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WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, April 7

Mixed results. The model got some parks right but missed on others. Here's how our WTI predictions compared to what actually happened at Walt Disney World on Tuesday, April 7.

Park-by-Park: Predicted vs. Observed WTI

Park Predicted Observed Delta Verdict
Magic Kingdom 24.8 17.5 -7.3 Missed
EPCOT 26.9 27.5 +0.6 Nailed it
Hollywood Studios 30.4 31.5 +1.1 Nailed it
Animal Kingdom 42.7 26.9 -15.8 Big miss

Overall MAE: 6.2 — the average absolute error across all four parks.

Spotlight: Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom was the biggest miss of the day. We predicted a WTI of 42.7, but the observed value came in at 26.9 — 15.8 points lighter than expected.

The error was concentrated in one attraction: Na'vi River (MAE 45.2), which drove most of the park-level miss.

Attraction-Level Breakdown

Attraction Predicted Actual Error MAE
Na'vi River 76 31 -45.2 45.2
Kali River Rapids 36 13 -22.2 22.2
Kilimanjaro Safaris 35 16 -19.6 19.6
Flight of Passage 55 54 -1.1 9.1
Expedition Everest 26 21 -4.9 6.5
Adventurers Outpost 22 23 +1.0 5.7
Zootopia 13 10 -2.6 3.2
Festival Lion King 3 1 -2.0 2.0

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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.