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Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Report – November 9 to 15, 2014

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Our predictions last week told us that Universal crowds would be about average the first half of the week then very low for the second half. We were half right. Crowds were low all week. In fact, last week constitutes some of the lowest crowds we’ve seen over a seven day period at Universal Orlando Resort.

Let’s look at how the crowd levels stacked up each day last week on the TouringPlans.com Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Report:

Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Levels – Daily Breakdown

Sunday, November 9, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Universal Studios
6
3

Very low crowds at both parks with wait times much lower than expected. We saw average waits like 13 minutes at Disaster! and 25 at Forbidden Journey.

Islands of Adventure
6
1

Monday, November 10, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Universal Studios
5
3

Another slow day across the resort. Men in Black hit an average of 10 minutes while flight of the Hippogriff only managed one minute higher.

Islands of Adventure
5
2

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Universal Studios
4
2

Our predictions better approximated the low crowds on Tuesday, only missing by two at Universal Studios. Despicable Me still had long waits (36 minutes, predicted 26).

Islands of Adventure
2
2

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Universal Studios
2
2

Veterans Day on Wednesday was the least crowded day of the week. That means no park reached an average wait above 30 minutes and most stayed well below 20.

Islands of Adventure
2
1

Thursday, November 13, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Universal Studios
2
2

Another slow day on Thursday with only one attraction reaching a wait above 20 minutes. That was Despicable Me at 29 minutes (as predicted).

Islands of Adventure
1
1

Friday, November 14, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Universal Studios
2
2

Friday saw the third day in a row of Universal Studios at a level ‘2’ and Islands of Adventure at a level ‘1’. Guests at Islands of adventure enjoyed average waits like 8 minutes at Spider-Man (predicted 12) and 6 at Hulk (as predicted).

Islands of Adventure
2
1

Saturday, November 15, 2014

WHAT WE
THOUGHT
WHAT WE
SAW
ANALYSIS
Universal Studios
3
3

Saturday was the first day since Monday that either park hit a level above ‘2’ on our scale. Revenge of the Mummy averaged 22 minutes while Transformers: The Ride-3D averaged 32.

Islands of Adventure
2
2
What to Expect This Week
November 16 to 22, 2014
How Crowded is Universal Orlando Resort?
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While guests at Walt Disney World pushed crowd levels as high as ‘8’ last week, Universal Orlando Resort experienced some of the lowest crowds of the year. We expect similar doldrums for one more week until Thanksgiving arrives when the parks will become very busy.

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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Fred Hazelton

Fred Hazelton maintains the crowd calendar, theme park wait time models and does hotel rate analysis for the Unofficial Guides. He's also done the models for the new mobile wait times product Lines. Fred Hazelton is a professional statistician living in Ontario, Canada. His email address is fred@touringplans.com. You can also follow him on Twitter: @DisneyStatsWhiz.

2 thoughts on “Universal Orlando Resort Crowd Report – November 9 to 15, 2014

  • Universal this week is pretty empty. At early admission on the 20th, there were less than 100 people waiting at opening.

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  • Veterans Day was on Wednesday?

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