May a light month? Most schools are getting out in May so I dk how that's figured. Slowest times of the year are end of august and september when kids go back to school, as well as january/february. Thats when you really see an empty park. I guess we do things a little different. We don't go early. We went after noon and ate lunch at the hotel or off site and went to pool in the mornings. This way when we ate at the park it was quick things or snacks that you got from a cart or something. If we did eat at the park we had a reservation. Otherwise we ate dinner at disney springs. Rides... we had a balance of rides w minimal lines and some with an hour long lines but I think the biggest difference is we got there around 1-2 and stayed till late when it cooled making things more tolerable, meanwhile you were there in the hottest times of the day and never got a break. Magic kingdom you need 2 days, whereas epcot/hollywood/animal kingdom are 1 day parks. Last time we went we didnt even bother with animal kingdom.