In this post, we discuss visiting Disney World in June. We cover weather, crowds, holidays, events, refurbishments, and anything else you’d like to know if you were planning a visit to Walt Disney World Resort in this summer month. Read on to learn all about visiting Walt Disney World in June!
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Disney World In June (you are here)
If you’ve read our other month-by-month posts, you might notice similarities between this post and some of those. For example, the weather in July and August is basically the same, so our weather sections in those posts are basically the same.
April 18 Update on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Via BlogMickey, it’s looking as if Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will have media previews around June 9-11, potentially setting the ride up for a late June or July opening after media / Cast Member / annual passholder previews.
Disney will hopefully wind up confirming specific dates as the the rumor mill is now churning. We’ll update this post with official dates once they’re announced.
QUICK THOUGHTS ON June 2024
We’ll start with quick thoughts on June 2024 before we dive into details like pricing, holidays, events, weather, and so on.
Above average crowds, average prices. June is the first full month of summer for most kids in the US. With most families hoping to beat the late-summer heat, June is one of the most popular months in Disney World. Prices are average, which is a bit surprising, but mostly a result of the really high prices seen during the spring and winter holiday seasons.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure might be open. The new ride, taking the place of old Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom, is now set to open in summer 2024. In the US, Memorial Day weekend (May 27) is the kickoff of the unofficial “summer” season. This puts all of June in play for an opening, but “summer” could also mean as late as September.
Major Epcot Updates. Major construction will finish and CommuniCore Hall and Plaza will open June 10. This date will also make the debut of a new Encanto sing-along at the CommuniCore Plaza Stage.
Disney World Crowds In June
Our position on Walt Disney World crowd calendars is that people often put too much weight into them, but that’s it’s still good to know general trends as well as specific events that impact crowds.
June is one of the busier months at Disney World and tends to be the busiest of the summer months of June, July, and August. We estimate it to be the third busiest month on average, after March and December (July is fifth or sixth, and August is around tenth).
June is the start of North American summer. Most students in the United States finish the school year near the beginning of June which makes it a popular month for family vacations, including to Disney World.
The weather in June, particularly early June, is thought to be more tolerable than July and August. I’ve heard from many guests that they’ll simply never visit in August, and July is similar. The net result is that June is a very popular month at Walt Disney World.
If you must see a crowd calendar, the one we trust most is over at WDW Prep School.
Disney World Events In June
ESPN Wide World of Sports hosts a variety of athletic events throughout June, including the AAU Girls Junior National Volleyball Championships June 15 to 20 (2023 dates). 2024 also includes the Department of Defense Warrior Games from June 21 to June 30. We don’t think these dates need to be specifically avoided.
If you’re visiting in summer, some measure of these athletic crowds—indeed, all family crowds—is unavoidable. These groups tend to stay at the All Star Hotels (with All Star Sports being the most common), so you may want to avoid booking stays at those hotels during athletic events.
Unless a surprise new festival is announced, it looks like we will not have a festival going on at Epcot during June. With the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival ending May 27 and Epcot International Food and Wine Festival beginning August 29, the schedule looks more like the olden days where June and July would be festival-free. However, there is some speculation that there could be a new festival coming summer 2024. But nothing has been announced or even hinted at by Disney yet.
You can see our Epcot Festival Calendar here.
Disney World Prices In June
Disney World’s hotel and ticket prices vary throughout the year. For a more comprehensive look for pricing throughout the year, check out our post on the cheapest time of the calendar year to visit Walt Disney World. You can also visit the 2024 hotel rate table at MouseSavers. Here’s a table showing how hotel prices at All Star Movies, Port Orleans Riverside, Wilderness Lodge, and Yacht Club fluctuate throughout the year:
June is a tale of two months, depending on whether you’re staying at a value hotel or not. At the value hotels—which cater more to families and athletic teams—June through early August is a relative peak. It’s nowhere near Spring Break or Christmas levels, though. At the moderate and deluxe resorts, prices drop as warmer temperature set in.
June prices are incredibly consistent, increasing only for stays that encompass the July 4 holiday. Here’s a graph of pricing within the month at All Star Movies, Port Orleans Riverside, Wilderness Lodge, and Yacht Club:
Disney World June Deals and Discounts
June tends to be split between a spring deal and a summer deal. The deals are typically announced near the beginning of the year and range from 10% to 25% off rooms, depending on a variety of factors. In 2024, a room only discount including June was announced at the start of the year.
Discounts will vary by hotel, room type, and availability. You can see current Disney World offers here. If nothing is available yet, you might also want to check out historical Disney World discount information here.
Refurbishments & New Constructions
June is a popular month at the parks. It’s summer, so water rides will usually all be operational. Lengthy ride refurbishments are uncommon during the summer months.
Major Epcot construction will end June 10. On that date, the walls will come down and CommuniCore Hall and Plaza will open. These spaces will be home to character greetings and a new Encanto Sing-Along.
Test Track (Epcot) will close for a large refurbishment / reimagining beginning June 17. A reopening date has not yet been yet. The last major reimagining of Test Track took 8 months.
