11, 2017 20:36:39 GMT
It isn't just hot and humid here. It storms nearly every day until September. I live 45 minutes from Orlando. It's currently storming at 2:40 and has been since 1:30, with no real end in sight... Exactly. We used to by annual passes-the kind with the summer black out dates and I had NO problem with not going to Disney during the summer. I don't mind heat, I am a Florida girl at heart...but there is no way in hell you would catch me at Disney in July. Not only do you have normal heat, but you have the heat baking off all that asphalt, sweaty cranky people, no breeze, and humidity that makes most people want to turn into a puddle of goo. Then add in afternoon showers that when the ends is like being inside a sauna. And this is coming from someone who lives in that sauna and most often doesn't mind the the heat...but Disney tries even my last nerve.
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Post by blueeyedpups on Jul 11, 2017 22:12:56 GMT
Nobody has mentioned hurricanes yet, but hurricane season is in full swing in July. Your cruise portion of the trip will be a lot better in May.
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Post by mallie on Jul 12, 2017 1:00:58 GMT
I'm not a fan of yanking kids out of school on the last days, but I've been to Orlando in July and August, and I'll never do it again. The "real feel" temps on most of our days was 110 degrees and up. You will sweat out of every pore of your body. It's miserable. That said, Disney and Universal do a nice job of making the ride lines as cool as they can. Most waits are indoors, and the ones that aren't are shaded with misting fans. Using crowd calendars/fast passes and wait time apps will help you keep the time you spend in lines to a minimum too. We were just at Universal and a very small portion of one outdoor queue had misting fans. That was it. One ride. There were regular fans in one queue which were not on and we asked and the staff person said they were broken. So do not assume there are fans. The rides themselves are 3-5 minutes. So if you do not like heat and crowds, even if you were able to do 20 rides in a day, that is less than 2 hours of time. What wil you be doing the rest of the day? You still have to get from ride to ride by wading through crowds in the heat. Heat does not really bother me, but the crowds can get difficult to handle because people can get grumpy in the heat, especially kids who need naps or cooling they are not getting. A lot of people end up in stores, trying to find AC which seemz like a really boring day at a theme park. I will also note that the two days we were there, the new Universal water theme park was closed to new entry by 9:14am.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jul 12, 2017 11:42:00 GMT
We've been to Disney numerous times in July and August. It's super hot, but TBH, it isn't all that much better in late May/early June! I really don't find Disney all that horrible to do in the summer, because there are so many indoor attractions, such as shows. Also, the parks are open late, so you can spend afternoons hanging by the pool at your resort if you want to, and head back to the parks in the evening. Universal may not be like that.
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Post by stampinfraulein on Jul 12, 2017 18:54:19 GMT
I've been to WDW in the 3rd week of July. NEVER AGAIN. The chafing, oh, the chafing from wet sticky skin on clothes? For real. Don't do it. Your daughter won't remember the last 2 days of 6th grade for the rest of her life but she will remember the fun you have at the theme park!
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Post by lavawalker on Jul 12, 2017 23:33:10 GMT
I'm from coastal CA, so not used to humidity. Silly us, we thought we'd catch a break from the heat and humidity after two days at Disney and go to the beach. It was sweltering at the beach........ I hate sweating at the beach..... even getting into the water provided very little relief. Now, the next two times we went to FL were in Nov..... LOVED it!!! The temps in the park were nice, and we did a Disney cruise too.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jul 13, 2017 1:25:38 GMT
The fall vacation time sounds fine. April weather probably will be relatively mild as well. We are in Virginia and the heat and the humidity are just killers. I can't imagine Florida in the summer. The weather is fairly nice here by the end of March to the end of May, then October through mid November are good too. I would imagine Florida is similar. My parents go to Florida every February for a month. It's generally in the 60s-70s and a nice break from the cold north.
In hindsight, I wish I'd worried less about pulling my kids out of school when they were younger. A few days won't make or break 6th grade.
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Post by FLA SummerBaby on Jul 14, 2017 2:19:01 GMT
FLA pea checking in. I LOVE living here but I can tell you with 100% certainty that the one time of the year I would NOT want to visit a theme park here-- that would be the hottest and most humid time of our whole year. If you have options, I would say, don't come in July-- too hot, too crowded, too humid. If this is a special trip, you want to get the most out of it and have everyone in your family enjoy it. Your DH will likely be miserable here in July given what you have said. I would say that May (even early June) are better than July and August here. Good luck figuring it all out.
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on Jul 14, 2017 3:03:16 GMT
We are in FL right now. It's pretty crowded and very hot/muggy. Today's temp was 90, with heat index felt like 99. We were ok in the pool, but about 4 minutes out of it and we were sweating again.
It's 11pm right now and we are putt putting and everyone is sweating pretty good!!
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