For developers

Open Data API

Free, first-party live data for the Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Universal Epic Universe parks. Wait times, ride reliability, crowd levels, Lightning Lane prices, and Walt Disney World construction permits. Every endpoint is anonymous, needs no API key, and is released under CC BY 4.0. Build on it.

Full reference and examples on GitHub

Quick start

curl https://ropedropnews.com/parks/down-now          # rides down right now
curl https://ropedropnews.com/parks/magic-kingdom/live  # one park's live waits
curl https://ropedropnews.com/reliability.csv         # 90-day ride reliability

Base URL is https://ropedropnews.com. No authentication. Responses are plain JSON or CSV over HTTPS.

Parks

The {slug} in a path is one of these.

  • magic-kingdomMagic Kingdom
  • epcotEPCOT
  • hollywood-studiosDisney's Hollywood Studios
  • animal-kingdomDisney's Animal Kingdom
  • disneylandDisneyland Park
  • california-adventureDisney California Adventure
  • epic-universeUniversal Epic Universe

Live JSON

Refreshes about once a minute. Please cache for at least 60 seconds.

  • GET/wire/waits

    Live wait times across every open park.

  • GET/parks/{slug}/live

    One park's live wait times and ride status.

  • GET/parks/down-now

    Rides that are down right now, across every park.

  • GET/waterparks/live

    Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach status.

  • GET/lightning-lane-prices/live

    Live single ride Lightning Lane prices.

CSV datasets

Refreshes about hourly. Each carries a header row and the CC BY 4.0 license.

  • GET/reliability.csv

    Ride reliability over the last 90 days.

  • GET/parks/{slug}/best-times.csv

    The quietest hour to ride each headliner, per park.

  • GET/parks/{slug}/crowd-calendar.csv

    Crowd level by day, per park.

  • GET/tracker.csv

    Walt Disney World construction permit filings.

  • GET/lightning-lane-prices.csv

    Lightning Lane price history.

Example response

A live park feed from /parks/magic-kingdom/live.

{
  "slug": "magic-kingdom",
  "name": "Magic Kingdom",
  "isOpen": true,
  "rides": [
    { "name": "TRON Lightcycle / Run", "wait": 55, "status": "OPERATING", "lightningLaneCents": 2100 },
    { "name": "Peter Pan's Flight", "wait": 50, "status": "OPERATING", "lightningLaneCents": null }
  ]
}

And a row from /reliability.csv.

ride,park,availability_percent,grade,avg_outage_minutes,outages,operating_days
Golden Zephyr,California Adventure,64,Frequently down,172,40,28

Terms

  • No authentication and no API key. Every endpoint is open.
  • Please cache. Live JSON refreshes about once a minute, CSV about hourly. Tight polling adds no freshness.
  • The data is first-party and original to Rope Drop News.
  • More datasets are planned, including ticket prices, weather history, showtimes, and full park schedules.

License and credit

Everything here is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Use it, adapt it, republish it, even commercially. The only ask is a credit back. 

Data from Rope Drop News (https://ropedropnews.com), CC BY 4.0

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