Our information to September 2024 at Walt Disney International provides a loose crowd calendar, when to consult with, purple flag dates to steer clear of, new appeal openings & closures, plus Halloween occasions & early fall climate. We additionally quilt what’s going down at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. (Up to date August 22, 2024.)
Relative to summer time, September is a great month to consult with Walt Disney International because of low season crowds for lots of the month and seasonal occasions like Halloween. Faculty is again in consultation, and wait instances are low from Exertions Day till crowds arrive against the top of the month for the beginning of conference and workforce occasions seasons, plus early fall breaks. The September 2024 crowd calendar beneath makes this month a in reality horny time to consult with.
Whilst each and every park isn’t going to be “lifeless” on a daily basis of the week, in the event you plan smartly, you’ll in reality steer clear of crowds right through a September Walt Disney International consult with. That still manner shorter September park hours, however you’ll’t in reality argue with conducting extra in much less time. There’s simplest in reality one problem to September at Walt Disney International, and it’s a rather large one.
That one problem is the elements, which is unhealthy for 2 distinct causes that we’ll quilt within the subsequent phase. On stability, mid to overdue September can nonetheless be an excellent time to consult with Walt Disney International, however it’s no longer for everybody. You have got with the intention to tolerate (or gamble on) the elements to be able to be rewarded with extraordinarily low crowds.
Let’s check out what you’ll be expecting in September at WDW…
September Climate at Disney International
The disadvantage comes relating to climate. With regards to temperatures, September is healthier than June thru August, however it’s nonetheless a big gamble. It’s so much like Would possibly on this regard: it may be temperate and delightful, or insanely sizzling. Particularly early within the month, it may be beautiful sizzling and humid.
Initially of September, moderate top temperatures are 90°, with moderate lows of 75°. Against the top of the month, the elements improves quite, with ancient highs of “simplest” 87° and lows of 72°. Upload oppressive humidity that’ll fog your glasses the second one you step from your resort room, and September continues to be a sexy unwanted month relating to climate.
Suffice to mention, in the event you’re visiting Walt Disney International in September, keep in mind to pack accordingly, bringing the Frogg Toggs for the humidity…and ponchos for the rain so that you don’t spend $179 on them at Walt Disney International. You’ll view day-by-day temperature and climate forecasts plus ancient averages for Walt Disney International climate in September right here.
September may be the peak of typhoon and hurricane season. For each and every of the final 3 years, hurricanes have impacted operations at Walt Disney International on the very finish of August or starting of September. (Upload final 12 months to that checklist, as Typhoon Idalia introduced a scare, however didn’t materially have an effect on operations at Walt Disney International!) Lately, Hurricanes Ian, Dorian and Irma have brought about the parks to near.
It’s possible you’ll need to seek the advice of our Visiting Walt Disney International All over Typhoon Season article to navigate the afternoon showers (or worse) with out them hanging an excessive amount of of a damper for your go back and forth. Issues recuperate against the top of the month each relating to humidity and storms, so your highest wager is without a doubt to carry off on visiting till later within the month if you’ll.
WDW Seasonal Occasions in September
To respond to a commonplace query: sure, you’re going to see Halloween decorations in the event you consult with Walt Disney International in September. Any day in September. Then again, the one park that will get decked out for Halloween is Magic Kingdom, and that’s true in any 12 months, no longer simply 2024.
The large tournament for September is Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party. In September, Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party begins going down with expanding frequency. Through mid-month, Magic Kingdom is ultimate early for MNSSHP a couple of nights a week. As mentioned beneath, this in reality throws a monkey wrench into attendance dynamics.
Some other tournament that’ll happen all the way through September 2024 is the EPCOT World Meals & Wine Competition. It is a nice technique to graze and pattern other cuisines, or attend instructive seminars, or different foodie particular occasions. It’s additionally an effective way to lighten your pockets, as it is rather simple to spend some huge cash at Meals & Wine Competition on those small samples.
Particularly if you purchase booze: no longer simplest are you able to spend so much on the beverages, however the beverages may purpose you to loosen up your bank card swiping hand and use it extra freely on snacks. Now not that we all know from revel in or the rest. Take a look at our Information to the EPCOT World Meals & Wine Competition for extra pointers and tips for this tournament.
The large exchange for 2024 is that the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition as soon as once more begins on the finish of August, which means it’ll nonetheless be recent by the point September rolls round. This implies weekends at EPCOT might be busier, as Floridians and Annual Passholders head to the park to consume and drink their method around the globe.
