July or April in Orlando?

If you can do April, do April. It will be less crowded and more enjoyable. Plus the weather is very nice!

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First of all: The theme parks Disney, Universal and Sea World never close for the winter. The water parks will be open. Disney has as you know two water parks - They will close one and refurbish the other Aquatica and Discovery cove will be open - The water parks keep the water at around 32C (some types of dolphins like it cooler- others do not). For many reasons the local schools have staggered springs break over an almost two month period. The park crowds do not come close to July except for Easter Week. It might be a bit different this year as Legoland Florida will open next month. and I understand that they have sold a great many tours, especially from the UK. The new park has taken over the old Cypress Gardens (about 45 -60 minutes from Disney). BTW - If you enjoy watching BIG animals in the water, try visiting Blue Springs or Cristal River. Blue Springs parks is just off the Interstate 4 - heading towards Daytona - About a one hour drive from Disney. Cristal River is in the Tampa area. These are both state parks and the admission is very small. The manatees (sometimes called Sea Cows) are very intelligent animals and they do not like the cold winter time ocean or gulf waters. In the summer they stay in the sea. Then when the water gets colder they come to the parks and bring the whole family. I have seen dozens at Blue Springs in January. I understand that at Cristal River, you are allowed to swim with the manatees. They are perfectly gentle and totally harmless.

There are a lot of water parks in Orlando, including two that are on Disney property. Sea World has one, but I've never been there...yet. Right next to Sea World is Discovery Cove. You can swim with Dolphins there!

There are also a lot of miniature golf places. Disney has two.

In Downtown Disney (West side) there's Disney Quest. That's an indoor Virtual amusement park.

You can go out to Cocoa Beach. That's about an hour away. Of course, maybe it doesn't take that long. My husband got lost!

NASA is out there too.

Clearwater Beach is on the Gulf side and it's farther. It takes about 90 minutes, could be longer if you hit a lot of traffic in Tampa.

There's so much more... Maybe get a vacation book on Orlando.

From my own experience in Florida, I would say April is nice. Though there will be the expected Spring Break hooligans about, the weather will be ideal, the parks should be open and the atmosphere will be festive. Just one question, though. When I went to the UK a few years back all the people there who had been to the states had only gone to Florida, California, or Vegas. These are not the best (or most culturally interesting) parts of our country. Why not, at some future date, take tour through Washington, DC, Manhattan, Boston, or any New England areas? Sorry to intrude, but I've always wondered about this.

April would be nice. But next year Easter falls in April, I believe, so the park would be very busy then.

Christmas is the busiest time of the year at WDW. If you can go a couple of weeks before, it would be very quiet then, but the Christmas decorations would be up.

February might be good, except for "President's Week", when some schools have the weeks off.

The "unofficial" WDW guide by Birnbaum has info on what times of the year are busy and not.

The least busy time at Disney is November to the 2 wks before Christmas. Christmas, other holiday weekends and Spring break are all really busy times, and summer is just so hot in Florida. From the times you listed, I would recommend either February or May.