Mid-September at Walt Disney World offers low crowds with interesting variations across parks. Magic Kingdom shows a clear split in wait times due to Halloween party days, while Animal Kingdom remains busy on weekends despite lower overall attendance. Hollywood Studios experienced higher-than-expected morning crowds, though the week overall performed well for most attractions. Touring Plans predictions were accurate 75% of the time within one or two crowd levels, with only a few minor misses. Downtime averaged 5.6% across all parks, returning to normal summer levels after a couple of rough weeks.
Key Points:
- Touring Plans predictions were spot-on or within one crowd level 75% of the time last week.
- Magic Kingdom averaged a crowd level 1 on party days and almost-3 on non-party days.
- Hollywood Studios had the worst overall downtime, averaging 7.1% of its capacity lost to downtime.
- Only two attractions in all of WDW had average posted waits over an hour: Cosmic Rewind and Test Track.