Disney World Crowd Calendar: Orlando Parks Next Week (September 21–27, 2026)
Here is what is actually on the schedule at the Orlando theme parks for September 21–27, 2026 — park hours, ticketed event nights, Early Entry and annual pass blackout dates, pulled from the published calendars rather than guessed at.
Live boards: Orlando wait times hub · Magic Kingdom wait times · Epic Universe wait times · Universal Studios Florida wait times.
Next week at a glance
| Day | Park hours (earliest–latest) | Ticketed events | Passes blacked out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 21 | 8 AM – 11 PM | — | — |
| Tue 22 | 8 AM – 9 PM | Magic Kingdom: Special Ticketed Event | — |
| Wed 23 | 8 AM – 11 PM | Universal Studios Florida: Halloween Horror Nights | — |
| Thu 24 | 8 AM – 9 PM | Universal Studios Florida: Halloween Horror Nights EPCOT: Special Ticketed Event Magic Kingdom: Special Ticketed Event | — |
| Fri 25 | 8 AM – 9 PM | Universal Studios Florida: Halloween Horror Nights Magic Kingdom: Special Ticketed Event | — |
| Sat 26 | 8 AM – 11 PM | Universal Studios Florida: Halloween Horror Nights | Pixie Dust |
| Sun 27 | 8 AM – 9 PM | Universal Studios Florida: Halloween Horror Nights Magic Kingdom: Special Ticketed Event | Pixie Dust |
Event nights
Evening ticketed events are the clearest schedule signal in a week: the host park closes early to day guests and runs a separate, separately-ticketed night, while nearby parks often pick up the overflow.
- Tuesday 22 — Special Ticketed Event at Magic Kingdom
- Wednesday 23 — Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida
- Thursday 24 — Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida
- Thursday 24 — Special Ticketed Event at EPCOT
- Thursday 24 — Special Ticketed Event at Magic Kingdom
- Friday 25 — Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida
- Friday 25 — Special Ticketed Event at Magic Kingdom
- Saturday 26 — Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida
- Sunday 27 — Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida
- Sunday 27 — Special Ticketed Event at Magic Kingdom
Early Entry and Extended Evening
Included with a stay at a Disney resort hotel. Early Entry is the single most reliable way to clear a headline ride before the standby queue builds.
- Monday 21 — Early Entry at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom; Extended Evening at EPCOT
- Tuesday 22 — Early Entry at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom
- Wednesday 23 — Early Entry at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom; Extended Evening at Hollywood Studios
- Thursday 24 — Early Entry at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom
- Friday 25 — Early Entry at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom
- Saturday 26 — Early Entry at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom
- Sunday 27 — Early Entry at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom
Annual pass blackouts
- Saturday 26 — Pixie Dust Pass blacked out at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom
- Sunday 27 — Pixie Dust Pass blacked out at Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom
Full calendars for every tier are on the blackout dates page.
Crowd levels: what we can and can't say yet
We are not publishing day-by-day crowd predictions for next week, because the wait-time archive behind this site does not support them yet. For the best-covered weekday it holds 3 prior days of history, and 3 previous Tuesdays cannot tell you how next Tuesday will run. Averaging it anyway would produce a confident-looking number with nothing behind it.
What the schedule above does tell you is real, and it is most of what actually moves a park day: evening ticketed events pull crowds out of the day parks and pack the host park after 6pm, Early Entry front-loads the morning, and blackout dates decide who can walk in at all. Plan around those.
These projections switch on automatically once the archive holds 4 comparable days for a weekday. Live wait times are accurate right now, today, and always will be.
Hours and event dates change. This page was built from the published schedule on September 17; the hours page tracks changes daily and the live board shows real wait times across all 12 parks.