SEPTEMBER REFURBISHMENTS & NEW ATTRACTIONS
For an concept of what’s going to be closed in September 2024, test the Walt Disney International Refurbishment Agenda. Simply be warned that this doesn’t absolutely quilt the development throughout Walt Disney International—simply trip and leisure closures.
The most important trip that’s these days closed is Check Observe, which is being reimagined. A reopening date has no longer but been introduced, however it’s already showed to be closed for the rest of this 12 months. We’re anticipating it to reopen for Spring Spoil 2025 on the absolute earliest.
Along with that, Jungle Cruise is closed in the course of September 2024. On a few sure notes, Nation Endure Musical Jamboree and Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster have each reopened after long downtime. Additionally, not one of the large tasks introduced at D23 will get started till someday in 2025. So in spite of it being low season, there aren’t that many refurbishments in September 2024!
Either one of the most recent primary points of interest at Walt Disney International are in Magic Kingdom, with Tiana’s Bayou Journey now open lately final month! That is the reimagining of Splash Mountain, and tells the tale of “The Princess and the Frog” after the occasions of the film. As mentioned in Tiana’s Bayou Journey Journey Overview: Failure, Unsuitable or Implausible?, the appeal is a combined bag.
In case you’re visiting in August 2024, there are two different stuff you must learn about Tiana’s Bayou Journey. The primary is that it makes use of a digital queue…for now. See Learn how to Journey Tiana’s Bayou Journey for the whole thing you wish to have to learn about its (loss of) standby line, Lightning Lane, and digital queue.
The large obstacle to ditching the digital queue and switching to standby is downtime and reliability problems. As mentioned in You May Have Issues Driving Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Magic Kingdom, the reimagined trip is having troubles presently and incessantly has more than one hours of downtime according to day. It almost certainly received’t drop the digital queue till it’s working extra persistently, with out common breakdowns. It kind of feels not likely that’ll occur via September, however who is aware of.
Then there’s TRON Lightcycle Run, which is the newest brand-new (no longer reimagined) primary appeal at Walt Disney International. See our Digital Queue Technique Information for TRON Lightcycle Run for main points, pointers & tips for luck, and extra. Sadly, you can not sign up for each the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey and TRON Lightcycle Run on the similar time, so that you’ll wish to strategize to be able to revel in each in the similar day.
Bouncing again to EPCOT, there’s a number of alternative new stuff there. This comprises International Birthday celebration, CommuniCore Corridor, Moana’s Adventure of Water, and Luminous: Symphony of Us–all of which debuted throughout the final 12 months. That’s nonetheless beautiful new within the grand scheme of items! There’s additionally Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, House 220 Eating place, Remy’s Ratatouille Journey, and a number of alternative stuff.
For an summary of what else is at the horizon, see What’s New & Subsequent at Walt Disney International in 2024 & 2025.
SEPTEMBER 2024 DISNEY WORLD CROWD CALENDAR
There’s no color-coded September 2024 crowd calendar for Walt Disney International on the most sensible of this phase as a result of that’s reductionist and doesn’t provide the complete image of Walt Disney International attendance tendencies. WDW crowd calendars are much less dependable because of how Disney manipulates attendance patterns, staffing, closures, and trip capability. It’s higher to supply a proof of what to anticipate crowd-wise q4 at Walt Disney International.
Since Disney doesn’t unencumber reputable attendance numbers, crowd calendars use such things as faculty schedules, airport site visitors statistics, resort pricing & occupancy, and many others., as proxies for crowds. For years, this means labored and made crowd calendars dependable. Walt Disney International attendance adopted an identifiable development that tracked with the aforementioned proxies.
Sadly, wait instances not replicate exact crowds on account of the aforementioned manipulation. We will nonetheless forecast attendance, however no longer the ensuing wait instances. That is like the adaptation between the true temperature and the “appears like” temperature, however with crowds. The latter are what maximum of you most probably care about (the “appears like” crowds), however it’s harder to are expecting wait instances by the use of Walt Disney International crowd calendars. Optimistically that is smart!
That’s the unhealthy information. The excellent information is that September 2024 is the most productive month of the 12 months to consult with Walt Disney International from an goal viewpoint. (From a subjective viewpoint is a completely other tale because of the elements forecast!) Actually all the month sees beneath moderate crowds. Even Exertions Day weekend (September 1-2, 2024) attracts some distance smaller crowds than maximum different vacations.
