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WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, April 19

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 Sunday, April 19.

Park-by-Park: Predicted vs. Observed WTI

Park Predicted Observed Delta Verdict
Magic Kingdom 18.0 12.8 -5.2 Missed
EPCOT 22.2 18.5 -3.7 Close
Hollywood Studios 26.7 20.1 -6.6 Missed
Animal Kingdom 33.3 26.4 -6.9 Missed

Overall MAE: 5.6 — 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 33.3, but the observed value came in at 26.4 — 6.9 points lighter than expected.

The error was top-heavy — three attractions drove most of the miss: Na'vi River (MAE 22.4), Flight of Passage (MAE 11.9), Kilimanjaro Safaris (MAE 10.6).

Attraction-Level Breakdown

Attraction Predicted Actual Error MAE
Na'vi River 50 27 -22.4 22.4
Flight of Passage 56 44 -11.2 11.9
Kilimanjaro Safaris 30 22 -7.5 10.6
Kali River Rapids 28 33 +4.4 7.0
Adventurers Outpost 15 21 +6.1 6.6
Expedition Everest 20 20 +0.3 5.6
Zootopia 12 11 -0.9 2.3
Gorilla Falls Trail 5 6 +0.7 0.7

Detected Closures / Downtime at Animal 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.