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    Does More Lightning Lane Availability Ever Get Released?

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    A frequently asked question by guests planning to visit the Walt Disney World Resort, often after taking a look at the Lightning Lane capacity/sell out data, is if any additional Lightning Lane slots for both Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane are released throughout the day?  Lets first take a step back to explain what a Lightning Lane "sellout" is. The Lightning Lane, which can be accessed for many attractions through Disney Genie+, and limited attractions through Individual Lightning L
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    When Will My Boarding Group Be Called?

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    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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Daily Happenings

Saturday 7/29/2023 Happenings

We will be following theme park action around the world today. It is hot as dragon's breath out there today! 6:30 PM Update Wait times are about 5 minutes below average today at Disneyland And at Disney California Adventure too 2:35 PM Update Saturday wait times at Kennywood A busy Saturday at Cedar Point 12:30 PM Update Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios is uncharacteristically busy today. 10:50 AM Update
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A Rough Day for TRON

TRON Lightcycle / Run at the Magic Kingdom has experienced some significant down time today. The attraction did not progress any boarding groups between 12:11 PM until 4:45 PM! As of this writing, it is only at group 77. It averages 178 boarding groups a day all time. The roller coaster could be heading for its lowest boarding group total ever during normal operating hours (it did a soft open with limited hours earlier in the year).
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Weekly Recap

Disney World Week of 7/23/23 Recap

This week (7/10 to 7/16/2023), wait times across Walt Disney World were up 2 minutes over last week to 37 minutes (last week was also up 2 minutes, for reference). Out of the past 81 weeks, this week would rank #41. The same week last year ranks #32 with an average wait time of 41 minutes. Overall, wait times are trending about 4 minutes lower than this time last year. Only two full weeks of summer remain for local Orlando area schools. Mid August wait times will likely lower quite a bit fr
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Tracking New Theme Parks

We are pleased to announce that we are tracking wait times at three new parks located in the USA: Kennywood, Lake Compounce, and Adventureland! Kennywood, located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been operating since 1899! The park features 8 roller coasters, including some classic woodies, and multiple other classic attractions. View Kennywood's wait time data at https://www.thrill-data.com/waits/park/additional-parks-america/kennywood/ Lake Compounce, located in Bristol, Conne
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7/22/2023 Daily Wait Time Happenings

6:20 PM Update Kennywood: now with wait times on the site! https://www.thrill-data.com/waits/park/additional-parks-america/kennywood/ 4:00 PM Update Disney World wait times today (black line) compared to other July 22nd's going back to 2014 2:05 PM Update July 22nd at Disneyland going back to 2019. Today is the black line. 1:45 PM Update An above average Saturday at Busch Gardens Tampa. Very hot out there. 1:00 PM Update Some b
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Data Analysis

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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Daily Happenings

7/17/2023 Daily Wait Time Happenings

It's another busy Monday at theme parks out there. 6:00 PM Update Wait times at Disneyland on its birthday The longest wait times this Monday afternoon 12:30 PM Update Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point is posting its highest wait time of the year so far Wait times are up today at each Disney World theme park Islands of Adventure is on the busy side
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Weekly Recap

Disney World Week of 7/16/23 Recap

This week (7/10 to 7/16/2023), wait times across Walt Disney World were up 2 minutes over last week to 35 minutes. Out of the past 80 weeks, this week would rank #58. The same week last year ranks #28 with an average wait time of 42 minutes. The attraction with the longest wait time by average was Avatar Flight of Passage These were the hardest Lightning Lane slots for each park: Animal Kingdom EPCOT Hollywood Studios Magic Kingdom
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Data Analysis

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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Daily Happenings

7/16/2023 Daily Wait Time Happenings

Welcome to the last day of the weekend! Crazy it is already mid-July. 6:30 PM Update A busy Sunday at Kings Island after a rainy Saturday  12 PM Update Disney World wait times are trending their lowest of the past week (black line). Storms expected later today. Wait times at Universal Orlando have been pretty consistent this week 10 AM Update Around the world today, Alton Towers wait times are up compared to yesterday, but lower than other day
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