🎊 [If you avoid holidays] 18 of 35 holidays stay under the yearly average?
Public holidays get struck off the shortlist early, on the assumption that they are packed. Pulled out and counted one day at a time, the crowd level stays where the whole year sits, and the thing that clearly rises is the room rate.
On a public holiday the room rate moves before the park does. Of the 724 days we cover, 35 are public holidays; they average Normal against Normal for the year. 18 of them, 51%, stay at or below the yearly average. Meanwhile 12 of those nights push room rates up.
The table lists the 27 public holidays still ahead, quietest first. Our window holds only 35 of them, so what follows is what those 35 days did — nothing wider.
- Sep 23WedAutumn EquinoxEasyroom↓
- Jan 11MonComing of Age DayEasyroom↓
- May 5WedChildren's DayEasyroom↓
- Jul 19MonMarine DayEasyroom↓
- Sep 20MonRespect for the Aged DayEasyroom↓
- Sep 23ThuAutumn EquinoxEasyroom↓
- Jan 10MonComing of Age DayEasyroom↓
- Oct 12MonSports DayFairly easyroom↓
- Oct 11MonSports DayFairly easyroom↓
- Sep 21MonRespect for the Aged DayNormalroom↑
- Sep 22TueSubstitute HolidayNormalroom↑
- Nov 23MonLabour Thanksgiving DayNormalroom↓
- Apr 29ThuShowa DayNormalroom↓
- Aug 11WedMountain DayNormalroom↓
- Jan 1FriNew Year's DayNormalroom↑
- May 3MonConstitution DayNormalroom↑
- May 4TueGreenery DayNormalroom↑
- Nov 3TueCulture DayFairly busyroom↓
- Feb 11ThuNational Foundation DayFairly busyroom↓
- Feb 23TueEmperor's BirthdayFairly busyroom↓
- Mar 22MonSubstitute HolidayFairly busyroom↓
- Nov 3WedCulture DayFairly busyroom↓
- Nov 23TueLabour Thanksgiving DayFairly busyroom↓
- Jan 1SatNew Year's DayFairly busyroom↑
- Feb 11FriNational Foundation DayFairly busyroom↑
- Feb 23WedEmperor's BirthdayFairly busyroom↓
- Mar 21SunVernal EquinoxPackedroom↑
🎊 35 holidays sitting at the year's own level!
Of the 724 days we cover, 35 are public holidays, 5% of the whole. They average Normal; the year averages Normal — the same level.
18 of them, 51%, stay at or below the yearly average. "A holiday means crowds" barely happened across these 35 days.
There are only so many holidays in a year, so this says what these 35 days did and no more. The gap against an ordinary weekday belongs to holidays vs weekdays.
⛰️ Only 2 of the year's 32 peak days are holidays!?
32 days reach the top level or the step below it. 2 of them are public holidays, 6%, leaving 30 standing outside the holidays entirely.
Inside the set the range is wide: the lowest is Easy, the highest Packed — 5 steps apart across only 35 days.
🏨 So where does the holiday cost you?
Counted by night, 12 holidays push room rates up and 23 pull them down. The climbing side is 34% of all of them.
The park barely separates itself from the year, while the rooms lean firmly to the climbing side. On a holiday the price moves first. Park crowds and room rates has the mechanism.
| Level | Land | Sea |
|---|---|---|
| Wide open | 25min | 30min |
| Easy | 40min | 45min |
| Fairly easy | 55min | 60min |
| Normal | 80min | 95min |
| Fairly busy | 95min | 110min |
| Busy | 120min | 140min |
| Packed | 135min | 155min |
Longest wait, roughly
📊 Holidays are not one block!
Split by level, the lightest band, Easy, holds 9 days and the heaviest, Packed, holds 1. The biggest single band is Normal with 13.
Ahead of today the lowest holiday is Sep 23 (Wed) at Easy; the highest is Mar 21 (Sun) at Packed. Which holiday beats holidays-in-general every time.
Against a weekend, see weekends vs holidays; where it sits inside a run is in inside a holiday run.
Last updated: 2026-09-11
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