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August is definitely peak.
The nice thing about September-through-May (excepting Thanksgiving weekend, the week from Christmas to New Years, and school vacation weeks in February and April) is that it's relatively uncrowded. The drawback? The parks usually roll up their sidewalks between 5pm-8pm, leaving you not much to do at night.
The sucky thing about June, July, and August is the oppressive heat and oppressive lines. The advantage? The parks are open later.
The gameplan in the offseason is, "Get there early, stay all day." If you're going in August? The gameplan is this:
1.) Get there when they open.
2.) Run and ride the coolest thing(s).
3.) Around 11am to noon, when it starts getting really busy, go have lunch.
4.) Go back to the hotel.
5.) ****.
6.) Nap.
7.) Go for a swim.
8.) **** again.
9.) Go for an early dinner.
10.) Go back into the parks around 6pm-7pm. Enjoy the cooler evening weather and thinner crowds.
TWO OPTIONS NOW:
11A.) Right before they close, ride the coolest thing(s).
12A.) Walk out of the park very slowly to allow the millions in the horde to crowd onto the monorails, boats, and buses. (Unless you're staying at the Contemporary and leaving the Magic Kingdom, in which case you can leisurely walk back.)
11B.) Ride the coolest thing(s) just before the fireworks/parade/evening event.
12B.) While the hordes are attending the evening event, run like hell to get out of the park before they do, and clog up the transportation system.
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