Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Report – November 16 to 22, 2014
To say last week was a slow one at Universal Orlando Resort is an understatement. Wait times at both parks stayed in the lowest levels of the year all week, exactly as we predicted. Even the weekend crowds could not muster a crowd level above ‘2’ on our scale.
Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day last week on the TouringPlans.com Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Report:
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
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Universal Studios |
2
|
2
|
Guests of Universal Orlando experienced low wait times all week. On Sunday we saw averages like 9 minutes at Revenge of the Mummy and 10 at The Simpson’s Ride. |
Islands of Adventure |
2
|
1
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
2
|
2
|
Monday’s waits were no higher. 8 minutes at Spider-Man and 12 at Flight of the Hippogriff while Universal Studios saw averages like 10 minutes at Men in Black and 18 at Transformers: The Ride-3D. |
Islands of Adventure |
2
|
1
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
2
|
2
|
No change on Tuesday, low crowds across both parks. |
Islands of Adventure |
2
|
1
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
2
|
2
|
More of the same on Wednesday, either park was a great choice for low crowds. |
Islands of Adventure |
2
|
1
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
2
|
2
|
Thursday’s crowd was low again at both parks. We saw only a 17-minute average wait at Forbidden Journey. |
Islands of Adventure |
1
|
1
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
2
|
2
|
Wait times creeped up one level at Islands of Adventure on Friday. Forbidden Journey was much busier at 28 minutes (predicted 15). |
Islands of Adventure |
2
|
2
|
|
WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
Universal Studios |
3
|
2
|
Back down to a level ‘1’ for Islands of Adventure on Saturday while The Studios completed the week-long sweep of crowd level ‘2’s on our scale. |
Islands of Adventure |
2
|
1
|
November 23 to 29, 2014 |
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Despite the slow week last week we expect that Thanksgiving Week will be a different story. The parks will see heavy crowds but not at Christmas-like levels.
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.
I was at the early opening of the Studios on Thursday and, at opening, there were less than 100 people waiting to enter. Everything was a walk on that day. While at Magic Kingdom on Saturday, the crowd level was 7 compared to 1’s and 2’s at Universal.