Universal Crowd Calendar Report – July 24 to 30, 2016

Last week, Islands of Adventure continued to lag behind its sister park which pulled down the resort wide crowd level a few points lower than history would suggest for the last week of July. The Universal Crowd Calendar did a great job predicting the crowd level at Universal Studios missing by more than one level only once.
Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day last week on the Touringplans.com Universal Crowd Calendar Report:
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
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Universal Studios |
9
|
7
|
Crowds lagged well behind historical averages on Sunday with Islands of Adventure much less crowded than a typical Sunday in July. There we saw average wait times like 23 minutes at Dragon Challenge and 41 minutes at The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man. |
Islands of Adventure |
9
|
5
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
9
|
9
|
Predictions hit the mark at Universal Studios on Monday thanks to average wait times like 50 minutes at The Simpsons Ride and 69 at Transformers: The Ride-3D. |
Islands of Adventure |
9
|
6
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
9
|
9
|
More busy crowds at Universal Studios on Tuesday and although Islands of Adventure was two points lower than predicted by the Universal Crowd Calendar the park was still very busy. Average wait times were 66 minutes at Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and 43 minutes at Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. |
Islands of Adventure |
9
|
7
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
9
|
9
|
Wednesday brought the third day in a row at a level ‘9’ for Universal Studios, as predicted. Meanwhile Islands of Adventure sat tow points lower, once again. |
Islands of Adventure |
9
|
7
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
9
|
8
|
Thursday brought average wait times like 24 minutes at E.T. Adventure, 26 at Revenge of the Mummy, 38 at Rip Ride Rockit and 41 at The Simpsons Ride. |
Islands of Adventure |
9
|
7
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
9
|
8
|
Wait times were close to what the Universal Crowd Calendar predicted for Universal Studios on Friday but Islands of Adventure was much less busy than expected. Jurassic Park River Adventure averaged 38 minutes (predicted 45) and The Cat in the Hat averaged 15 (25). |
Islands of Adventure |
10
|
6
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
9
|
8
|
Saturday’s crowds were similar to what we saw all week at Universal. The Universal Crowd Calendar overpredicted by one level at both parks. |
Islands of Adventure |
8
|
7
|
July 31 to August 6, 2016 |
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August will bring more busy summer crowds to Universal but as we head into the middle of the month crowds should start to subside.
To see Universal Orlando Resort 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.