Orlando weather in October

Up North, you won’t find a single outdoor water park open during the month of October, but in Orlando the summerlike weather and lighter crowds make October the ideal month to visit any one of Orlando’s four water parks—Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach, Wet ‘n Wild, and Aquatica. With high temperatures in the 80s and lows in the 60s, summer tends to linger a little longer in the Sunshine State.

This year’s mid-October heat wave proved that sunscreen and plenty of bottled water are still par for the course for any trip to the theme parks or even one of the nearest beaches. October is actually considered the “low season” in Orlando, but between Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights, Mickey’s Not so Scary Halloween at Magic Kingdom, the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, and SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular, there are plenty of events to enjoy, and with much shorter lines.

Just keep in mind that if the little ones are dressed in their costumes at any of these Halloween-themed theme park events, they might be a little on the warm side.