Parks

Observed crowd index

The observed crowd index for the last 1 to 60 park-local days (1.0 = the park's typical day), from midday posted waits, plus the forecast model's measured accuracy.

get/v1/parks/{park}/crowds/actuals

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.parkypass.com
  • URL: https://api.parkypass.com/v1/parks/{park}/crowds/actuals
  • Auth: one of:
    • none
    • HTTP bearer
    • API key in header X-Parky-Key

Path parameters

parkstring required
Example:magic-kingdom

Park key (magic-kingdom), canonical park ID, park name, or shorthand such as mk, dca or ioa. Case-insensitive. See GET /v1/parks.

Query parameters

daysinteger

Park-local days back including today, 1 to 60. Defaults to 14.

Response

Success.

schema_version1 required

Response format version. Fields are only added within a version.

park_idstring required
park_keystring
park_namestring
requested_fromstring date
requested_tostring date
notestring
docs_urlstring uri required

Developer documentation.

generated_atstring date-time required

When Parky built this response.

Example response

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "park_id": "disney-walt-disney-world-resort-magic-kingdom-park",
  "park_key": "magic-kingdom",
  "park_name": "Magic Kingdom Park",
  "requested_from": "2026-09-22",
  "requested_to": "2026-10-05",
  "days": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-04",
      "crowd_index": 1.07,
      "midday_mean_wait_minutes": 31.9,
      "rides_used": 8,
      "computed_at": "2026-10-04T20:09:09.800Z"
    }
  ],
  "accuracy": {
    "days_scored": 50,
    "within_one_level_share": 0.54,
    "mean_miss_levels": 1.58,
    "baseline_mean_miss_levels": 2.06,
    "correlation": 0.61,
    "reliable": true,
    "model_version": "crowd-ridge-v3",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04T20:09:28.957Z"
  },
  "note": "crowd_index is the day's observed midday waits relative to the park's typical day (1.0 = typical).",
  "docs_url": "https://parkypass.com/developers",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Live data from parkypass.com",
    "url": "https://parkypass.com/parks/magic-kingdom",
    "required": true
  },
  "generated_at": "2026-10-05T16:45:02.118Z"
}

Changes

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