Just got back!
Planned and booked a year in advance (to spread the HUMONGOUS cost a bit)
Hired a villa about 30 minutes from the Disney & Universal parks, you will need to pay for pool heating separately as it’s not included. (an extra $700 for 2 weeks)
You need to book Magic Kingdom waaaay in advance as you can’t just show up any more. Pre booked weeks in advance.
Capacity is estimated to be 100,000 people each day and believe me, there are 100,000 people there! It’s wall to wall people and queues (some up to 3 hours for one ride)
Count in parking, so for each park it’s $25-30 per day per car per park.
We found that we couldn’t afford to eat out as it cost $120 plus for 4 of us including one child for an evening meal.
We have been all different times of the year and there just is no quiet time I’m afraid. It is full and busy all of the time. We went in term time this time in a vain attempt to keep costs down, still cost £12K all together.
My kids are a bit older and had a ball, we walked between 7-10 miles a day, we came home shattered! You can hire little trolley type things for a cost for kids.
November weather was just lovely, like a hot summers day here, 25-28 degrees, summer is unbearable and as pp said, there is a storm season with torrential rain, can’t remember when that is though .
It is obvious from our last visit that they just want your money, it’s such a shame but everything has gone up massively in price and it’s all about making as much money as they can out of you.
Just to add, we booked via a travel agent as flights were cancelled and there were other issues which the TA sorted out for us.
Wont be going again. The Dibb is indeed a great resource.