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Disney California Adventure

3,973 days observed · Sep 1, 2014 – Sep 28, 2026

6.4

Avg crowd, last year

1–10 scale

March

Busiest month

avg 6.8

September

Quietest month

avg 3.7

Wednesdays

Busiest day

avg 5.9

By month of year

Jan5.2

Feb6.2

Mar6.8

Apr6.7

May6.2

Jun5.9

Jul5.8

Aug4.7

Sep3.7

Oct5.5

Nov4.9

Dec5.2

By day of week

Mon5.8

Tue5.5

Wed5.9

Thu5.1

Fri5.2

Sat5.8

Sun5.4

Over time

Monthly average of observed daily crowd scores (1–10). Hover, tap or use arrow keys for detail.

Forecast vs actual

Over the last 67 days, the forecast was within 1 point of the actual crowd on 37 (55%), off by 1.2 on average. The actual fell inside the forecast’s 80% range on 57 of 67.

Each day’s forecast against the observed crowd (1–10). Hover, tap or use arrow keys for a day.

The forecast is what the calendar showed on the day itself, as last published that day; it doesn’t use any of that day’s wait times. Recorded since Jul 24, 2026.

Time of day

Relative to the park’s own daily average. Hover, tap or use arrow keys for each hour.

Above the line: busier than the day’s average. Below: quieter.

Covers the park’s typical opening hours, 8am–10pm (its median published day over the last six months). Later ticketed-event and Extended Evening hours are left out.

Typical ride waits

Ride	Typical wait	Peak	Peak hour
Radiator Springs RacersLightning Lane Single Pass Cars Land	67 min	74 min	1pm
Toy Story Midway Mania!Lightning Lane Multi Pass Pixar Pier	40 min	50 min	4pm
Soarin' Around the World	39 min	50 min	4pm
WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man AdventureLightning Lane Multi Pass Avengers Campus	33 min	40 min	4pm
IncredicoasterLightning Lane Multi Pass Pixar Pier	29 min	36 min	6pm
Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!Lightning Lane Multi Pass Hollywood Land	29 min	38 min	4pm
Goofy's Sky SchoolLightning Lane Multi Pass Paradise Gardens Park	28 min	37 min	3pm
Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging Pixar Pier	21 min	32 min	6pm
Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters Cars Land	21 min	27 min	6pm
Grizzly River RunLightning Lane Multi Pass Grizzly Peak	19 min	35 min	3pm
Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging Pixar Pier	19 min	31 min	6pm
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree Cars Land	18 min	22 min	5pm
Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind Pixar Pier	18 min	24 min	5pm
The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea AdventureLightning Lane Multi Pass Paradise Gardens Park	16 min	24 min	2pm
Jumpin' Jellyfish Pixar Pier	9 min	13 min	8pm
Silly Symphony Swings Paradise Gardens Park	9 min	12 min	4pm
Mickey's PhilharMagic Hollywood Land	8 min	10 min	4pm
Golden Zephyr Paradise Gardens Park	6 min	8 min	7pm
Jessie's Critter Carousel Pixar Pier	5 min	6 min	5pm
Games of Pixar Pier Pixar Pier	4 min	5 min	3pm
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail Grizzly Peak	3 min	5 min	3pm

Typical waits from each ride’s observed hourly pattern during the park’s typical opening hours — 21 of 50 rides have enough history so far. Choose a ride for its hour-by-hour curve.

LL Single Pass: Disney Lightning Lane, bought per ride · LL Multi Pass: in Disney's Lightning Lane Multi Pass. Paid line-skip offerings as of September 2026; they change without much notice.