Will Disney World Have a Slow Season This Fall? We Investigate.

Will Disney World have a slow season this fall?

Pre-pandemic, it was typical to see a lull in attendance and crowds after Labor Day, from September through early October. During that time, kids had usually gone back to school and fewer families were traveling. But since 2020, things have been a bit unpredictable, so what can we expect this year?

We’ve been watching Disney World wait times and crowd levels closely to see if there’s any indication of what the next few months could look like. Recently, we’ve noticed a trend with the wait times decreasing as we get closer to the end of August, and on August 24th, that trend continued.

Throughout the entire day, only a small handful of rides hit triple-digit wait times, with most of the popular rides staying under 90 minutes all day. With many Americans back in school, it looks like things are calming down a bit, and we certainly don’t mind! Here’s a full look at yesterday’s wait times from all four parks.

Magic Kingdom

Epcot

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
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 40 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 45 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 45 minutes
Test Track: 60 minutes

11 AM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 15 minutes
Living with the Land: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 30 minutes
Soarin’: 40 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 65 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 65 minutes
Test Track: 85 minutes

12 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 15 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 20 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 25 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 25 minutes
Soarin’: 50 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 55 minutes
Test Track: 70 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 80 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 90 minutes

1 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 10 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 15 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 20 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 25 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 30 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 40 minutes
Soarin’: 50 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 65 minutes
Test Track: 70 minutes

2 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 10 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 15 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 15 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 25 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 50 minutes
Soarin’: 50 minutes
Test Track: 70 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 80 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 80 minutes

3 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 30 minutes
Soarin’: 50 minutes
Test Track: 65 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 80 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 80 minutes

4 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 25 minutes
Soarin’: 30 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 65 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
Test Track: 70 minutes

5 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: 15 minutes
Soarin’: 20 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 20 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 70 minutes
Test Track: 70 minutes

6 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 10 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Test Track: 60 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 65 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 70 minutes

7 PM

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

8 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 30 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 50 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 65 minutes
Test Track: Temporarily Closed

9 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 10 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 25 minutes
Test Track: 60 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 70 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: Closed

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

8 AM

Dinosaur: 5 minutes
Expedition Everest: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 5 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 15 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 15 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 55 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Closed
The Boneyard: Closed

9 AM

Dinosaur: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 5 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Expedition Everest: 15 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 15 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 25 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 75 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Closed
The Boneyard: Closed

10 AM

Dinosaur: 5 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 15 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 45 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 45 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 90 minutes

11 AM

Dinosaur: 5 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 35 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 35 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 65 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 80 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 95 minutes

12 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 30 minutes
Expedition Everest: 35 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 60 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 85 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 90 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Temporarily Closed

1 PM

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

2 PM

It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 30 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 45 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 50 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 60 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 70 minutes
Dinosaur: Temporarily Closed

3 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Expedition Everest: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 20 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 40 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 55 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 65 minutes

4 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 15 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 55 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 65 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 70 minutes

5 PM

Expedition Everest: 5 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 40 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 55 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 60 minutes

6 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 15 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 35 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 45 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 80 minutes

7 PM

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

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

9 AM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 20 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 25 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 30 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 55 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 55 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 60 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 95 minutes

10 AM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 30 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 35 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 35 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 40 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 55 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 90 minutes
Toy Story Mania: Temporarily Closed

11 AM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 30 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 35 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 40 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 65 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 80 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 90 minutes

12 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 35 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 45 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 65 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 70 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 70 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 90 minutes

1 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 35 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 65 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 85 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 90 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 120 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: Temporarily Closed

2 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 20 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 40 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 45 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 45 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 50 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 70 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 80 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 105 minutes

3 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 40 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 45 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 65 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 70 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 75 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 75 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 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: 35 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 55 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 60 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 70 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: Temporarily Closed

5 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 40 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 45 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 60 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 80 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: Temporarily Closed

6 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 20 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 45 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 45 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 55 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 60 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 70 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 80 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 85 minutes

7 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 30 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 35 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 45 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 45 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 45 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 75 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 75 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
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 35 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 35 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 45 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 45 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 55 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 65 minutes

9 PM

Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 10 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 25 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 35 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 40 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 55 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: Closed
Muppet Vision 3D: Closed

That’s an update on all the wait times in Disney World! We’ll keep monitoring them throughout the next few weeks to see if anything changes as get into the fall seasons.

There’s a lot to look forward to this fall season, including Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. Stay tuned to AllEars for all the tips and details on how to navigate this exciting season!