Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Thu 6 May (1/10) · Thu 13 May (1/10) · Thu 20 May (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
231
2410
257
261
272
281
291
301
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
21
32
41
51
61
710
87
91
102
111
121
131
1410
157
161
172
181
191
201
2110
227
231
242
253✦
261✦
273✦
2810✦
2910✦
301
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
31
41
510
68
71
83
91
101
111
1210
138
141
153
161
171
181
1910
2010✦
214✦
226✦
234✦
241✦
254✦
2610✦
2710✦
284✦
296✦
304✦
311✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13✦
210✦
310✦
41
52
61
71
81
910
107
111
122
131
141
151
1610✦
179✦
182✦
192
201
211
221
2310
247
251
262
271
281
291
3010
317
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
22
31
41
51
610
77
81
92
101
111
121
1310✦
149✦
152✦
162
171
181
191
2010
217
221
232
241
251
261
2710
287
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
22
31
41
51
610
79
81
93
101
111
121
1310
149
151
163
171
181
191
2010
2110✦
222✦
235✦
242✦
251✦
262✦
2710✦
2810✦
292✦
303
311
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
310
49
51
63
71
81
91
1010
119
121
133
141
151
161
1710
189
191
203
211
221
231
2410
257
261
272
281
291
301
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
26
31
41
51
61
71
810
96
101
111
121
131
141
1510
166
171
181
191
201
211
2210
236
241
251
261
271
281
2910✦
308✦
311✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
31
41
510
68
71
83
91
101
111
1210
138
141
153
161
171
181
1910
208
211
223
231
241
251
2610
278
281
293
301
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
310
410✦
51
63
71
81
91
1010
118
121
133
141
151
161
1710
188
191
203
211
221
231
2410
258
261
273
281
291
301
3110
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
21
33
41
51
61
710
88
91
103
111
121
131
1410
158
161
173
181
191
201
2110
228
231
243
251
261
271
2810
298
301
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
31
410✦
58✦
61✦
71
81
91
101
1110
126
131
141
151
161
171
1810
196
201
211
221
231
241
2510
266
271
281
291
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
210
37
41
52
61
71
81
910✦
109✦
112✦
122
131
141
151
1610
177
181
192
201
211
221
The months that actually matter at Hersheypark
Busiest months
June, July, August and December — the summer holiday and Christmas Candylane weekends.
Quietest months
May and September — May weekdays and September weekends once school returns.
Local knowledge: Hershey hotel guests get early entry, which is a cheaper line-skip than Fast Track if you were booking a room anyway.
When to avoid Hersheypark, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 6/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sat Feb 13 – Mon Feb 15Presidents' Day · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sun Jul 4July 4th · about 10/10
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 17 – Sun May 23about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. 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 Hersheypark, 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? Hersheypark 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.