Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Thu 5 Nov (1/10) · Thu 12 Nov (1/10) · Thu 19 Nov (1/10)
Busiest: Sat 26 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
233
2410
259
267
274
283
291
302
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
24
33
42
51
61
79
86
94
103
112
121
131
149
156
164
173
182
191
201
219
226
234
243
252
261
271
289
296
304
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
24
32
42
510
68
76
85
94
102
112
1210
138
146
155
164
172
182
1910
2010✦
2110✦
229✦
238✦
245✦
256✦
2610✦
2710✦
2810✦
299✦
308✦
315✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15✦
210✦
310✦
45
54
63
71
82
910
107
115
124
133
141
152
1610
177
185
194
203
211
222
2310
247
255
264
273
281
292
3010
317
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
25
34
42
52
610
78
86
95
104
112
122
1310
1410
157
166
175
183
193
2010
2110
227
236
245
253
263
2710
2810
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
32
41
51
69
76
84
93
102
111
121
139
146
154
163
172
181
191
209
216
224
233
242
251
261
2710✦
288✦
297✦
303
312
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
22
310
48
56
65
74
82
92
1010
118
126
135
144
152
162
1710
188
196
205
214
222
232
2410✦
2510✦
268✦
278✦
285
293
304
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
210
38
47
55
64✦
73✦
810✦
910✦
106
115
124
132
142
1510✦
1610✦
179✦
185
194
202
212
2210
238
246
255
264
272
282
2910
308
316
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
22
31
41
59
66
74
83
92
101
111
129
136
144
153
162
171
181
199
206
214
223
232
241
251
269
276
284
293
302
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
22
310
48
57
66
74
83
93
1010
119
127
136
144
153
163
1710
189
197
206
214
223
233
2410
259
267
276
284
293
303
3110
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19
27
36
44
53
63
710
89
97
106
114
123
133
1410
159
167
176
184
193
203
2110
229
237
246
254
263
273
2810
299
307
316
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
31
49
56
64
73
82
91
101
119
126
134
143
152
161
171
189
196
204
213
222
231
241
259
266
274
283
292
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
210
37
45
54
63
71
82
910
109
117
126
134
143
153
1610
179
187
196
204
213
223
The months that actually matter at Efteling
Busiest months
February, April, May, July, August and December — Dutch, Belgian and German school holidays — the spring krokus and May breaks, the summer holiday, and Winter Efteling in December.
Quietest months
March, June, September and November — March, June, September and November weekdays outside the school breaks.
Local knowledge: Check the Dutch school holiday calendar before booking. The difference between a holiday week and an ordinary Tuesday is larger than anything a paid pass could have bought you.
When to avoid Efteling, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sun Feb 14 – Mon Mar 1Spring half-term* · about 6/10, 10 at worst
Sat Mar 27 – Mon Mar 29Easter Monday · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sat Apr 24 – Tue Apr 27King's Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat May 15 – Mon May 17Whit Monday · about 10/10
Quietest weeks
Mon Nov 2 – Sun Nov 8about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Mar 8 – Sun Mar 14about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 31 – Sun Jun 6about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 6 – Sun Sep 12about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Efteling, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Efteling wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.