{
 "date": "2027-10-10",
 "destination": "vancouver",
 "band": "Packed",
 "busier_than_pct": 99,
 "rank": {
  "n": 165,
  "of": 365
 },
 "basis": "confirmed",
 "confidence": 0.667,
 "drivers": [],
 "events": [
  "BC Lions home games at BC Place",
  "New football season starts in July at BC Place",
  "Vancouver International Film Festival",
  "Junior hockey is no longer at the Pacific Coliseum",
  "No horse racing at Hastings Park in 2027",
  "The outdoor season closes down"
 ],
 "caveats": [
  "lifted to Packed \u2014 BC Lions home games at BC Place (NOTABLE event)"
 ],
 "cruise": {
  "chip": "confirmed",
  "ships": [],
  "counted_capacity_min": 0,
  "unknown_size_count": 0,
  "note": "No ships scheduled \u2014 confirmed by the port schedule."
 },
 "cruise_material": false,
 "capsule": "Vancouver on Sun 10 Oct 2027 is forecast Packed. Why: BC Lions home games at BC Place; New football season starts in July at BC Place. The day in full, the year at a glance, and what's worth booking ahead: https://avoid-crowds.com/vancouver/#d-2027-10-10 (Avoid-Crowds, as of 20 Oct 2026; recomputed nightly.)",
 "anchor": "https://avoid-crowds.com/vancouver/#d-2027-10-10",
 "cite_as": "Avoid-Crowds crowd forecast \u2014 Vancouver, 2027-10-10, as of 2026-10-20 \u00b7 https://avoid-crowds.com/vancouver/#d-2027-10-10",
 "nearest_calmer": null,
 "caveats_checked": true,
 "port_window": null,
 "guides": [
  {
   "title": "The busy-day playbook",
   "url": "https://avoid-crowds.com/guides/the-busy-day-playbook/",
   "contains_affiliate_links": false
  },
  {
   "title": "Timed tickets and skip-the-line, explained",
   "url": "https://avoid-crowds.com/guides/timed-tickets-and-skip-the-line/",
   "contains_affiliate_links": false
  },
  {
   "title": "How cruise-ship days work",
   "url": "https://avoid-crowds.com/guides/how-cruise-ship-days-work/",
   "contains_affiliate_links": false
  }
 ],
 "plan_url": null,
 "computed_at": "2026-10-20 08:44:13.662260",
 "model_version": "v11-2026.07",
 "artifact_hash": "77a0354ac06cccfa",
 "definitions": {
  "bands": "Crowd bands are percentiles of this destination's OWN forecast year (Calm 0\u201339, Lively 40\u201364, Busy 65\u201384, Packed 85\u2013100 on busier_than_pct) \u2014 never a comparison to any other place.",
  "busier_than_pct": "How the day ranks against the same destination's other forecast days, 0\u2013100; 100 appears only on the single busiest day (rank n = 1).",
  "basis": "basis \"confirmed\" = the schedule inputs (ships, holidays, season) are confirmed sources; the crowd level itself is always modeled. \"estimated\" = at least one input is a labeled stand-in.",
  "confidence": "Share of the day's signal weight carried by real sources, scaled by their coverage (0\u20131; not a probability). It steps to a lower tier where a feeder country's school-holiday calendar for that year isn't published yet \u2014 coverage drops, nothing is guessed.",
  "quiet_desirability": "Weekly 0\u20131 scales: quiet = 1 \u2212 mean busier_than_pct/100 (1 = quietest); desirability = editorial blend of comfort temperature, dryness and daylight (weights in /constants.json).",
  "caveats_checked": "true = the caveat rules ran for this day; an empty caveats list is a statement, not an unpopulated field.",
  "legend_url": "https://avoid-crowds.com/methodology/"
 }
}