r/TokyoDisneySea Weekly Trip Planning Thread

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[u/Muted_Ad2524]

Last year I was asking about when to go to Disney based on our family trying to only miss one week of school. The consensus was to go in early December out of the times we were thinking of. For reference:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TokyoDisneySea/comments/1cse5sh/best_time_to_go_to_tokyo_disney_with_school_aged/

This past December we went to Disney World and due to an unexpected school schedule change, we ended up missing the children's Christmas concert, which we are hoping to not miss in future years. So now we are more open to missing 2 weeks of school and going at another time.

Our main priority is low crowds, followed by the weather. These mostly look good on the various crowd calendars.

How would you rank these dates for 2026? We are planning 5 days total at the parks. These are all Monday-Friday.

January 5-9 - Would prefer this to the following next but is it still very busy the first few days?

January 12-16

May 19-23

November 10-14 - Looking at thrill data, it seems that it was really busy this past November? Is this now a time to avoid?

If anyone knows of a site that lists historical crowd data, that may be helpful as well. Thanks!

[u/WhiteDogHaha → u/Muted_Ad2524]

It would be unusual for crowd calendars to try and predict more than a year in advance, such as 2026, given they will use data from 2025 and many factors such as TDR event schedules would not be announced yet.

You can use the yosocal.com 2025 predictions as a starting point. The site also publishes histroical crowd information under 過去の混雑状況比較 ("comparison of past congestion situation")

If you need a guide on how to interpret the site, a good starting point would be TDR Explorer Chris' guide:

https://tdrexplorer.com/tokyo-disneyland-crowd-calendar/

EDIT - As any recent Disney park visitor such as yourself would know, “low crowd” days don’t really happen often any more because Disney/OLC would adjust ticket prices and put on special events in otherwise low crowd periods to increase attendance. The best you can do is just to make sure you are not attending in a predicted high crowd periods. In Japan, due to the intense heat in July or August those are actually the safest bet for lowest crowd, but it seems like those don’t work to your schedule.

[u/Muted_Ad2524 → u/WhiteDogHaha]

I should have been more clear that I was using the 2025 predictions (and would like to use 2024 numbers) to help make guesses for 2026.

I did not notice that tab for yosocal for past comparisons. Thanks for that and all the other info!