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WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, April 4

Solid day overall. Most parks tracked well, with one outlier pulling the average. Here's how our WTI predictions compared to what actually happened at Walt Disney World on Saturday, April 4.

Park-by-Park: Predicted vs. Observed WTI

Park Predicted Observed Delta Verdict
Magic Kingdom 22.6 16.8 -5.8 Missed
EPCOT 25.9 23.3 -2.6 Close
Hollywood Studios 31.8 28.8 -3.0 Close
Animal Kingdom 40.9 38.5 -2.4 Close

Overall MAE: 3.5 — the average absolute error across all four parks.

Spotlight: Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom was the biggest miss of the day. We predicted a WTI of 22.6, but the observed value came in at 16.8 — 5.8 points lighter than expected.

The error was distributed across multiple attractions, with no single ride dominating the miss.

Attraction-Level Breakdown

Attraction Predicted Actual Error MAE
Peter Pan's Flight 52 28 -23.9 23.9
7 Dwarfs Train 60 37 -22.5 23.3
Space Mountain 50 31 -19.1 19.1
Ench Tales w/ Belle 31 13 -17.9 17.9
Town Sq Mickey 31 14 -16.8 16.8
TRON 37 50 +13.8 14.0
Ariel's Grotto 29 16 -12.7 12.8
Pirates of Caribbean 25 13 -12.5 12.5

Detected Closures / Downtime at Magic Kingdom

These rides had gaps of 60+ minutes in posted wait times during operating hours, suggesting temporary closures or extended downtime:

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📡 Data Sources — Our models are trained on data from TouringPlans, Queue-Times, and Thrill-Data. The models, techniques, and predictions are entirely our own.

Generated by the Theme Park Crowd Report team — data-driven crowd forecasts for 12 parks across Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and more.