Why was Epcot so busy May 13?

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Ride downtime might have contributed a bit to this:

• Test Track was down about 120 minutes (2 hours) during the day
• Living with the Land was down about 90 minutes
• Remy was down about 60 minutes

There are 11 rides in the park. When 3 of them - all Genie+ rides - are down, it puts pressure on the remaining rides to accommodate those guests. And when that happens, Lightning Lane guests get preference, which drives up standby waits.

The TP crowd calendar looks at standby waits to measure crowd levels, because standby waits are objective and easily verified.

And 2 of those 3 are the big draws for Lightning Lane