Disney World Crowd Report – November 2 to 8, 2014
Last week crowds peaked in the first half of the week and settled in the second half. Crowds spiked around special events like Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and Epcot’s Food & Wine Half Marathon. Like the week before we witnessed some unexpected closures at Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and Great Movie Ride which may have affected wait times at Disney Hollywood Studios.
Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day last week on the Disney World Crowd Report:
Walt Disney World Resort Crowd Levels – Daily Breakdown
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WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Magic Kingdom
6
6
Disney Hollywood Studios saw wait times at two attractions exceed normal ranges for a Sunday in November. Great Movie Ride averaged a posted time of 30 minutes (predicted 19) while Toy Story Midway Mania averaged 93 minutes (predicted 69). Elsewhere around the resort wait times fell within a few minutes of what we predicted.
Epcot
6
5
Hollywood Studios
5
8
Animal Kingdom
7
6
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WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Magic Kingdom
6
7
Three of the four parks reached a crowd level ’7′ on our scale on Monday. Wait times at Epcot were the surprise of the day with rides like Living with the Land reaching an average posted time of 17 minutes (predicted 10), and Spaceship Earth reaching a 27-minute average (predicted 17), very high for those attractions.
Epcot
4
7
Hollywood Studios
5
7
Animal Kingdom
5
5
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WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Magic Kingdom
5
4
Tuesday brought a distinct contrast to Sunday and Monday with three parks hitting only a level ’4′. The average wait times at Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror were both in the 30s.
Epcot
5
5
Hollywood Studios
6
4
Animal Kingdom
4
4
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WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Magic Kingdom
5
3
Wait times continued to stay lower on Wednesday than the earlier part of the week. We had our only crowd level ’1′ of the week at Animal Kingdom where all attractions had posted wait time averages less than 20 minutes.
Epcot
4
5
Hollywood Studios
5
5
Animal Kingdom
3
1
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WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Magic Kingdom
6
6
Extra Magic Hour morning at Magic Kingdom brought that park to a level ’6′, the highest of the day. Our predictions did well with all Magic Kingdom attractions coming within one or two points on our scale.
Epcot
5
5
Hollywood Studios
5
3
Animal Kingdom
4
2
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WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Magic Kingdom
4
3
Friday’s calendar included a Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, the Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend and Jersey Week. Although, wait times stayed within normal ranges for early November including 59 minutes at Soarin’ (predicted 69) and 65 at Test Track (predicted 61).
Epcot
5
5
Hollywood Studios
5
6
Animal Kingdom
5
3
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WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Magic Kingdom
4
6
Weekends in the fall are usually the busiest day of the week but no park hit a level above ’6′ on our scale on Saturday, not as busy as Monday. Magic Kingdom wait times slid slightly higher than expected, 32 minutes at Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion (predicted 28).
Epcot
4
4
Hollywood Studios
6
6
Animal Kingdom
5
6
What to Expect This Week
November 9 to 15, 2014
How Crowded is Walt Disney World?
Mid-November brings moderate crowds across the resort. Once you manage your schedule around Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party schedule at Magic Kingdom, your itinerary becomes much easier to plan.
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.
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