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Tight Slinky Dog Dash Genie+ Availability

Wait times lately for Slinky Dog Dash, a launched roller coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios, have been high, averaging around a 90 minute wait time (or more) in recent weeks. Naturally, most park visitors do not prefer to wait that long in a queue. This leads to high demand for the coaster's Genie+ slots. Over the past month, Lightning Lane slots for Slinky Dog Dash have filled up in less than three minutes three times. It has sold out a total of six times before Hollywood St
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Is Rise of the Resistance Too Expensive?

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance has consistently been one of the most popular attractions at Walt Disney World since opening in December of 2019. Since leaving the boarding group system, and with the introduction of Lightning Lane in late 2021, the attraction can be accessed via the standby queue or with an Individual Lightning Lane (ILL). The latter option will cost each rider a varying amount of money to bypass most of the standby line. Amounts for the Individual Lightning Lane have varied f
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Water Ride Popularity

Depending on where a theme park is located, how popular a water ride is varies on a week to week basis. For most parks, peak water ride season is July and August, and wait times typically spike when there is a heat wave. In particular, a heat wave has been grappling Central Florida over the past week. Lets take a look at how wait times have varied for several water rides across North America since the beginning of July and see if there are any trends. Intuition says wait times should have b
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Disney World Early August Wait Time Comparisons

How has the start of August in 2023 compared to previous years at each Walt Disney World theme park? Let's take a look at the data so far to find out! Disney's Hollywood Studios At DHS, wait times are down 7% compared to last year, but are up 12% compared to the same period in 2019. 2019: 12% 2022: -7% EPCOT At EPCOT, wait times are very close to the same period last year, only down 2%. Wait times are up 9% compared to before the pandemic. 2019: 9% 2022: -
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When Will My Boarding Group Be Called?

It's 7 AM. You have been refreshing the My Disney Experience app now for 2 minutes straight. At 7:00 AM on the dot, you snag a boarding group for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind or TRON Lightcycle / Run. You get your boarding group assignment. When can you expect to ride? If you received a boarding group for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind  at EPCOT, and the group was 18 or below, you can expect to be called at or before rope drop. Over the past month, the first 18 (some
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Best & Worst Days to Visit Disneyland Resort in 2023

If you are looking to spend less time waiting in line at Disneyland Resort, which includes Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, what days should you go to, on average, spend less time in line? Let's take a look at the data so far this year. Resort wide, your best bet is to visit on a Friday. If you can only visit on the weekend, try to visit on a Sunday. The data says the worst days to go are Monday through Wednesday, all at an average wait time of 34 minutes. The difference bet
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Best & Worst Days to Visit Universal Orlando in 2023

If you are looking to spend less time waiting in line at Universal Orlando, what days should you go to, on average, spend less time in line? Let's take a look at the data so far this year. Resort wide, your best bet is to visit on a Wednesday. If you can only visit on the weekend, try to visit on a Sunday. Like Disney World, Mondays have also been pretty busy. The difference in wait times between Saturday and Wednesday is about 7 minutes. At Islands of Adventure, just about every
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How Busy is Disney World in 2023?

How busy (or not) Disney World has been in July (and really all of 2023) is a hot topic the past few weeks. There have been numerous articles in high profile outlets (including CNN, which cited data from Thrill Data) to talk about it, and plenty of debate about it on Reddit and other groups. Is it possible to determine how busy Disney actually is right now? The short answer is no. We are simply not privy to the attendance data that would tell us so. However, utilizing wait time data and oth
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