{
 "date": "2027-05-28",
 "destination": "washington-dc",
 "band": "Busy",
 "busier_than_pct": 81,
 "rank": {
  "n": 69,
  "of": 365
 },
 "basis": "measured",
 "confidence": 0.275,
 "drivers": [],
 "events": [],
 "caveats": [],
 "cruise": {
  "chip": "no data",
  "ships": [],
  "counted_capacity_min": null,
  "unknown_size_count": 0,
  "note": "No ship data."
 },
 "capsule": "Washington, D.C. on Fri 28 May 2027 is forecast Busy. No ship data. https://avoid-crowds.com/washington-dc/#d-2027-05-28 (Avoid-Crowds, as of 22 Jul 2026; recomputed nightly.)",
 "anchor": "https://avoid-crowds.com/washington-dc/#d-2027-05-28",
 "cite_as": "Avoid-Crowds crowd forecast \u2014 Washington, D.C., 2027-05-28, as of 2026-07-22 \u00b7 https://avoid-crowds.com/washington-dc/#d-2027-05-28",
 "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": "2026-07-22 13:47:48.330934",
 "model_version": "v10-2026.07",
 "artifact_hash": "23a47644c3aed7af",
 "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 \"measured\" = 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/"
 }
}