We have been watching the crowds build every year since 2011 when we first started going to the Food & Wine Festival - The last Monday in October we were at the MK rope drop .... went to Big Thunder and literally stayed on for three straight rides as few people were around ..... I have a picture some where of my DW standing by the entrance of Splash Mountain and there is NO ONE around in any direction ....

As said previously, schools have fall breaks and a number of colleges have them know too ....