Labor Day weekend at Disney World usually means shoulder-to-shoulder crowds and hourlong lines. However, this year, visitors found walk-ons at Space Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean.

That slowdown stretched well beyond the holiday. Data shows Disney World Florida just logged its slowest three-week period of 2025 — putting September on track to be the park’s quietest month since 2021. That year, attendance was weighed down by COVID-19 cancellations, the delta variant wave and reinstated mask rules, according to Disney Tourist Blog .

The numbers

Crowd tracker data from mid-August through mid-September shows average waits dropped to about 24 minutes per ride — even shorter than during the July 4 holiday, typically one of the park’s lighter crowd periods, according to posted times

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