Category: Daily Analysis

The story of Sunday, July 12 wasn't the crowds — those behaved. It was that when the parks closed, three marquee rides were still down for reasons that had nothing…

For most of the summer the middle of the board has read Magic Kingdom, then Animal Kingdom. Saturday, July 11 flipped that pair. Animal Kingdom finished at a 26.7-minute median…

Animal Kingdom posted a 24.8-minute median on Friday, July 10 — a hair under a quarter above its own summer baseline of 20 minutes. That's the sharpest move any park…

EPCOT finished Thursday, July 9, as the second-busiest park at Walt Disney World — a 16.5-minute median that ran about 10 percent over its own summer baseline and slid it…

The smart play on Wednesday, July 8, was to pick a park and stay all day — because none of them fought back. Every gate ran comfortable, with medians clustered…

Tuesday belonged to Magic Kingdom. At a 6/10 crowd level and a 17.7-minute median wait, it finished as the busiest park at Walt Disney World — two full levels above…

Here is the number that sets the tone for Monday, July 6: every single park at Walt Disney World finished the day below its own 30-day baseline. Magic Kingdom led…

Hollywood Studios posted a 1/10 on Sunday, July 5 — a 19.8-minute median wait, more than 40 percent under its own summer baseline. That is the park sitting three full…

Independence Day flipped the usual pecking order on its head. EPCOT — normally the quietest of the four gates — posted the busiest board at Walt Disney World on Saturday,…

On the eve of Independence Day, Walt Disney World did something it rarely does in July: it ran flat. All four parks landed within a couple of crowd levels of…