Walt Disney World Crowd Calendar Report – June 12 to 18, 2016
Crowds at Walt Disney World were very close to what the Disney World Crowd Calendar predicted between June 12 and 18. The calendar correctly predicted that midweek crowds would be larger than those on the weekend. Magic Kingdom crowds led the way with every day at a crowd level ‘8’ or higher except for Saturday (6). Animal Kingdom was the least crowded park of the week after dipping to a level ‘3’ on Friday.
Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day on the Touringplans.com Walt Disney World Crowd Calendar Report:
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Kingdom |
7
|
9
|
Magic Kingdom was the busiest park on Sunday thanks to average wait times like 68 minutes at Peter Pan’s Flight and Space Mountain. Even less crowded attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion had average waits in the mid 30-minute range. |
| Epcot |
4
|
6
|
|
| Hollywood Studios |
7
|
7
|
|
| Animal Kingdom |
7
|
5
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Magic Kingdom |
8
|
10
|
Magic Kingdom edged out Animal Kingdom as the busiest park on Monday. Jungle Cruise hit an average of 57 minutes (predicted 54) while Space Mountain averaged 89 minutes (predicted 85). Meanwhile at Animal Kingdom we saw average waits like 69 minutes at Kali River Rapids and 49 minutes at Kilimanjaro Safaris. |
| Epcot |
6
|
6
|
|
| Hollywood Studios |
7
|
8
|
|
| Animal Kingdom |
8
|
9
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Magic Kingdom |
8
|
10
|
Tuesday brought another crowd level ’10’ for Magic Kingdom thanks to average wait times like 79 minutes at Peter Pan’s Flight (predicted 77). Even Hollywood Studios, the least crowded park still managed a crowd level ‘7’, a sure sign that summer crowds are upon us. |
| Epcot |
9
|
8
|
|
| Hollywood Studios |
8
|
7
|
|
| Animal Kingdom |
8
|
8
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Magic Kingdom |
8
|
9
|
Disney Hollywood Studios was the busiest park on Wednesday reaching the maximum level on our scale. That means average wait times hit their highest level of the year like the 88 minute average at Terror of Terror and the 79 minute average at Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. Animal Kingdom was the least crowded park with averages like 31 minutes at Expedition Everest and 30 minutes at Primeval Whirl. |
| Epcot |
7
|
7
|
|
| Hollywood Studios |
7
|
10
|
|
| Animal Kingdom |
9
|
6
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Magic Kingdom |
8
|
9
|
Thursday was busy once again thanks to near maximum crowds at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. Epcot quietly continued the week with busy crowds on Thursday but not as busy as the other parks. Soarin’ hit an average wait of 103 minutes however, having reopened after a long refurbishment. |
| Epcot |
7
|
7
|
|
| Hollywood Studios |
6
|
9
|
|
| Animal Kingdom |
7
|
6
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Magic Kingdom |
7
|
8
|
Friday’s resort-wide crowd level was pulled down by very low crowds at Animal Kingdom compared to the rest of the week. We saw Kilimanjaro Safaris average a wait of 24 minutes and Kali River Rapids 35 while Dinosaur averaged 19. |
| Epcot |
5
|
7
|
|
| Hollywood Studios |
7
|
7
|
|
| Animal Kingdom |
7
|
3
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Magic Kingdom |
6
|
6
|
Saturday was the least crowded day of the week with only Magic Kingdom hitting a crowd level above the middle point on our scale. Hollywood Studios saw some low wait times like 16 minutes at Great Movie Ride and 18 at Star Tours. |
| Epcot |
4
|
4
|
|
| Hollywood Studios |
6
|
2
|
|
| Animal Kingdom |
6
|
4
|
|
To see Walt Disney World Crowd predictions for the days of your vacation, check the Crowd Calendar.
To get details about our predictions of future crowds or details about crowds in the past check out the Crowd Calendar and select “Jump to Date” on the left margin.
We usually visit for Easter week but this year we couldn’t make it then. We were at MK on Sat, 6/18, and the crowds felt very light. Maybe because we are used to Easter crowd levels. After the 4pm storm, while we had dinner at BOG, the crowd thinned even more. Had a touring plan & low crowds made for a great day.
We skipped this analysis for the week of June 1st? Is it an option to see that?
Yes, that week is missing. I am working to publish analyses of the weeks since June 12-18, then I’ll go back and publish something for the weeks before. In the meantime, all the information is available on our daily crowd pages. For example, June 1st:
https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/crowd-calendar/date/2016-06-01
Yes. But I am too lazy and dumb to do the analysis for my self i want you to spoon feed me.