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2025 Walt Disney World Crowd Calendar
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When is the best time to visit Walt Disney World? The answer is – it depends. There are a variety of factors that can affect crowds. It’s true, ANY day is a great day to visit Walt Disney World, but some days do have lighter crowds than others. Here are some examples of factors that affect crowd levels:
HOLIDAYS
Holidays affect crowds in Walt Disney World, with some more impactful than others. Holidays which include a long weekend (Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day) result in increased crowds vs. surrounding weeks but are not overly impacting. Independence Day, Easter, and Thanksgiving bring in moderate to heavy crowd levels, and the weeks before and during Christmas and New Year’s Eve bring significant crowds which frequently result in park closures due to the parks reaching maximum capacity. If you are flexible with your travel dates, avoiding any of the above holidays will result in visiting during less-busy times at Walt Disney World!
REGIONAL EVENTS
There are several regional events that occur throughout the country that impact at
Why Summer is the New Low Crowds Season at Disney World
Walt Disney World is having a slow summer.
Another one
. This does not mean that the parks are dead or ghost towns. Calling the parks empty is an exaggeration. However, attendance has decreased noticeably, wait times are down, ADR availability is ample, and the company continues to pull new levers to entice locals and fans back to the parks. We dig into the data and offer our theories for the summer slowdown.
The one thing summer hasn’t been, though, is peak season. Not for a long time. Back on June 26, 2017 we first published:
Summer Is Not Peak Season at Walt Disney World
. That explained how, despite the conventional wisdom that Memorial Day through Labor Day is the busiest stretch of the year in Florida, summer crowds weren’t as bad as in the past. It offered several potential theories explaining the why of this.
Last year, we followed that up with
Summer (Still) Is NOT High Crowds Season at Walt Disney World
. If you want a recap of 2016-2018, 2019, 2020, 2021-2022, and 2023-2024 (all listed separately because they have their own unique wrinkles), so the first half of that post. It explains the Star
Best & Worst Days of Week to Visit Every Park at Disney World in 2025
Looking for the best and worst days of the week to visit each park at Walt Disney World? This strategy guide covers Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom, offering info about when the wait times are lowest and highest, plus commentary about weekdays vs. weekends, special events, and more. (
Updated September 3, 2025
.)
Like many of our planning resources, this is a ‘teach a person to fish’ rather than ‘giving a person a fish’ post. This is to say that we spend a lot of time explaining the
why
of crowd patterns so you can understand what’s happening, how dynamics might differ during your dates, or if it’ll actually matter to you.
This can be overwhelming for some people, so we’ll start with the three biggest lessons up front. First, every single park at Walt Disney World is busiest on Mondays. If at all possible, you shouldn’t do any parks on Monday. If you must, do Animal Kingdom on Monday since it’s the lowest stakes park. Saturday is a close second as a day to avoid, especially since it’s popular with locals, exacer
When is Disney World Least Crowded 2025? – Slowest Time at Disney World
When is Disney World Least Crowded 2025? – Slowest Time at Disney World
Crowd Projections & More Walt Disney World Weekly Deals & Promotions
This is your complete guide to the slowest time to visit Disney World in 2025. Typically, the least busy time at Disney World is September with 17 out of 30 cheapest days of the year being found in that month alone. But there are other times you can catch low crowds too like late August! Our guide is designed to help you find the slowest times at Disney World 2025 no matter when you’re looking to go!
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If you’re looking for our Disney World Crowd Calendar be sure to go straight to the link below.
Disney World Crowd Calendar
When is Disney World Least Crowded 2025?