You know when one bad thing happens and it completely throws off your day?
We’ve been there in both our everyday lives and at Disney World! Not everything is going to go to plan in the theme parks especially when you factor in weather, ride closures, and just being human. But there is one ride that could make your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios harder right now and we want to warn you about it.
We’re talking about Slinky Dog Dash, which has had the highest wait times in ALL of Disney World for weeks now.
The average wait times at this attraction have been above 100 minutes for a while now and this week was no exception. This is just the average, but we often see wait times higher than that, especially during the peak of the day.
But you CAN avoid the long wait here so it doesn’t take a good chunk out of your day! Genie+ is probably the best way to do this, but you can also rope drop the attraction first thing in the morning for a shorter wait. If you do buy Genie+, we recommend choosing this as your first Lightning Lane because it can fill up very quickly.
If you don’t use one of these tools, you may spend a lot more time in the Slinky Dog Dash line than you originally anticipated!
Take a look at the average wait times in Hollywood Studios and the rest of Disney World from the past week.
Magic Kingdom
Surprisingly, Magic Kingdom’s wait times stayed pretty much the same as last week. Crowds have finally started to ease in the original Disney World theme park, but that doesn’t mean you won’t wait in lines. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Peter Pan’s Flight continue to post the highest waits.
Here are the average weekly wait times for each ride below, from shortest to longest wait time:
- Liberty Square Riverboat: 3 minutes
- Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 5 minutes
- Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
- Tom Sawyer Island: 6 minutes
- Hall of Presidents: 6 minutes
- Enchanted Tiki Room: 10 minutes
- Prince Charming Regal Carrousel: 10 minutes
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 13 minutes
- Country Bear Jamboree: 14 minutes
- Mad Tea Party: 14 minutes
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 16 minutes
- Tomorrowland Speedway: 18 minutes
- Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 18 minutes
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 18 minutes
- Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 19 minutes
- it’s a small world: 20 minutes
- Astro Orbiter: 26 minutes
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 30 minutes
- Pirates of the Caribbean: 32 minutes
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 34 minutes
- Enchanted Tales with Belle: 35 minutes
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 36 minutes
- Jungle Cruise: 45 minutes
- Haunted Mansion: 47 minutes
- Space Mountain: 48 minutes
- Peter Pan’s Flight: 64 minutes
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 74 minutes
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
As we mentioned above, the Slinky Dog Dash wait time is hard to face as it is so much higher than any other Disney World ride. However, Rise of the Resistance is not too far behind, and you can run into some of the same issues here considering the Star Wars ride is notorious for breaking down.
Read the list below to see the rest of the Hollywood Studios ride wait times averages, from low to high:
- Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
- Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 14 minutes
- Walt Disney Presents: 15 minutes
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 16 minutes
- Alien Swirling Saucers: 34 minutes
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 52 minutes
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 59 minutes
- Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 59 minutes
- Toy Story Mania: 66 minutes
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 72 minutes
- Rise of the Resistance: 83 minutes
- Slinky Dog Dash: 103 minutes
EPCOT
EPCOT has remained tame when it comes to the wait times, with the exception of Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure. The ride in EPCOT’s France pavilion increased from a 74-minute average to an 83-minute average this week.
See the average EPCOT attraction wait times from the week below:
- Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along: 0 minutes
- Pixar Short Film Festival: 0 minutes
- Impressions de France: 0 minutes
- Reflections of China: 0 minutes
- Awesome Planet: 0 minutes
- Living with the Land: 11 minutes
- Gran Fiesta Tour: 12 minutes
- Journey into Imagination: 16 minutes
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 17 minutes
- Turtle Talk with Crush: 17 minutes
- Mission: SPACE: 18 minutes
- Spaceship Earth: 19 minutes
- Soarin’: 52 minutes
- Test Track: 62 minutes
- Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 83 minutes
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The heavy hitters in Animal Kingdom have actually decreased over the past week. Na’vi River Journey went down from 64 minutes to 60 minutes on average, while Flight of Passage went from 94 minutes to 84 minutes.
The average wait times for the rest of Animal Kingdom’s attractions are listed below:
- The Boneyard: 0 minutes
- TriceraTop Spin: 10 minutes
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 11 minutes
- Kali River Rapids: 17 minutes
- Dinosaur: 26 minutes
- Expedition Everest: 28 minutes
- Kilimanjaro Safaris: 46 minutes
- Na’vi River Journey: 60 minutes
- Avatar Flight of Passage: 84 minutes
And that’s it for wait time updates at Disney World for now! Stay tuned to AllEars for more updates, and in the meantime, check out one of our newest videos below!
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What is your favorite ride at Hollywood Studios? Let us know in the comments!
Wait times can certainly throw off your day. But if you stay in line and ride or walk away from the line, you still have the rest of your day. What really throws off my day is when I accidentally get on a ride that induces motion sickness or I mistakenly convince myself that one of the new rides (Ratatouille comes to mind) won’t be that bad (Had to close my eyes for over half of that ride). Talk about a ruined day…..