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WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, April 26

Excellent day for the model — predictions were tight across all four parks. Here's how our WTI predictions compared to what actually happened at Walt Disney World on Sunday, April 26.

Park-by-Park: Predicted vs. Observed WTI

Park Predicted Observed Delta Verdict
Magic Kingdom 18.0 15.1 -2.9 Close
EPCOT 22.2 20.4 -1.8 Nailed it
Hollywood Studios 26.9 22.5 -4.4 Close
Animal Kingdom 34.5 32.0 -2.5 Close

Overall MAE: 2.9 — the average absolute error across all four parks.

Spotlight: Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios was the biggest miss of the day. We predicted a WTI of 26.9, but the observed value came in at 22.5 — 4.4 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
Toy Story Mania! 44 26 -18.3 19.0
Rise of Resistance 33 42 +9.2 13.4
Millennium Falcon 34 22 -12.2 12.2
Star Tours 15 6 -8.5 8.6
Tower of Terror 31 24 -7.0 8.1
Alien Saucers 23 18 -5.4 7.7
Runaway Railway 26 28 +2.1 6.3
Olaf Greeting 14 12 -2.7 5.9

Detected Closures / Downtime at Hollywood Studios

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.