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WDW Daily Recap: Monday, April 20

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 Monday, April 20.

Park-by-Park: Predicted vs. Observed WTI

Park Predicted Observed Delta Verdict
Magic Kingdom 17.3 15.3 -2.0 Nailed it
EPCOT 20.9 20.9 +0.0 Nailed it
Hollywood Studios 26.4 24.9 -1.5 Nailed it
Animal Kingdom 34.2 25.0 -9.2 Missed

Overall MAE: 3.2 — 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 34.2, but the observed value came in at 25.0 — 9.2 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
Na'vi River 55 28 -26.7 26.7
Festival Lion King 3 24 +21.0 21.0
Flight of Passage 55 44 -11.6 15.5
Kali River Rapids 28 16 -11.8 12.5
Kilimanjaro Safaris 31 28 -3.2 12.3
Adventurers Outpost 17 22 +5.1 5.8
Expedition Everest 21 17 -3.8 5.5
Zootopia 12 12 -0.2 2.1

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.