Splash Mountain (Magic Kingdom) closed permanently beginning January 23, 2023. The ride is slated to reopen as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in summer 2024, which could reasonably be anytime between late May and late September.
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster (Hollywood Studios) will close for refurbishment beginning January 8, 2024. It’s expected to be closed until “summer” 2024.
Country Bear Jamboree (Magic Kingdom) will close for refurbishment beginning January 27, 2024. It’s expected to be closed until “summer” 2024.
Check our Walt Disney World construction / refurbishment calendar for the latest.
Water Park Operations
Disney World has two water parks, Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach, neither of which is open the entire year. After some years of uncertainty, the schedule has seemingly settled down so that each year we have:
Typhoon Lagoon opens / Blizzard Beach closes mid-March
Blizzard Beach opens / Typhoon Lagoon closes early November
This schedule is subject to change (and Disney only announces specific dates about a month in advance, in any case). Most recently, Disney confirmed that Typhoon Lagoon will reopen on March 17, 2024. Blizzard Beach will begin its annual refurbishment closure on that same day. This means we expect Typhoon Lagoon will be the only water park open for the entirety of June.
Disney World Weather In June
Summer temps start to creep up in June, with an average high of 91F (33C) and an average low of 71F (22C). June is cooler only than the treacherous months of July and August, and it sees approximately 18 rainy days (the most of the year. We have a post that talks more broadly about weather at Walt Disney World.
While June is technically the start of Atlantic Hurricane Season, hurricanes aren’t a significant threat to trip planning, and no hurricane has ever closed the parks in June or July.
Heat
Of the June weather issues, heat is the only one we take seriously. People falsely think June is significantly better than July and August in terms of weather. While it’s slightly less hot, it’s still quite hot. I think many people simply mind the heat less in June—by July and August it’s been 90+ degrees in much of the US and people are over it.
Florida summer heat and humidity make mid afternoons unbearable. There are two aspects of this to consider. First, take note of the health risks and be prepared for them. Read up on heatstroke and dehydration.
You can stay hydrated at Disney World easily. There are plenty of drinking fountains, and any quick service restaurant will happily provide you a free cup of water. There are also water bottle refilling stations in all four parks.
The second part of this analysis is how heat will impact your touring strategy. There are a few things to keep in mind.
Rope drop (the start of your day) and Lightning Lanes are more important in the heat because you really don’t want to find yourself standing in an outdoor queue at 2PM. At that hour, you want to either be inside or seated in the shade at an outdoor show.
If you have to wait in line, you prefer to do it at an attraction with a mostly inside queue. Space Mountain, Toy Story Mania, Soarin’, and DINOSAUR are probably the best options in each park.
If you’re staying hydrated (you should be), don’t get into line for a ride with a two-hour wait without confirming with a Cast Member that there’s a restroom in the queue.
Our places to escape the Disney World crowds post might be of interest, because many of those places are also shaded and indoors.
All About Rain
While June has a significant number of rainy days, we don’t let rain forecasts bother us at Disney World anymore. We prepare for rain—bringing the right shoes and maybe a poncho—but we don’t plan trips around it.
The chief reason for this is that rain in Florida usually comes in short bursts. Anything substantial for longer than 30 minutes is pretty surprising.
The other big thing is that forecasts change constantly. We’ve had trips with forecasted five days of rain that amounted to a total of rain on two days that didn’t at all interrupt our trip.
Rain definitely can impact your trip though. We were at Fort Wilderness during a severe thunderstorm that kept us inside all day (though people who braved the parks got tremendously short waits).
We also were on hand for the first Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party of 2019, which had almost every show rained out. The fireworks (the debut of a brand new show) went off as planned but were completely unwatchable because the rain / humidity held down the smoke.
That Christmas party was in November. The Fort Wilderness day was in February. Both those months average only six days of rain, tied for driest months of the year.
You will face less risk of rain in drier months, but the bottom line is that most rain in Florida—whenever it occurs—will be short-lived and won’t significantly impact your trip. The odds of weather that seriously impacts your trip—outside peak hurricane season—is small and more or less consistent across months.
May / June / July
As a closing note, let’s compare June to its neighboring months.
Should I Visit Disney World In May or June?
Except for Memorial Day weekend at the end of May, May is the better month to visit. It has lower crowds than June because most kids are still in school, and the weather is a bit better (particularly earlier in the month, farther from Memorial Day weekend).
The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival was extended into June previous years, but will end May 27 this year.
Should I visit Disney World in June or July?
Comparing these two months is even more straightforward than it used to be. Unless a surprise is announced, there is no Epcot festival scheduled from May 28 through August 28. I don’t mind that and sometimes prefer it.
With that update, the tradeoff is straightforward—July has slightly lighter crowds but slightly worse weather. Besides July 4 weekend, we don’t see too much to distinguish these.
Should I visit Walt Disney World In June?
We think June is an overrated month at Walt Disney World, and the crowd levels tend to reflect that. If you’re looking at this time of year, May is a better option because you’ll beat summer crowds.
If you need the kids to be out of school, we think people overestimate the weather difference between June and July. A mid July trip will be similar to a June trip, but with smaller crowds because of the “never July/August!” people.
Have you visiting Walt Disney World in June? What did you think?
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