Empty Magic Kingdom on Memorial Day, but No Park Pass Availability?
Where are the crowds? MickeyBloggers enjoying their magical morning report that it seems empty in Magic Kingdom on Memorial Day.
Park Pass Reservations
If you’re thinking about heading to the Magic Kingdom and you don’t already have a Park Pass Reservation, you’re out of luck. You won’t be able to get into any of the parks. 
In this view of the Hub in Magic Kingdom, you can see lots of open space. Where are the expected Memorial Day crowds?
It looks like a cavalcade is about to come through here, but before 11am, it seems like guests have quite a bit of elbow room.
Memorial Day Holiday
Here’s one more view of the Hub. Memorial Day is much less crowded than you might have expected.
Is this due to fewer Park Pass Reservations available? Very few guests are headed in and out of Adventureland.
Other Memorial Day Plans?
Frontierland looks like a ghost town. Could it be that locals made reservations, but decided to skip out on their Memorial Day plans?
Either way, this has us here at MickeyBlog scratching out heads. Why are we seeing an Empty Magic Kingdom on Memorial Day?
Many folks like to take advantage of the long weekend, but it’s a quiet morning at the Most Magical Celebration on Earth. It’s quite possible they decided to sleep in… so this afternoon may look different.
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What is up with the park pass? Why is this required now…never had it in the past and things worked great? Things are getting back to normal and it’s not needed anymore.
Disney hasn’t said if or when they will remove the park passes. Initially, they used them for managing limited capacity park attendance. We haven’t heard why they are keeping it.
They actually have said why they are keeping it and said it isn’t going anywhere. This is the new standard. Bob Chapek commented on this just a couple weeks ago on an investors call. He said it helps them manage costs better and staff accordingly, in short. They also said in keeping better management of attendence, it allows them to provide a more enjoyable guest experience by limiting number of guests. This system has exceeded their expectations, so they’re stickin to it.
Thanks for sharing Sean! Good to know.
Cast Member here, Disney will not get rid of it, unless guests start expressing their displeasure by taking their money elsewhere. Disney learned that they could micro manage their payroll cost by only letting a certain number of guests in
They announced a couple weeks ago that it isn’t going away
We were in Magic Kingdom this morning and it was packed. We chose to leave around 2 to get some breathing room.
I’m confused why the pictures here show the park so empty, but I just saw an article over on ITM with pictures of insane crowd level for the same time period. Which is accurate?
Our pictures were taken between 9:30-10:30am, so maybe the crowds started to flow in later than we would have expected.
Really? You can’t figure out why? With how much negative press they are behind it’s no wonder it’s empty
Could this be related to all the flight cancellations this past weekend?
Universal and SeaWorld don’t have park reservations. They are getting along just fine. Why is Disney still requiring them?
Two others shared their insights that boil down to being able to manage payroll by managing park crowds. They also believe their guests are having a more enjoyable experience when crowds are managed like they are with Park Pass Reservations.
I was there. it was so crowded it was ridiculous. so many people…and so hot too.
This article is not accurate. I was in MK yesterday and it was packed!! There were long lines for everything. It was difficult to walk anywhere by 10am. We ended up leaving to sit at the pool and stacked our LL’s for the evening and went back
Our pictures were taken between 9:30-10:30am, so maybe the crowds started to flow in later than we would have expected.
I guess they are finding out what “WOKE” does to your business. Lol poor Walt Disney is rolling over in his grave. Have giving up entirely on taking my family there