EPCOT Crowd Calendar
Daily crowd forecasts for EPCOT, built on real park hours and events, with live posted waits and a measured record of how busy each day actually was. Tap any day to see why it scores the way it does.
Live right now
42 min
average posted wait at the 10 busiest rides, 15 rides open
- Test Track100 min
- Frozen Ever After85 min
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind75 min
- Soarin' Across America35 min
- Remy's Ratatouille Adventure30 min
- Impressions de France25 min
Posted standby waits, refreshed every few minutes.
The next 7 days
Tuesday
June 2, 2026
EPCOT
A typical day. Headliners build up by late morning.
What moves this day
- −0.5Midweek
- +0.5Edge of summer break
Plan: Do two or three headliners in the first hour, then the waits stay manageable.
Best bets in June: the 2, 3, 9. Avoid if you can: the 20, 27, 29.
Lightest days in the next six weeks
- 5Tue, October 13Midweek · 9am to 9pm
- 5Wed, October 14Midweek · 9am to 9pm
- 5Thu, October 15No holidays or events pushing crowds up · 9am to 9pm
- 5Mon, October 19No holidays or events pushing crowds up · 9am to 9pm
- 5Tue, October 20Midweek · 9am to 9pm
- 5Wed, October 21Midweek · 9am to 9pm
Best time of day
Average posted wait across every open ride, by half hour, from 3 days of our own records since October 8. This gets sharper every day we collect.
Waits are shortest in the first hour after opening and drop again around 9:00pm. The busiest stretch is around 11:00am, when the average posted wait reaches 37 minutes.
Ride wait guide
Typical posted waits from our own records, with the live wait if the park is open.
| Ride | Typical | At its busiest | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind | 106 min | 140 min | 75 min |
| Test Track | 82 min | 125 min | 100 min |
| Remy's Ratatouille Adventure | 64 min | 110 min | 30 min |
| Frozen Ever After | 62 min | 83 min | 85 min |
| Soarin' Across America | 37 min | 65 min | 35 min |
| Impressions de France | 23 min | 23 min | 25 min |
| Mission: SPACE | 19 min | 35 min | 15 min |
| Spaceship Earth | 18 min | 35 min | 25 min |
| Living with the Land | 16 min | 35 min | 5 min |
| Turtle Talk With Crush | 15 min | 15 min | 15 min |
| Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360 | 15 min | 15 min | 15 min |
| Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along | 15 min | 15 min | Closed |
2026 at a glance
The average forecast for each month at EPCOT. Tap a month to open it.
How this calendar works
Each day starts from a typical level and moves up or down for the things that reliably change attendance: Saturdays run heaviest, school break weeks lift everything, holidays peak hard and event seasons add weekend crowds. On top of that we use each park's published hours and ticketed events, about a month ahead, so a party night that closes Magic Kingdom early or a Horror Nights night at Universal shows up on the right day.
For EPCOT, we also record posted wait times around the clock. Finished days get a measured level next to the forecast, and those records power the best time of day chart and the ride wait guide. Treat the forecast as a planning guide, not a promise. Weather, ride outages and ticket deals can move a day a point or two.
Crowd calendar FAQ
What do the crowd levels mean?
Every day gets a score from 1 to 10. Light (1 to 3) means short waits and plenty of walk ons. Moderate (4 to 6) is a typical day. Busy (7 to 8) means long waits at the headliners. Packed (9 to 10) is peak holiday crowding, so plan around it.
How are the predictions made?
The forecast starts from the patterns that drive attendance every year: the day of the week, school breaks, holidays, summer and event seasons like Halloween. It then uses each park's real published hours and ticketed events, so a night when Magic Kingdom closes early for a party, or a Horror Nights night at Universal, changes the score. Open any day on the calendar to see exactly which factors moved it.
What does "Actual" mean on past days?
For the parks where we collect posted wait times every few minutes, we turn each finished day into a measured crowd level based on the average posted wait at that park’s 10 busiest rides. That shows how busy the day really was, next to what was predicted. The record started in October 2026 and grows every day.
Where do the live waits come from?
Live waits are the standby times each park posts, pulled from the ThemeParks.wiki data service and refreshed every few minutes. Posted waits are often a little higher than the real wait.
What is the least crowded time of year to visit?
Historically: weekdays from mid January through February, September weekdays after Labor Day, and the first two weeks of December. Saturdays are the busiest day of almost every week, and Tuesdays and Wednesdays are usually the quietest.
What time of day has the shortest lines?
The first hour after opening and the last hour or two before closing are almost always the shortest. Late morning through mid afternoon is the peak. Parks we track show their own best time of day chart on their calendar page.