Originally Posted by
Strmchsr
The lights begin to go up after Nov 1, but the Osborne Lights aren't on until Mid-November and that's when the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party starts, too.
It's a catch-22. The "least" crowded time is the couple of weeks before Thanksgiving week. All of the weeks of December have become significantly more crowded than they used to be. However, if you want to see everything, the holiday storytellers, candlelight processional, etc doesn't start until Thanksgiving. So, you really have to pick lower crowds or see everything. If you go after Thanksgiving the crowds aren't horrible, but they aren't low either. Make absolutely sure you avoid Magic Kingdom on the weekend if you go the first week of December as that is when they film the Christmas morning parade and MK is a zoo during that time.