I don't know what year everyone's else's experience was from, but let me tell you a little bit about what we experienced the last week of Nov/first week of Dec 2017. Crowds were to the point were it was difficult to walk, never mind see or do much of anything. It didn't bother me so much because I've pretty much seen it all already, but we found ourselves escaping back to the resort often. From all I can see, these internet crowd calendars are terribly inaccurate. We saw the same thing the second week of January. Crowds were supposed to be low, but AK was so jammed with people we just left. The trend that I have noticed, is that summer (and particularly after school begins) from late Aug on seems to be where you might find a break from the obvious uptick in attendance. The crowd calendars are worthless, in my recent experience. No way I'd ever book another stay after Thanksgiving. It would have to be the first week of November for me.