Hollywood Studios Crowd Calendar

January 2024

Aside from the first week which remains busy thanks to the ending of the holiday decorations, and runDisney’s first marathon weekend of the year, weekdays in January are typically a lovely time to visit Hollywood Studios with average or just above average crowds.

Crowds will decrease as the month goes on and peak season Christmas holiday crowds dissipate. Remember that January and February are peak months for attraction refurbishments so some headline attractions may be unavailable for all or part of the month.

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February 2024

February in Hollywood Studios largely mirrors January with quieter week days and busier weekends.

The first 3 weeks is quiet but the first public holiday of the year, Presidents Day (every third Monday in February), brings the first opportunity for people to get away for a break.

Consequently, the week following Presidents Day is busy in Hollywood Studios as people take the opportunity to get away without having to use as much annual leave.

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March 2024

A quiet beginning precludes the end of a very busy month in the Disney World as Spring Break crowds descend on Orlando en masse to let off some steam for a week or two.

If you are looking for a quiet time in the parks you might want to give late March (and early April) a bit of a wide berth especially. Also note that the first 4 months of the year are busy in Disney World with dance championships bumping attendance at the hotels and theme parks over many weekends. You can find a complete list of dance championships on the Magic Kingdom crowd calendar page.

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April 2024

April’s crowds are flipped compared to March as the continuation of the Spring Break holiday carries through the first fortnight of the month, also encompassing Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Avoiding the peak Spring Break crowds, late April is still a great time to visit for warm weather without the humidity of the summer months. As with most parks, weekends remain the busier times so try to visit in the week if you can.

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May 2024

Low to moderate crowds coupled with fantastic weather and no significant public holidays until the end of the month make May a brilliant time to visit Orlando if you want to avoid peak crowds but still have the weather.

Also with most cheerleading championships being concluded, May is the first month of the year not to have a packed calendar somewhere on resort that may artificially bump up your accommodation pricing.

The better weather brings out more locals at the weekends but weekdays are a lot more crowd free aside from Memorial Day weekend at the end of the month.

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June 2024

June heralds the start of the US School holidays in many US States running through to the first week of August.

Expect very busy crowds and turbulent weather, especially in the afternoons, along with extended park opening hours and long lines for popular attractions. The park may feel that it is packed to bursting but Disney maintains they have limited capacity by 20% during June and July.

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July 2024

Now every US state school is guaranteed to be off you can expect crowds to be uniformly busy throughout the whole month. Weekends are just as busy as weekdays with the park remaining open later than usual to deal with the extra crowds. You may also find there are 2 showings of ‘Fantasmic’ nightly to accommodate larger crowds and limited seating for each performance.

If you want to guarantee your attraction is going to be operating your best months to visit are June and July to coincide with the US School holiday system.

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August 2024

August is a quiet month to visit the parks if you need to visit during UK school summer holidays.

US School term starts the second week of August so the first week remains busy but crowds tail off very soon after schools return to classes.

Remember that hurricane season in Florida runs from June through September so there is a small chance your holiday may be impacted but it’s usually only one or 2 days as a worst case scenario. Days are also typically very hot and humid with afternoon downpours.

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September 2024

September is largely a buffer month between summer holiday madness and Halloween celebrations which actually start in some parks around the middle of the month.

Hollywood Studios’ Halloween celebrations are much more muted than Magic Kingdom’s so there are no specific Halloween events to look out for. 

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October 2024

October has always been a popular time for people to visit Orlando because of separate ticketed events at Universal and Seaworld as well as at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World.

August to October in Hollywood Studios is actually the quietest time of the year for the park as there are no special events planned.

As always, weekends will be busier than weekdays but most of the attention for Halloween is directed at Magic Kingdom.

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November 2024

November in Orlando is largely another buffer month in between two popular holiday celebrations. As soon as Halloween ends you will see parks preparing and launching Christmas celebrations soon after.

Weekends are typically moderately busy as locals flock to the parks outside of work for some Christmas cheer. Thanksgiving, a hugely popular public holiday in America, packs all the parks to bursting for one weekend and many days the proceeding week after so try to avoid this week if you can.

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December 2024

The first fortnight is a great time to visit to see the Hollywood Studios in full on Christmas mode without the crowds of the last fortnight but bear in mind the park may close earlier in December than later. 

If visiting later in December, and its within your budget, consider purchasing Genie+ for everyone in your party. Although Hollywood Studios isn’t the best park for Genie+ if you are going in late December you will likely save some time using it but reservations will finish quite early in the day with the amount of people using only a finite amount of capacity compared to Magic Kingdom’s more robust offering.