Why You Should Stay In The Disney World Parks Late

If you’re planning a Disney World vacation, there’s a lot you have to think about.

Cinderella Castle

You’ll have to think about where you’re going to stay, how many days you want to be there, whether or not you’ll want to purchase Genie+ (the paid way you can skip the lines for certain rides in Disney World), and when you’ll go to the parks. So, what times of day are the parks busiest? Are wait times shorter in the mornings, or evenings? Let’s take a look at the wait times for yesterday, August 7th, to find out.

Magic Kingdom

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Epcot

Spaceship Earth

10 AM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 35 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 45 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 45 minutes
Test Track: 65 minutes

11 AM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 15 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 25 minutes
Soarin’: 30 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 40 minutes
Test Track: 65 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 80 minutes

12 PM

The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 40 minutes
Test Track: 55 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 60 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 60 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 70 minutes

1 PM

Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 10 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 45 minutes
Soarin’: 50 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 65 minutes
Test Track: 75 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 80 minutes

2 PM

The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 25 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 40 minutes
Soarin’: 40 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 45 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
Test Track: 75 minutes

3 PM

Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 20 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 45 minutes
Test Track: 50 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 60 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 90 minutes

4 PM

Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 45 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 75 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 110 minutes
Test Track: Temporarily Closed

5 PM

Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 15 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 30 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 65 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 85 minutes
Test Track: Temporarily Closed

6 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 25 minutes
Test Track: 40 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 70 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 75 minutes

7 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Test Track: 50 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 75 minutes

8 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 55 minutes
Test Track: 65 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 75 minutes

9 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 30 minutes
Test Track: 35 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: Temporarily Closed
Turtle Talk with Crush: Closed

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Expedition Everest

8 AM

Dinosaur: 5 minutes
Expedition Everest: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 5 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 5 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 20 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 70 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Closed
The Boneyard: Closed

9 AM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 15 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 35 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 35 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 90 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Closed
The Boneyard: Closed

10 AM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 35 minutes
Expedition Everest: 35 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 45 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 65 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 105 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Temporarily Closed

11 AM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 40 minutes
Expedition Everest: 45 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 80 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 80 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 105 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Temporarily Closed

12 PM

Kali River Rapids: 5 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 45 minutes
Dinosaur: 55 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 80 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 90 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 90 minutes

1 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 35 minutes
Dinosaur: 45 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 60 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 60 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 90 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 95 minutes

2 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 25 minutes
Expedition Everest: 45 minutes
Dinosaur: 50 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 55 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 95 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Temporarily Closed

3 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 25 minutes
Dinosaur: 30 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 35 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 50 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 60 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 95 minutes

4 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 20 minutes
Dinosaur: 30 minutes
Expedition Everest: 30 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 55 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 60 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 75 minutes

5 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 25 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 50 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 60 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 65 minutes

6 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Expedition Everest: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 20 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 20 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 50 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 60 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 60 minutes

7 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 25 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 70 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 85 minutes

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Tower of Terror

9 AM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 15 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 30 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 35 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 70 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 70 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 105 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: Temporarily Closed

10 AM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 35 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 40 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 55 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 60 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 65 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 75 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 75 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 90 minutes

11 AM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 45 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 45 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 60 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 65 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 85 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 90 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 95 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 125 minutes

12 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 25 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 40 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 55 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 65 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 65 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 70 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 95 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 105 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 135 minutes

1 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 25 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 30 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 40 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 70 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 80 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 80 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 85 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 130 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: Temporarily Closed

2 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 35 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 65 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 65 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 75 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 85 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 100 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 120 minutes
Toy Story Mania: Temporarily Closed

3 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 30 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 60 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 60 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 90 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 105 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 125 minutes

4 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 30 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 45 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 60 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 80 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 85 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 95 minutes
Toy Story Mania: Temporarily Closed

5 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 25 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 35 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 40 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 40 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 45 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 105 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 110 minutes

6 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 35 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 45 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 55 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 110 minutes
Toy Story Mania: Temporarily Closed

7 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 40 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 45 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 45 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 60 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 70 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 85 minutes

8 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 30 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 40 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 60 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Toy Story Mania: Temporarily Closed

9 PM

Alien Swirling Saucers: 5 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 20 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 20 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 35 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 35 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 40 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 55 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 60 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: Closed
Muppet Vision 3D: Closed

And those are what the wait times looked like yesterday! Based on these wait times, it looks like the wait times are the lowest right when the park opens, and then in the hour or two before the park closes. This is the truest in parks that have a lot of rides, like Magic Kingdom, whereas Animal Kingdom, because it has fewer rides, wait times stay relatively high all day long.

The absolute lowest wait times of the day look like they tend to be in the evenings after many guests have chosen to call it day. For example, at 6PM, Rise of the Resistance was almost a two-hour wait, but if you choose to go later in the evening at 8PM or 9PM, you could be waiting half that time.