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April 29, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, April 29

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 29? Overall MAE: 5.6. Animal Kingdom missed by -10.7 WTI points.

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April 28, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, April 28

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 28? Overall MAE: 2.9. Hollywood Studios missed by -5.2 WTI points.

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April 27, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, April 27

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 27? Overall MAE: 2.2. Hollywood Studios missed by -4.2 WTI points.

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April 26, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, April 26

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 26? Overall MAE: 2.9. Hollywood Studios missed by -4.4 WTI points.

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April 25, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, April 25

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 25? Overall MAE: 1.8. Animal Kingdom missed by -3.5 WTI points.

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April 24, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, April 24

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 24? Overall MAE: 2.4. Animal Kingdom missed by -4.4 WTI points.

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April 23, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, April 23

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 23? Overall MAE: 4.2. Animal Kingdom missed by -8.6 WTI points.

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April 22, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, April 22

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 22? Overall MAE: 7.0. Animal Kingdom missed by -12.6 WTI points.

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April 21, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, April 21

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 21? Overall MAE: 7.0. Animal Kingdom missed by -14.6 WTI points.

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April 20, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, April 20

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 20? Overall MAE: 3.2. Animal Kingdom missed by -9.2 WTI points.

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April 19, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, April 19

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 19? Overall MAE: 5.6. Animal Kingdom missed by -6.9 WTI points.

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April 18, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, April 18

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 18? Overall MAE: 3.2. Animal Kingdom missed by -6.9 WTI points.

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April 17, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, April 17

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 17? Overall MAE: 4.5. Animal Kingdom missed by -6.4 WTI points.

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April 16, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, April 16

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 16? Overall MAE: 8.1. Animal Kingdom missed by -13.3 WTI points.

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April 15, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, April 15

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 15? Overall MAE: 7.0. Animal Kingdom missed by -13.4 WTI points.

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April 14, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, April 14

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 14? Overall MAE: 6.1. Hollywood Studios missed by -8.8 WTI points.

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April 13, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, April 13

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 13? Overall MAE: 5.2. Hollywood Studios missed by -8.3 WTI points.

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April 12, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, April 12

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 12? Overall MAE: 3.9. Animal Kingdom missed by -5.1 WTI points.

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April 11, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, April 11

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 11? Overall MAE: 1.9. Hollywood Studios missed by -3.5 WTI points.

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April 10, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, April 10

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 10? Overall MAE: 1.7. Magic Kingdom missed by +2.8 WTI points.

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April 9, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, April 9

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 9? Overall MAE: 4.0. EPCOT missed by +6.8 WTI points.

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April 8, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, April 8

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 8? Overall MAE: 4.5. Hollywood Studios missed by +6.4 WTI points.

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April 7, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, April 7

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 7? Overall MAE: 6.2. Animal Kingdom missed by -15.8 WTI points.

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April 6, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, April 6

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 6? Overall MAE: 2.5. Magic Kingdom missed by -4.3 WTI points.

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Daily Recaps — WDW

April 4, 2026 Saturday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, Apr 4

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 4? Overall MAE: 3.5. Magic Kingdom was the biggest miss at -5.8 WTI points.

April 3, 2026 Friday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, Apr 3

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 3? Overall MAE: 3.2. Magic Kingdom was the biggest miss at -4.8 WTI points.

April 2, 2026 Thursday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, Apr 2

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 2? Overall MAE: 3.1. Animal Kingdom was the biggest miss at -4.7 WTI points.

April 1, 2026 Wednesday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, Apr 1

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 1? Overall MAE: 7.2. Animal Kingdom was the biggest miss at +10.1 WTI points.

April 9, 2026 Weekly Outlook WTI Disneyland Southern California

Disneyland Resort This Week: April 9–15, 2026

Your weekly WTI forecast for April 9–15, 2026. Disneyland is the lightest park (WTI 17–17), while Universal Studios Hollywood runs busiest (23–25). See the full breakdown.

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April 6, 2026 Weekly Outlook WTI Orlando

Orlando Theme Parks This Week: April 6–12, 2026

Your weekly WTI forecast for April 6–12, 2026. Universal Studios Florida is the lightest park (WTI 17–20), while Animal Kingdom runs busiest (31–42). See the full breakdown.

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April 4, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, April 4

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 4? Overall MAE: 3.5. Magic Kingdom missed by -5.8 WTI points.

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April 3, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, April 3

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 3? Overall MAE: 3.2. Magic Kingdom missed by -4.8 WTI points.

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April 2, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, April 2

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 2? Overall MAE: 3.1. Animal Kingdom missed by -4.7 WTI points.

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March 19, 2026 Weekly Outlook WTI Disneyland Southern California

Disneyland Resort This Week: March 19–25, 2026

Your weekly WTI forecast for March 19–25, 2026. Universal Studios Hollywood is the lightest park (WTI 7–8), while Disney California Adventure runs busiest (15–18). See the full breakdown.

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March 11, 2026 Weekly Outlook Spring Break WTI

Orlando Theme Parks This Week: March 11–17, 2026

Spring break is here. We break down which Orlando parks are busiest this week — and which ones are surprisingly manageable. Spoiler: Epic Universe is packed, but Universal Studios Florida is a ghost town.

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March 3, 2026 Explainer WTI

What is the Wait Time Index (WTI)?

One number that summarizes how busy a theme park is on a given day. Learn how WTI distills crowd levels into a single score — and why it's more useful than raw wait times or 1-to-10 scales.

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March 3, 2026 Launch WTI

A New Metric to Track Theme Park Crowds

After two decades analyzing theme park wait times, I'm introducing a different approach. The Wait Time Index offers an alternative to traditional 1-to-10 crowd calendars — using real, comparable wait time data.

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