Disney's Hollywood Studios
2026-07-10
Friday at Hollywood Studios, running busy. 07/09 actual came in well above prediction (8 vs. 5) with no ticketed event to explain it. Working theory: the heat dome/heat advisory pushed day guests toward Hollywood Studios' shadier, more indoor-heavy footprint (Star Wars queues, Runaway Railway, Toy Story Land canopy) rather than the more exposed parks. Nudging today's score up while the advisory holds and watching the next couple of actuals to see if the pattern repeats. Heat advisory conditions continue to push day guests toward covered/indoor attractions here. Forecast: Partly cloudy with afternoon storms, hazy from Saharan dust, high 94F, 50% rain chance. Today's (07/10) wait-time snapshots support the elevated score: a moderate midday average (17-19 min) built into a legitimately busy evening, with Slinky Dog Dash hitting 115 min and Rise of the Resistance 65 min by 6pm ET — consistent with the heat-dome theory holding rather than 07/09 being a one-off miss.
What Actually Happened
Actual crowd score: 8 · We predicted 7
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