Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Thu 5 Nov (2/10) · Thu 12 Nov (2/10) · Thu 19 Nov (2/10)
Busiest: Sun 7 Feb (10/10) — Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
235
246
257
265
276
285
294
305
316
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
35
43
52
64
74
85
93
105
113
122
134
144
155
163
175
183
192
204
214
225
233
245
253
262
274
284
295
303
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
32
44
54
65
73
85
93
102
114
124
135
143
155
163
172
184
194
205
213
225
233
242
254
264
275
283
295
303
312
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
37
45
56
65
74
85
96
107
115
126
135
144
155
166
177
185
196
205
214
225
236
247
255
266
275
284
295
306
317
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
35
44
510✦
610✦
710✦
89✦
910✦
109✦
118✦
1210✦
136
147
155
166
175
184
195
206
217
225
236
245
254
265
276
287
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
25
33
42
54
64
75
83
95
103
112
124
134
145
153
165
173
182
194
204
215
223
235
243
252
264
274
285
293
305
313
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
24
37✦
47✦
56✦
66
74
83
94
105
116
124
136
144
153
164
175
186
194
206
214
223
234
245
256
264
276
284
293
304
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19✦
210✦
38✦
410✦
58✦
63
74
85
96
104
116
124
133
144
155
166
174
186
194
203
214
225
236
244
256
264
273
284
295
306
314
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
24
33
44
55
66
74
86
96✦
103
114
125
136
144
156
164
173
184
195
206
214
226
234
243
254
265
276
284
296
304
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
25
36
47
55
66
75
84
95
107
118
126
138
146
155
166
177
188
196
208
216
225
236
247
258
266
278
286
295
306
317
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
26
38
46
55
66
77
88
96
108
116
125
136
147
158
166
178
186
195
206
217
228
236
248
256
265
276
287
298
306
318
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
23
34
45
56
64
76
84
93
104
115
126
134
146
156✦
163
174
185
196
204
216
224
233
244
255
266
274
286
294
303
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110✦
210✦
310✦
49✦
510✦
69✦
78✦
85
96
107
115
126
135
144
155
166
177
185
196
205
214
225
The months that actually matter at Shanghai Disneyland
Busiest months
January, February, July, August and October — Chinese New Year, the summer holiday and the October Golden Week, when crowds are among the heaviest of any park worldwide.
Quietest months
March, November and December — March, November and early December weekdays.
Local knowledge: Pirates: Battle for the Sunken Treasure is widely considered the best version of the ride anywhere; do not let the line put you off, but do ride it early.
When to avoid Shanghai Disneyland, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Fri Feb 5 – Fri Feb 12Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) · about 10/10
Sat Apr 3 – Mon Apr 5Qingming · about 7/10
Sat May 1 – Wed May 5May Day Golden Week · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jul 10 – Tue Aug 31Summer school break* · about 7/10, 8 at worst
Fri Oct 1 – Thu Oct 7National Day Golden Week · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Nov 2 – Sun Nov 8about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Nov 9 – Sun Nov 15about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Nov 16 – Sun Nov 22about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Dec 7 – Sun Dec 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Mar 1 – Sun Mar 7about 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 Shanghai Disneyland, 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? Shanghai Disneyland 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.