It's no secret that Disneyland is a very busy place. Daily attendance can vary between 15,000 and 75,000 guests per day. There are advantages and disadvantages to crowded and slow days alike.

As mentioned in the Careful Planning section, the general rule of thumb is the shorter the hours, the less crowded the park with be. A day with 10a.m to 8p.m. hours will be a lot less crowded than days with 8a.m. to midnight hours. Days with short hours will have less entertainment, fewer restaurants open, and likely more restaurants closed.

The decision for you to consider with your family is this:

Do I visit on a day with less guests, shorter lines, and less open or do I visit on a day when virtually everything is open, the park is open late, and there’s lots of guests and crowding?

Although it is not an exact science, there are high-attendance days you can count on being busier than others.

1. ★Holiday Weekends (Presidents Day, Memorial Day, etc.)
   

2. ★Spring Break Weeks (remember not all schools are off at the same time and spring break typically encompasses several weeks)
   

3. ★Fourth of July
   

4. ★Thanksgiving week--especially Thanksgiving day and the day after
   

5. ★Christmas week and the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. (The Worst!)
   

6. ★Late June through the end of August
   

7. ★The day after it rains (when guests make up the day the missed)
   

That being said, there are days you can count on it being less crowded than others

1. ★Daily January, February (except for the holiday weekends), and early March, October, and early November. Most notably, Tuesdays through Thursdays are the least crowded.
   

2. ★Sundays during the summer months tend to be the slower than the rest of the week.