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May 22, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, May 22

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 22? Overall MAE: 8.3. Animal Kingdom missed by -12.6 WTI points.

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May 21, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, May 21

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 21? Overall MAE: 8.6. Animal Kingdom missed by -17.5 WTI points.

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May 20, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, May 20

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 20? Overall MAE: 8.9. Animal Kingdom missed by -15.2 WTI points.

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May 19, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, May 19

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 19? Overall MAE: 10.2. Animal Kingdom missed by -17.8 WTI points.

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May 18, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, May 18

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 18? Overall MAE: 7.6. Animal Kingdom missed by -14.3 WTI points.

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May 17, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, May 17

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 17? Overall MAE: 8.1. Animal Kingdom missed by -11.9 WTI points.

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May 16, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, May 16

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 16? Overall MAE: 5.3. Hollywood Studios missed by -8.1 WTI points.

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May 15, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, May 15

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 15? Overall MAE: 9.4. Animal Kingdom missed by -16.0 WTI points.

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May 14, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, May 14

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 14? Overall MAE: 5.6. Animal Kingdom missed by -11.2 WTI points.

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May 13, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, May 13

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 13? Overall MAE: 8.7. Animal Kingdom missed by -13.8 WTI points.

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May 12, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, May 12

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 12? Overall MAE: 9.4. Animal Kingdom missed by -16.6 WTI points.

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May 11, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, May 11

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 11? Overall MAE: 5.2. Animal Kingdom missed by -9.5 WTI points.

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May 10, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, May 10

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 10? Overall MAE: 7.9. Animal Kingdom missed by -13.6 WTI points.

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May 9, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, May 9

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 9? Overall MAE: 5.7. Animal Kingdom missed by -7.3 WTI points.

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May 8, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, May 8

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 8? Overall MAE: 7.1. Animal Kingdom missed by -11.7 WTI points.

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May 7, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, May 7

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 7? Overall MAE: 9.1. Hollywood Studios missed by -12.7 WTI points.

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May 6, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, May 6

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 6? Overall MAE: 7.1. Animal Kingdom missed by -16.9 WTI points.

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May 5, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, May 5

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 5? Overall MAE: 7.1. Animal Kingdom missed by -16.6 WTI points.

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May 4, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, May 4

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 4? Overall MAE: 3.0. Animal Kingdom missed by -3.9 WTI points.

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May 3, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, May 3

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 3? Overall MAE: 1.9. Animal Kingdom missed by -4.9 WTI points.

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May 2, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, May 2

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 2? Overall MAE: 4.8. Animal Kingdom missed by -9.0 WTI points.

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May 1, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, May 1

How accurate were our WTI predictions for May 1? Overall MAE: 7.9. Animal Kingdom missed by -10.4 WTI points.

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April 30, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, April 30

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 30? Overall MAE: 3.6. Hollywood Studios missed by -4.5 WTI points.

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April 29, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, April 29

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 29? Overall MAE: 5.6. Animal Kingdom missed by -10.7 WTI points.

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April 28, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Tuesday, April 28

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 28? Overall MAE: 2.9. Hollywood Studios missed by -5.2 WTI points.

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April 27, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Monday, April 27

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 27? Overall MAE: 2.2. Hollywood Studios missed by -4.2 WTI points.

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April 26, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Sunday, April 26

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 26? Overall MAE: 2.9. Hollywood Studios missed by -4.4 WTI points.

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April 25, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, April 25

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 25? Overall MAE: 1.8. Animal Kingdom missed by -3.5 WTI points.

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April 24, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, April 24

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 24? Overall MAE: 2.4. Animal Kingdom missed by -4.4 WTI points.

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April 23, 2026 Daily Recap WTI Walt Disney World

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, April 23

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 23? Overall MAE: 4.2. Animal Kingdom missed by -8.6 WTI points.

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Daily Recaps — WDW

April 4, 2026 Saturday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Saturday, Apr 4

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 4? Overall MAE: 3.5. Magic Kingdom was the biggest miss at -5.8 WTI points.

April 3, 2026 Friday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Friday, Apr 3

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 3? Overall MAE: 3.2. Magic Kingdom was the biggest miss at -4.8 WTI points.

April 2, 2026 Thursday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Thursday, Apr 2

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 2? Overall MAE: 3.1. Animal Kingdom was the biggest miss at -4.7 WTI points.

April 1, 2026 Wednesday Daily Recap

WDW Daily Recap: Wednesday, Apr 1

How accurate were our WTI predictions for April 1? Overall MAE: 7.2. Animal Kingdom was the biggest miss at +10.1 WTI points.

March 11, 2026 Weekly Outlook Spring Break WTI

Orlando Theme Parks This Week: March 11–17, 2026

Spring break is here. We break down which Orlando parks are busiest this week — and which ones are surprisingly manageable. Spoiler: Epic Universe is packed, but Universal Studios Florida is a ghost town.

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March 3, 2026 Explainer WTI

What is the Wait Time Index (WTI)?

One number that summarizes how busy a theme park is on a given day. Learn how WTI distills crowd levels into a single score — and why it's more useful than raw wait times or 1-to-10 scales.

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March 3, 2026 Launch WTI

A New Metric to Track Theme Park Crowds

After two decades analyzing theme park wait times, I'm introducing a different approach. The Wait Time Index offers an alternative to traditional 1-to-10 crowd calendars — using real, comparable wait time data.

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