Key Takeaways
- Quietest months: September, May and November. Busiest: July, June and March.
- Saturday is the busiest day by a wide margin, at 72%. Wednesday is the quietest, at 46%.
- Early December averaged 33% and October half-term 44%, against a park average of 58%.
- On Halloween Horror Nights evenings the park closes early to day guests.
Universal Studios Florida crowd levels by month
The table shows Universal Studios Florida's average crowd level for each month from 2022 to 2025, on Queue-Times' 0 to 100% scale where higher means busier. The park's average across all four years was 58%.
| Month | Average crowd level | Compared with the park's average |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | About average |
| February | 59% | About average |
| March | 65% | Busier |
| April | 64% | Busier |
| May | 48% | Quieter |
| June | 66% | Busier |
| July | 71% | Busier |
| August | 57% | About average |
| September | 36% | Much quieter |
| October | 60% | About average |
| November | 51% | Quieter |
| December | 55% | About average |
Universal Studios Florida's busy season is summer and spring: July was its busiest month at 71%. September was its quietest at 36%.
The best and worst days of the week
| Day | Average crowd level | Compared with the park's average |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 62% | About average |
| Tuesday | 55% | About average |
| Wednesday | 46% | Quieter |
| Thursday | 53% | Quieter |
| Friday | 58% | About average |
| Saturday | 72% | Much busier |
| Sunday | 56% | About average |
The weekly pattern matters more here than at the Disney parks. Saturday averaged 72%, well above every other day, while Wednesday averaged 46%. With a 14-day Universal ticket, keep Saturday for something else.
The quietest and busiest weeks of the year
Averaged over 2022 to 2025, these were Universal Studios Florida's five quietest and five busiest weeks. Dates are shown for 2025; in other years the same weeks start a day or two earlier or later.
Quietest weeks
- 5 to 11 May: 36%
- 1 to 7 September: 26%
- 8 to 14 September: 34%
- 1 to 7 December: 35%
- 8 to 14 December: 37%
Busiest weeks
- 17 to 23 February: 79%
- 10 to 16 March: 80%
- 6 to 12 October: 80%
- 22 to 28 December: 84%
- 30 December to 5 January: 78%
Universal Studios Florida in the UK school holidays
UK school holiday dates vary by area and year, so these are the typical weeks. Averages cover 2022 to 2025.
| UK holiday | Average crowd level | Compared with the park's average |
|---|---|---|
| February half-term (mid February) | 73% | Much busier |
| Easter holidays (the week either side of Easter Sunday) | 79% | Much busier |
| May half-term (the late May bank holiday week) | 69% | Busier |
| Summer holidays (late July and August) | 61% | About average |
| October half-term (late October) | 44% | Quieter |
| Christmas (20 to 31 December) | 84% | Much busier |
Christmas (84%), Easter (79%) and February half-term (73%) are the busiest UK holidays at Universal Studios Florida. October half-term is quieter at 44%. The quietest stretch of all is not a school holiday: the first two weeks of December averaged 33%.
How long are the queues for the big rides?
Average posted wait in 2025 for Universal Studios Florida's longest queues, with 2019 alongside where the ride was open. Posted waits are the times the park displays at the entrance to each queue, averaged across every day of the year.
| Ride | Average posted wait, 2025 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts | 42 min | 44 min |
| Despicable Me Minion Mayhem | 32 min | 40 min |
| Revenge of the Mummy | 32 min | 24 min |
| Hogwarts Express - King's Cross Station | 30 min | 26 min |
| E.T. Adventure | 26 min | 23 min |
| The Simpsons Ride | 26 min | 20 min |
Of the 6 rides here that were open in 2019, 2 had a shorter average posted wait in 2025 and 4 a longer one.
Is Universal Studios Florida getting busier?
| Year | Average crowd level |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 38% |
| 2021 | 58% |
| 2022 | 66% |
| 2023 | 60% |
| 2024 | 58% |
| 2025 | 47% |
Universal Studios Florida's average crowd level was highest in 2022, at 66%, and was 47% in 2025. 2020 is left out because the parks were closed for months that year. So far in 2026 (January to August), the average is 42%, against 51% for the same months of 2025.
Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Studios Florida hosts Halloween Horror Nights, a separately ticketed evening event, on selected nights in September and October. On event nights the park closes early to day guests. In our opening-hours data, the average day at Universal Studios Florida was about 9 hours in September, against about 14 hours in December. If you want a long day in the park, check whether your date is an event night.
Tickets for Universal Studios Florida
Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure and Epic Universe are all included in the Universal Orlando 3 Park Adventure Ticket, from £360.11 per adult, and the Universal Orlando All Parks Ticket, from £404.60 per adult, which adds Volcano Bay. Both give 14 consecutive days of unlimited entry, so you can save the busiest park for a quieter weekday. For 2027 travel, see the 2027 3 Park Adventure Ticket and the 2027 All Parks Ticket. Every Universal ticket we sell is on our Universal Orlando tickets page.
How we measured this
Crowd levels are the daily 0 to 100% crowd level published by Queue-Times for each day Universal Studios Florida was open from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025, 1,456 days in all, averaged by month, weekday and week. Ride waits are average posted standby waits for each year. We update this page each month; the data runs to 1 September 2026. For today's queues, see Universal Studios Florida wait times on ParkPulse.
More on timing a Universal trip: the best time to visit Universal Orlando, how to beat the queues at Universal and our Orlando crowd calendar. Crowd calendars for the other Universal parks: Islands of Adventure and Epic Universe.
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