Disney World Crowds in 2026
By Dave Shute
2026 CROWDS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
The image and table lower on the page show my forecasts for 2026 crowds by week at Walt Disney World.
My Disney World crowd forecasts are based on a combination of historical patterns and the specific influence of school breaks. The varying year to year timing of school breaks particularly shapes crowding during the spring break season.
As always, I forecast by Saturday arrival date, and the forecast includes the arrival Saturday through the second Sunday following–so forecasts cover 9 total days.
I have simplified this calendar quite a bit for 2026. Long time visitors to this site–let me know if you like this more than the olden ways I did this! (Here’s last year for comparison…)
I’ve also added below a text version of the crowd calendar, to help with any legibility issues.
| 12/27 | High |
| 1/3 | Moderate |
| 1/10 | Low |
| 1/17 | Low |
| 1/24 | Low |
| 1/31 | Low |
| 2/7 | Moderate |
| 2/14 | High |
| 2/21 | Low |
| 2/28 | Low |
| 3/7 | Low |
| 3/14 | High |
| 3/21 | Moderate |
| 3/28 | High |
| 4/4 | High |
| 4/11 | Low |
| 4/18 | Low |
| 4/25 | Low |
| 5/2 | Low |
| 5/9 | Low |
| 5/16 | Low |
| 5/23 | Moderate |
| 5/30 | Low |
| 6/6 | Moderate |
| 6/13 | Moderate |
| 6/20 | Moderate |
| 6/27 | High |
| 7/4 | High |
| 7/11 | Moderate |
| 7/18 | Moderate |
| 7/25 | Moderate |
| 8/1 | Moderate |
| 8/8 | Moderate |
| 8/15 | Low |
| 8/22 | Low |
| 8/29 | Low |
| 9/5 | Low |
| 9/12 | Low |
| 9/19 | Low |
| 9/26 | Low |
| 10/3 | Moderate |
| 10/10 | High |
| 10/17 | Moderate |
| 10/24 | Low |
| 10/31 | Moderate |
| 11/7 | Low |
| 11/14 | Moderate |
| 11/21 | High |
| 11/28 | Low |
| 12/5 | Low |
| 12/12 | Low |
| 12/19 | High |
| 12/26 | High |
HOW TO INTERPRET THE 2026 DISNEY WORLD CROWD CALENDAR
Dates are the Saturday of arrival.
As is the case in almost every good Disney World crowd calendar, the forecasts are about wait times for rides–not about how crowded the areas outside the rides might be.
The forecasts are about the weeks relative to each other.
The “low crowd” weeks–those colored green–represent the best crowd levels for a family visiting for the first time and unsure if it will ever return.
However, lower crowds do not always mean a better week to visit. Some low-crowd weeks best avoided by first timers who may never return because they are in the mid-August to mid-October peak hurricane season or the early January-early February ride closure seasons. See my 2026 Disney World week rankings for more on this.
The “moderate crowd” weeks–those in black–have crowd levels that in the past I traditionally would not particularly recommend to first time visitors. However, with the aid of daily Early Entry in each of the parks, and the tools of Lighting Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass, moderate crowd level days can be managed quite easily, so I now have no qualms about recommending them.
The “high crowd” weeks–those in red—should be avoided by everyone. They aren’t, which is why they are so high.
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