Closing 12 months, Exertions Day used to be downright lifeless at Walt Disney International. Exertions Day used to be a repeat of the Fourth of July vacation weekend, which used to be one of the vital slowest stretches of all the 12 months at Walt Disney International. Historical past won’t repeat itself to just about the similar stage, however as we give an explanation for within the following put up, Exertions Day Weekend Isn’t Busy at Disney.
There’s in reality no horrible time to consult with so far as the September 2024 crowd calendar is going. The start of the month might be busier than August on account of the vacation weekend, and the top of the month will see any other spike because of price ticket offers and seasonal attendance tendencies (getting nearer to fall spoil; climate beginning to strengthen from summer time).
The time in between, will function one of the vital lowest crowds of the 12 months at Walt Disney International. With regards to the gang calendar, this is among the final bastions of the low season at Walt Disney International. Reasonable weekly crowd ranges might be 1/10 to a few/10 right through this date vary.
In case you’re purely excited by crowds, we’d counsel going from September 3-13, 2024. Notice that at one time, we proactively really helpful visiting over Exertions Day weekend. That used to be because of competitive blockouts on Annual Passes and (expected) exclusions on discounted tickets, in addition to the top rate pricing for the vacation weekend, all of which is able to push other people away.
Then again, Walt Disney International wisened up and didn’t exclude Exertions Day from price ticket offers this 12 months. Whilst all the different components from final 12 months will nonetheless be in play, the discounted tickets being eligible is a possible gamechanger. It’s no longer that we’d counsel fending off Exertions Day, it must nonetheless be high quality; it simply isn’t a most sensible pick out.
Talking of the price ticket offers, there are two of them and they are going to have a large have an effect on on crowds in September. The primary of those is the Florida Resident Uncover Disney Price ticket, which is legitimate thru September 28, 2024 with an advance park reservation. 2d is the 4-Park, 4-Day Walt Disney International Magic Price ticket, which is legitimate thru September 22, 2024 and does no longer require reservations.
In combing during the wait instances knowledge, final 12 months’s variations of those offers (with other finish dates) brought about crowds to height of their ultimate weekend. Those are “use it or lose it” tickets, so there’s all the time a last-minute rush like that–particularly on Fridays thru Sundays (weekdays aren’t impacted just about as badly).
All over that ultimate weekend of validity final 12 months, crowd ranges have been 8/10 with a mean wait time of 44 mins. Previous that very same week and within the weeks earlier than, crowd ranges have been 1/10 with a mean of 27 mins. That’s an enormous distinction.
Accordingly, we now look forward to September 20-22, 2024 and September 27-29, 2024 each being very busy (crowd ranges 7/10 or above). The weekend earlier than that might likewise be slightly busy, as may just the times main as much as the price ticket offers finishing. When you’ve got the way to consult with within the first part of September or the second one part, you must without a doubt select the primary.
The distinction between the ones dates against the top of the price ticket offers expiring and the remainder of September–differently one of the vital slowest months of the 12 months–might be very stark. Crowds will really feel even worse consequently. Whilst those wouldn’t essentially be ‘purple flag’ dates to steer clear of right through height season timeframes like Spring Spoil or round Christmas, they’ll be about as unhealthy because it will get right through what’s differently the low season.
Talking of items to which we must name consideration, Rosh Hashanah isn’t till October 3, 2024. This implies it’s almost certainly quite much less most probably that the final week of September will see a pronounced spike because of early fall breaks. September 20-28, 2024 continues to be more likely to be the busiest stretch of the month, however the final couple days of the month–and even the very starting of October–shouldn’t be too unhealthy.
Actually, we’d be extra prone to consult with from September 29 to October 4, 2024 than we’d the week earlier than that. It’s no longer most often the case that crowds recuperate over the process early fall, however that week specifically looks as if one to focus on. A minimum of, as contrasted with the only earlier than it. Once more, the expiration of the ones price ticket offers are large drivers of attendance and crowds that catch numerous lovers via wonder.
Along with the aforementioned weekends (which in most cases wouldn’t be busy, however for the price ticket offers), we’d counsel fending off Mondays at Magic Kingdom all the way through September. They’re more likely to be the busiest days of the month, particularly September 16, 23, and 30 in Magic Kingdom. Two extra purple flag dates for Magic Kingdom are September 25 and 28. Even though the ones aren’t Mondays, they’re the dates which can be nestled amongst more than one MNSSHP dates.
