Islands of Adventure

Parky's calendar has Wednesday, December 2, Friday, November 13, Tuesday, November 17 as the lightest days coming up at Islands of Adventure.

The busiest days coming up are Saturday, November 21, Thursday, November 26, Friday, November 27. Early Park Admission for hotel guests is part of why.

Thu, Nov 12: 5/10, moderate; Fri, Nov 13: 4/10, moderate; Sat, Nov 14: 7/10, busy; Sun, Nov 15: 5/10, moderate; Mon, Nov 16: 5/10, moderate; Tue, Nov 17: 4/10, moderate; Wed, Nov 18: 5/10, moderate. The lightest is Fri, Nov 13. Parky's forecast on a 1 to 10 scale where 5 is a normal day for this park, from park hours, event nights, Lightning Lane prices, school breaks and holidays, recomputed every night and graded against real waits.

Each park is scored against its own normal day. A 5 is a typical day for that park; a 10 is among its busiest, a 1 among its quietest. The score tracks how long the park's headline rides' lines run between 10 AM and 6 PM, so it measures what you'll actually feel in line.

For roughly the next month, Parky reads what the parks themselves publish: operating hours, event nights that close a park early, and date-priced Lightning Lane, which Disney sets by expected demand. Past that, it uses the calendar: weekends, holiday weekends, and school breaks for the districts and regions that fill each resort, from Florida and Southern California to New York, Texas, Canada, and the UK.

Parky measures every park day after it happens and grades its forecasts against it every night; each park's page shows its own track record, and parks where the calendar isn't reliable yet say so. Today's number is different: once the gates open it updates from the headline rides' actual waits, and by early afternoon it lands within one level of the final answer about 70% of the time, 85% by 3 PM. Days more than a month out are an early outlook, shown hatched.

Parky forecasts 5 out of 10 (moderate) for Islands of Adventure on Thursday, November 12, likely 2 to 7. Early Park Admission for hotel guests; Shorter park hours.

Parky forecasts 4 out of 10 (moderate) for Islands of Adventure on Friday, November 13, likely 2 to 8. Early Park Admission for hotel guests; Express Pass priced high.

Parky forecasts 7 out of 10 (busy) for Islands of Adventure on Saturday, November 14, likely 4 to 9. Early Park Admission for hotel guests; Saturday.

Parky forecasts 5 out of 10 (moderate) for Islands of Adventure on Sunday, November 15, likely 3 to 8. Early Park Admission for hotel guests; Express Pass priced high.

Parky forecasts 5 out of 10 (moderate) for Islands of Adventure on Monday, November 16, likely 2 to 8. Early Park Admission for hotel guests; Express Pass priced high.

Parky forecasts 4 out of 10 (moderate) for Islands of Adventure on Tuesday, November 17, likely 2 to 8. Early Park Admission for hotel guests; Express Pass priced high.

Parky forecasts 5 out of 10 (moderate) for Islands of Adventure on Wednesday, November 18, likely 2 to 8. Early Park Admission for hotel guests; Express Pass priced high.