Best & Worst Days to Visit Disney World in 2024

Should you avoid Disney World on Mondays? Should you go on Wednesday or Fridays? Should weekends be avoided or embraced? While Walt Disney World can be busy any day of the week, when analyzing the statistics over a period of time, better and worse days to visit each theme park do begin to stick out. Let's take a look at the numbers so far in 2024, and back at the data for 2022 and 2023 to give you some data to pick better days to visit! Note: this article will update over the course of 2024!

Best/Worst Days 2024

• As of May 13th, 2024

Resort wide, Mondays continue to be the busiest day to visit Walt Disney World overall. Weekends, especially Sundays, have been the lightest days to visit so far in 2024, on average. Park by park breakdowns are below, where the days do vary, and have changed some from past years. Right now, these sets feature four months worth of data, including the busy Spring Break season. Be sure to look at the 2023 and 2022 numbers further down for a broader picture.

The Magic Kingdom

• Best Day (holidays included): Sunday - 26 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Tuesday- 33 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Sunday - 26 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Tuesday- 33 minute average

EPCOT

• Best Day (holidays included): Wednesday - 33 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday - 41 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Wednesday - 33 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday - 41 minute average

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• Best Day (holidays included): Wednesday/Sunday - 42 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday/Friday - 46 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Wednesday/Sunday - 42 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday/Friday - 46 minute average

Disney's Animal Kingdom

• Best Day (holidays included): Wednesday - 39 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Saturday- 48 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Wednesday - 39 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Saturday - 48 minute average

For reference, the best/worst days to visit in 2023 were:

Best/Worst Days 2023

The Magic Kingdom

• Best Day (holidays included): Sunday - 26 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday - 34 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Sunday - 26 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday - 34 minute average

EPCOT

• Best Day (holidays included): Wednesday - 29 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday - 36 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Wednesday - 29 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday - 36 minute average

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• Best Day (holidays included): Sunday - 40 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday/Tuesday/Friday - 46 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Sunday - 40 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday/Tuesday/Friday - 46 minute average

Disney's Animal Kingdom

• Best Day (holidays included): Wednesday - 35 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Friday - 42 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Wednesday - 35 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Friday - 42 minute average

For reference, the best/worst days to visit in 2022 were:

Best/Worst Days 2022

The Magic Kingdom

• Best Day (holidays included): Friday - 33 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday - 40 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Friday - 33 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday - 41 minute average

EPCOT

• Best Day (holidays included): Sunday - 31 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday - 38 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Saturday/Sunday - 31 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday - 37 minute average

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• Best Day (holidays included): Saturday - 48 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday - 53 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Saturday - 49 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday - 53 minute average

Disney's Animal Kingdom

• Best Day (holidays included): Wednesday/Saturday - 41 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays included): Monday - 47 minute average
• Best Day (holidays excluded): Wednesday - 42 minute average
• Worst Day (holidays excluded): Monday/Tuesday/Friday - 46 minute average