However, crowds do pick out up the nearer you get to October. That is in large part because of conventions and different workforce occasions, plus fall breaks for quite a lot of faculty districts across the nation. Some faculties additionally do fall breaks across the final weekend of the month (kind of September 27-30, 2024), so be expecting upper crowd ranges then, too.
Nonetheless, busier is a relative time period. The final complete week of September 2024 might be worse than the remainder of the month. Then again, if crowd ranges hit 6/10, that’s technically true as the primary 3 weeks could have crowd ranges method beneath that. That’s precisely what we’re predicting–crowd ranges averaging out at 6/10 or most likely 7/10 within the final week of the month, however with a much broader vary for Magic Kingdom (see beneath).
The excellent news is that the primary part of the month must in large part have 1/10 to a few/10 crowd ranges. Specifically, September 3-13 must be blissfully uncrowded–one of the vital highest stretches of all the 12 months. (Objectively talking–subjectively, the elements may go away one thing to be desired!)
For Magic Kingdom, there’s an added wrinkle to the gang calendar: Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party (MNSSHP). On nights this tournament is held, the park closes to common price ticket holders at 6 pm. As a result, Magic Kingdom is much less busy right through the day time hours on dates when MNSSHP is held, and extra busy on days the Halloween tournament isn’t happening.
We’d strongly counsel visiting Magic Kingdom right through the day on Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party nights, after which bouncing to any other park at round 4 pm. Animal Kingdom will all the time be your best choice for lower-crowd evenings right through the autumn.
This may appear counter-intuitive, however it’s since the birthday celebration is separately-ticketed. Usually, the most important have an effect on is felt nearer to Halloween, so the phenomenon isn’t unhealthy in any respect in September. We’ve reported in this phenomenon at period, seeing this play out each and every unmarried day of Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party season, as mentioned in Absolute best & Worst Days to Do Magic Kingdom in 2024. (In case you’re questioning why one of the vital dates above are purple flags for Magic Kingdom, that put up explains it.)
You’ll additionally be expecting EPCOT to have worse “appears like” crowds on weekends. That is specifically true when native Florida schools like UCF have away soccer video games. Then again, this doesn’t display up on crowd calendars, which measure wait instances. (Those locals purpose congestion however most often don’t have an effect on wait instances.)
EPCOT’s attendance might be lightest on weekdays right through the day, with heavier crowds after paintings as locals end up to graze on the Meals & Wine cubicles. (That is one thing this is tricky to put across by the use of a standard numerical crowd calendar for Walt Disney International.)
SEPTEMBER PRICING & DISCOUNTS
Since it’s the low season, September may be a super month to consult with relating to each pricing and doable reductions. You’ll test to be had reductions by the use of Disney right here. Disney isn’t the one position the place September is the low season, so be expecting less expensive airfare when touring in September–you’ll want to consult with ITA Tool to seek for the most productive costs.
So far as pricing is going, early to mid-September is thought of as “worth” season and overdue September is “common” or “fall” season for lodge room charges and park tickets (learn our Pointers for Saving Cash on Walt Disney International Tickets put up for price ticket suggestions to steer clear of having to handle seasonal pricing).
General, September is a one of the vital most sensible months of the 12 months to consult with Walt Disney International, and we’d inspire you to consult with if you’ll care for the warmth and humidity. If you wish to have to persuade a partner to make a spontaneous getaway, there’s in reality no higher argument that I will be able to bring to mind than “that one dude on the net mentioned we must!”
Actually, mid-September is considered one of our favourite instances of the 12 months for our non-public visits to Walt Disney International. For some time, we took journeys to Walt Disney International right through this time for 4 consecutive years, as the ones low crowds have been an excessive amount of to withstand. Like a high quality wine, September will get higher because it “ages” with the most productive instances to consult with being against the top of the month–principally because of higher climate whilst crowds building up quite.
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Your Ideas
Are you partial to visiting Walt Disney International in September? Have you ever discovered the crowds to be mild? Is the elements this month bearable to you? Are you making plans on visiting in September 2024 or is the opportunity of a typhoon an excessive amount of of a big gamble for you? If September isn’t your most well-liked month to consult with Walt Disney International, which month do you favor? Listening to your comments about your reports is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please proportion your ideas or questions beneath within the feedback!
