Mickey Alerts Crowd Lab
Disney Crowd Calendar & Wait-Time Forecast
Most crowd calendars are educated guesses. This one is measured: we record standby wait times at every Walt Disney World and Disneyland attraction every minute, around the clock, and score each day 1–10 against that park’s own history. Free, for every park and month.
Which park, which day? Start with your trip dates
Compare every park across your dates, open a day to see how it flows hour by hour, then pick the rides that matter — all from waits we record every minute.
Pick your dates above to compare crowd levels across all six parks.
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Full-year calendars
Every day of the year scored 1–10 on a single page — compare months, spot the peaks, and pick your week before drilling into a month.
August 2026 at a glance
The lightest and busiest days this month in each park, scored 1 (lightest) to 10 (busiest). Open a park’s calendar for every day.
| Park | Lightest days | Busiest days |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Kingdom | Aug 7 (1), Aug 10 (1), Aug 11 (1) | Aug 20 (9), Aug 5 (9), Aug 4 (9) |
| EPCOT | Aug 28 (4*), Aug 29 (4*), Aug 30 (4*) | Aug 31 (9*), Aug 27 (9), Aug 26 (9) |
| Hollywood Studios | Aug 30 (7*), Aug 31 (7*), Aug 9 (9) | Aug 25 (10), Aug 22 (10), Aug 21 (10) |
| Animal Kingdom | Aug 1 (6), Aug 10 (6), Aug 12 (6) | Aug 23 (9), Aug 22 (9), Aug 21 (9) |
| Disneyland | Aug 1 (1), Aug 2 (1), Aug 8 (1) | Aug 3 (9), Aug 27 (6*), Aug 10 (6) |
| Disney California Adventure | Aug 14 (1), Aug 15 (1), Aug 16 (1) | Aug 5 (10), Aug 4 (10), Aug 19 (9) |
* projected from prior-year seasonality; other days are scored from observed waits (data through 2026-08-26).
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| Park | August 2026 | September 2026 | October 2026 | November 2026 | December 2026 | January 2027 |
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| Magic Kingdom | View | View | View | View | View | View |
| EPCOT | View | View | View | View | View | View |
| Hollywood Studios | View | View | View | View | View | View |
| Animal Kingdom | View | View | View | View | View | View |
| Disneyland | View | View | View | View | View | View |
| Disney California Adventure | View | View | View | View | View | View |
How the scores work
Every minute, we record the posted standby wait at every attraction in all six parks — the same dataset (three years and growing, ~50 million samples a year) that trains our park planner’s wait-time models. Each day’s park-wide median wait is ranked against every day that park has on record and mapped to a 1–10 decile: 10 is a top-10% busiest day, 1 is a bottom-10% lightest day. Dates in the future are projected from the same weekday at the same point in the season across prior years, and always marked as projections.
How often are those projections right? We grade them in public, every night — including the misses — on the prediction scorecard.
FAQ
How is this crowd calendar different from other Disney crowd calendars?
Most crowd calendars are editorial estimates. Ours is measured: Mickey Alerts records standby wait times at every Walt Disney World and Disneyland attraction every minute, around the clock, and scores each day 1–10 against that park’s own full history. Future dates are projected from the same weekday at the same point in the season across prior years, and are marked as projections.
Which parks are covered?
All four Walt Disney World theme parks (Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom) and both Disneyland Resort parks (Disneyland and Disney California Adventure).
Is the crowd calendar free?
Yes — every park and month is free to browse. The same minute-by-minute data also powers The Club plan’s park planner, which builds an optimized day plan with predicted waits and Lightning Lane strategy.
What does a crowd level of 10 mean?
A 10 means the day’s park-wide median wait was (or is projected to be) among the highest that park has ever recorded in our data — think peak holiday weeks. A 1 is among the lightest days on record.
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