Across 38,254 posted-wait changes at Disney and Universal, ThemeParks.wiki showed the new number 64 seconds after Parky, on average. Your guests see the line they're about to join, not the one from a minute ago.
THEMEPARKS.WIKI STILL SHOWS 45 MINMEASURED AVG +64 S
WAIT CHANGES COMPARED38,254across Parky's ten Disney and Universal parks.
PARKY FIRST100%ThemeParks.wiki was never ahead.
MEDIAN RESPONSE41 msagainst 57 ms, from the same server.
How far behind ThemeParks.wiki ran
63%
23.3%
13.3%
63%Under a minute behind
23.3%1 to 2 minutes behind
13.3%2 to 5 minutes behind
0.4%5 minutes or more behind
Universal rides ran furthest behind: 2 minutes typically, and 3½ minutes or more on the slowest 10%.
Only in Parky
/reliabilityRide uptime and breakdownsEach ride's last 30 days: uptime, outages a day, average and longest outage, least reliable first.
/crowdsCrowd forecast by dayA 1 to 10 level with a low–high range, up to 30 days out.
wss://…/streamLive stream without a keyOpen a WebSocket and get each change pushed within a second. No signup.
/busesBusesWalt Disney World departures, in the same API and with the same key as waits.
/park-availabilityPark reservations and hotel availabilityKnow a day is bookable before you send guests to plan it.
IN THE APIPARKYTPW
ONLY PARKY5
Live stream without a key✓KEY NEEDED
Ride uptime and breakdowns a day✓—
Crowd forecast by day✓—
Buses✓—
Park reservations and hotel availability✓—
BOTH5
Live waits and status✓✓
Single Rider✓✓
Lightning Lane return times and prices✓✓
Park hours and showtimes✓✓
Wait history7 DAYS30 DAYS FREE
ONLY THEMEPARKS.WIKI1
Parks outside the US—✓
Every number
THEMEPARKS.WIKI VS PARKY’S CLOCK
Behind Parky, on average64 s
Behind Parky, typical50 s
Slowest 10% of changes2 min 22 s+
Universal rides, on average2 min 10 s
Wait changes compared38,254
HEAD TO HEADPARKYTPW
Median responsePARKY41 ms57 ms
Slowest 5% of responsesTHEMEPARKS.WIKI366 ms126 ms
Rides with a posted wait, in Parky's ten parksPARKY212209
ParksTHEMEPARKS.WIKI10199
Which one to use
USE PARKY IF
You show Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando or Universal Hollywood.
You need near-instant wait data.
You want breakdowns, crowd forecasts, buses or reservations without a second source.
USE THEMEPARKS.WIKI IF
You need parks outside the US, or any of its 199 parks beyond Parky's ten.
You need more than 7 days of wait history.
Switching takes one URL
Parks are plain keys like magic-kingdom, so there’s no ID to look up first.
BEFORE · THEMEPARKS.WIKI
const res = await fetch(
`https://api.themeparks.wiki/v1/entity/${entityId}/live`
);
const { liveData } = await res.json();
for (const ride of liveData) {
show(ride.name, ride.queue?.STANDBY?.waitTime);
}
AFTER · PARKY
const res = await fetch(
"https://api.parkypass.com/v1/parks/magic-kingdom/waits"
);
const { rides } = await res.json();
for (const ride of rides) {
show(ride.name, ride.wait_minutes);
}
Free, including commercially, as long as every page that shows the data links to parkypass.com.
How we measured
We logged every change in Disney's and Universal's own wait feeds and checked ThemeParks.wiki every 5 seconds for the same change. Parky's stream sends each change within a second or two of the feed. Response times were measured from the same server for both.
Live waits in two minutesNo key needed to start. A free key raises you to 20,000 requests a day.
