OK. I trust you guys. I am going to shoot for the week after thanksgiving.
What about the week after that? Is the point here that the week after thanksgiving is THE deadest of them all?
Those two weeks are about equally dead (assuming a saturday to saturday). Both very dead. The next week is a bit busier with the last few days getting really busy. The next two weeks are going to be nightmarish. Nov 27-Dec 16 are the days you need to squeeze your vacation into, and Dec 1-11 are the lowest crowds of those dates.
Like, you have friends that absolutely loath disneyworld right? it's because they went during the summer when school was out, over spring break, over Christmas to new years, thanksgiving week, memorial day, etc. And probably stayed at some reasonably nice off site hotel and rented a car. I would hate the crap out of that trip as well.