Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Report – September 28 to October 4, 2014
{You won’t see much of a blue line on our “What we predicted” vs. “What we saw” chart because we predicted every day correctly except Saturday. The blue line is hidden behind the red.}
Low wait times across both Universal Parks last week including a full week of level ‘2’ or lower at Islands of Adventure. Halloween Horror Nights kept The Studios busy in the evenings but during the day we never saw wait times higher than 20 or 30 minutes for most attractions. On our scale neither park reached a level above ‘3’.
Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day last week on the TouringPlans.com Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Report:
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Studios |
3
|
3
|
Halloween Horror nights at Universal Studios do not have the same affect on crowds that we see at Magic Kingdom’s Not-So-Scary Halloween parties. Crowds during the day at The Studios were a ‘3’ on Sunday despite that park hosting a Halloween Horror Night. |
| Islands of Adventure |
3
|
2
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Universal Studios |
3
|
3
|
Same crowds on Monday that we saw on Sunday including average posted times like 15 minutes at Disaster! and 17 minutes at Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (predicted 26). |
| Islands of Adventure |
3
|
2
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Universal Studios |
3
|
3
|
Another day of ‘3’ and ‘2’ at Universal Resort on Tuesday with below average crowds at both parks. We saw a 19 minute average posted time at Rip Ride Rockit and a 21 minute wait (predicted 26) at Spider-Man. |
| Islands of Adventure |
3
|
2
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Universal Studios |
3
|
3
|
Our predictions did remarkably well on Wednesday at the Studios with no prediction missing by more than a few minutes. Wait times at Islands of Adventure came in about as expected as well including another 21 minute average wait at Spider-Man. |
| Islands of Adventure |
3
|
2
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Universal Studios |
3
|
3
|
Nothing new on Thursday with both parks having low crowds and manageable wait times at all attractions. |
| Islands of Adventure |
3
|
2
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Universal Studios |
2
|
3
|
Friday was the last of a string of days with the Studios at a level ‘3’ and Islands of Adventure at a level ‘2’. The only surprises on Friday were the low average of 9 minutes at Rip Ride Rockit and 9 minutes at Flight of the Hippogriff. |
| Islands of Adventure |
3
|
2
|
|
| WHAT WE THOUGHT |
WHAT WE SAW |
ANALYSIS | |
| Universal Studios |
4
|
3
|
We usually expect to see wait times slide higher on weekends in the Fall but Islands of Adventure saw really low waits across the park last Saturday. Forbidden Journey and Spider-Man were only 21 minutes (predicted 45 and 34, respectively). |
| Islands of Adventure |
4
|
1
|
|
| August 31 to September 6, 2014 |
|---|
Low crowds are likely to continue through the remainder of the fall, or at least until we reach the peak of Thanksgiving week.
To see Universal Orlando Resort Crowd predictions for the days of your vacation, check the Crowd Calendar.
To get details about our predictions of future crowds or details about crowds in the past check out the Crowd Calendar and select “Jump to Date” on the left margin.
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