Crowd calendar

Pick the quiet days.

A forecast for every day and every park, built from two years of real posted wait times, plus the holidays and school breaks that pack the parks.

How I build it

Real waits, not vibes

Queue-Times.com records every posted wait at every Disney park, all day, every day. I take their 2024 and 2025 averages for each park by month and by day of the week, and weigh both years equally so one busy year doesn't skew it.

Then I add the dates that monthly averages hide: Christmas to New Year's, Thanksgiving week, Presidents Day week when Northeast schools are off, Easter, the long weekends, and NJEA week in November when every New Jersey family seems to be in Orlando.

A 5 is that park's normal day. A 10 is as packed as it gets. The level compares each park to itself, so "my pick" is the park running furthest below its own normal.

What it can't see

Read it as a forecast

  • A big new ride opening, a heat wave, or a hurricane will move real days.
  • Disney discounts (free dining, ticket deals) pull families into slow months.
  • Halloween and Christmas party nights close Magic Kingdom early for day guests, which changes how that day feels.
  • Once you're in the park, the live wait times are the truth.

Data: Queue-Times.com crowd statistics, 2024 and 2025, read November 2026.