What will Thanksgiving Day be like for overseas visitors
 

My wife and i are coming over to Disney's Old Key West Resort in November. As our stay overlaps with your Thanksgiving Day holiday, we were wondering what to expect. i.e. will it be very busy or will everyone be at home with their families? We are visiting from Scotland
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Colin & Wilma

Disney World will be VERY busy. Check out this site for info about the world and dinner resv.

allearsnet.com

But have a great time. I LOVE disney!!

Thanksgiving Day.

Firstly, sleep late. Turn on television and watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Around 12 or 1PM go to Thanksgiving Day Buffet and stuff yourself senseless with turkey and all the fixings.

Go back to hotel room and turn on American football games. Take nap.

Congrats. You have now spent your first Thanksgiving Day the way most Americans spend Thanksgiving.

Throw in a fight with a family member and you are an honorary American.

Gobble gobble.

"Throw in a fight with a family member and you are an honorary American."

ROFLMAO, GoTravel!

That's how I intend to spend my Thanksgiving :))

J_Correa, having a fight with a family member??? :-)

FOOD FIGHT!!
:-P

One more thought... keep in mind that most all retail establishments and business will be closed that day. Restaurants, Disney, and a few grocerly stores will still be open, but that's about it.

Fight with a family member - quite possibly. Usually though we are too doped up from the turkey and the wine to fuss too much ;)

I actually spent my lst Thanksgiving in the Uk. I loved it. No turkwey hang over. keep in mind, no stores open here. Disney will probably be packed, but enjoy yourself.
Where in Scotalnd do you come from?
I lived in Stirling, I miss it!

Movie theaters usually open in the afternoon. I've taken my nieces & nephew to a flick a few times in the past.

Gets everyone away from the turkey for a while. The kids are so stuffed I save half the cost by not having to buy popcorn & soda too.

INDYTRAVELER - GOOD One! It IS THE COST OF POCORN THAT JACKS THE PRICE UP SO MUCH........

We love Orlando and will probably be there in December for a few days. One thing about the area that we love other than Disney are the great discount outlets and they are all over the area. You hotel will probably have some coupons for additional discounts or you can also get coupons at the outlets as well. Great place to shop for the holidays.

Have fun, but know that Disney will be crowded, it's the busiest time of year for Disney, so be prepared for large crowds.

Annesherrod
We come from Old Kilpatrick, which isn't to far from Stirling.
Thanks everbody for all the info.I will try to be a good American!!!
Colin

When you get to Disney find a family who is arguing loudly. Tell them you are foreigners (they won't have a clue where Scotland is, accept that its somewhere in Disney) and you want to spend time with them for an American Thanksgiving. By that time they will think you are English (those Pilgrams).

When you get to their hotel room filled with a dozen more relatives and a room full of beer bottles, screeming children, and football blasting on the TV just sit back with your paper plate full of fixins and wait for the fireworks when someone gets accused of not being a father to his children, or a women is accused of being a no good tramp. By late evening everyone will be passed out drunk and you can go back to your hotel room. Happy Thanksgiving. (~~)

honestly, our Thanksgivings are not like that at all! We usually go to church in the morning, pray and give thanks for our many blessings and then stuff ourselves with turkey, dressing, veggies, potatoes, pumkin pie, etc. with the whole family, maybe have an argument with family member, :-) lots of wine and beer, watch football or just talk in the kitchen with other women. Welcome to our Thanksgiving Day!!! Hope you have a great holiday!

Hmmmmm, now I remember why I hated Thanksgiving as a child. LOL :-)

Your Thanksgiving sounds just like our Christmas - except that in the UK we have to put up with relatives for TWO holidays - Christmas day and Boxing Day. Normal routine - get up late - open presents - men ( try ) and go to pub whilst women cook Turkey and get tipsy doing so drinking the sherry - have very late lunch - drink some more - watch Queen's speech at 1500 and try to stay awake - then at teatime eat Turkey sandwiches , Christmas cake and sherry trifle - drink some more - watch stupid reruns on the tele and then go to bed. Boxing day is reserved for family fights .

Chrissie, I always wondered what the British did on Boxing Day. But I didn't know that they actual got into boxing matches with family members. Too funny!

I think we need Boxing Day in the states. Get up late, open presents, and men get to go to the Pub? Now there's one Brit Tradit I like. =D>