If you’ve been to Disney World during a particularly popular period, you probably had one of those moments where you are packed in like sardines next to your fellow park-goers, smelling their deodorant (or lack thereof), and wondering “WHY DID EVERYONE IN THE WORLD DECIDE TO COME TO DISNEY WORLD AT THE SAME TIME AS ME?!” On the flip side, you may have visited during one time and thought crowds were surprisingly not as bad as you might have expected.
Attendance trends have told an interesting picture of what’s going on at Disney World. In fact, for Q2 of FY 2026, Disney revealed that domestic theme park attendance had actually gone DOWN (though per capita spending was up). So what’s the situation like now? Are Disney’s theme parks getting MORE crowded or emptier? We’ve got a major update!











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