After comparing summer predictions against actual park attendance, Disney and Universal have made minor adjustments to their crowd calendars. The changes focus on specific days of the week between September 10 and October 12, 2024, with most modifications involving a one-point shift in predicted crowd levels. Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios saw no changes as they generally overpredict crowds by about one point, which the team prefers to underpredicting. EPCOT adjustments reduced estimates for Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays due to consistent overpredictions during those days. Animal Kingdom also received a one-point reduction for Mondays and Fridays following similar trends.
Key Points:
- Most crowd calendar changes are minor adjustments by 1 point, and only on specific days of the week.
- The dates for these changes are September 10 through October 12, 2024.
- Our Magic Kingdom crowd predictions are at +/- 1.26 year-to-date, and +/- 0.67 over the last month.