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Three weeks at Disney World as a Math and the Mouse student. Each week, I took a question from the parks and turned it into a math project — these posts document that journey.

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Week 1: The Sweetest Spot in Magic Kingdom

Where should a Mickey Bar cart go to reach the most guests? Using wait times and k-means clustering to find the optimal spots.

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Week 2: Solving the Shift Puzzle at 'Ohana

A scheduling model for Disney's 'Ohana restaurant — comparing flexible and fixed break policies to cover a full day's workload with the fewest cast members.

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Week 3: Loading Rides, Faster

Which loading strategy fills seats best? Simulating party sizes and empty-seat rates on Expedition Everest and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

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