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WDW Daily Recap: Monday, May 11

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, May 11.

Park-by-Park: Predicted vs. Observed WTI

Park Predicted Observed Delta Verdict
Magic Kingdom 20.0 15.3 -4.7 Close
EPCOT 23.6 20.9 -2.7 Close
Hollywood Studios 27.7 23.7 -4.0 Close
Animal Kingdom 39.0 29.5 -9.5 Missed

Overall MAE: 5.2 — 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 39.0, but the observed value came in at 29.5 — 9.5 points lighter than expected.

The error was concentrated in one attraction: Na'vi River (MAE 55.8), which drove most of the park-level miss.

Attraction-Level Breakdown

Attraction Predicted Actual Error MAE
Na'vi River 86 30 -55.8 55.8
Kilimanjaro Safaris 29 24 -5.3 10.0
Flight of Passage 55 49 -6.4 9.6
Adventurers Outpost 15 24 +8.3 8.5
Kali River Rapids 26 31 +5.4 7.9
Zootopia 16 12 -4.0 4.4
Expedition Everest 23 20 -3.3 4.4
Gorilla Falls Trail 5 6 +1.3 1.3

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.