When you’re planning a trip to Disney World, it’s a good idea to check on the latest wait time trends so you know what to expect.
We study the average ride wait times in Disney World and report on all the current trends! That way, you can be prepared for your next vacation. So, now that September is half way done, what do the average ride waits look like? Should we be worried or relieved? Let’s find out!
Let’s take a look at this past week’s average wait times.
After a few weeks of comparatively low wait times, Disney World rebounded in a BIG way, led by an increase in the Flight of Passage wait time, a new standby queue TRON Lightcycle / Run, and a busy Hollywood Studios.
Let’s take a look at the Disney World wait times from September 13th through September 20th, 2024.
Magic Kingdom
Below is the average weekly wait time for each ride, from shortest to longest wait time.
- Hall of Presidents: 0 minutes
- Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 4 minutes
- Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
- Tom Sawyer Island: 6 minutes
- Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 7 minutes
- Mad Tea Party: 7 minutes
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 9 minutes
- Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 10 minutes
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 10 minutes
- Tomorrowland Speedway: 10 minutes
- Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 11 minutes
- Enchanted Tiki Room: 11 minutes
- Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 14 minutes
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 15 minutes
- Liberty Square Riverboat: Â 15 minutes
- it’s a small world: 16 minutes
- Astro Orbiter: 17 minutes
- Pirates of the Caribbean: 20 minutes
- Enchanted Tales with Belle: 21 minutes
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 21 minutes
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 25 minutes
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 26 minutes
- Space Mountain: 30 minutes
- Haunted Mansion: 32 minutes
- Peter Pan’s Flight: 41 minutes
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 44 minutes
- TRON Lightcycle / Run: 66 minutes
We need to talk about TRON: Lightcycle / Run. The attraction was the park’s busiest ride, and now it has had its first full week with a traditional standby queue. Overall, it seemed like Magic Kingdom was a little busier than it has been the past few weeks. Is the new TRON standby queue to blame?
(REMINDER: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is currently only available with a virtual queue.)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Read the list below to see the averages of the Hollywood Studios ride wait times, from low to high.
- Walt Disney Presents: 5 minutesÂ
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
- Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
- Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 13 minutes
- Alien Swirling Saucers: 24 minutes
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 36 minutes
- Toy Story Mania: 40 minutes
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 41 minutes
- Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 45 minutes
- Rise of the Resistance: 54 minutesÂ
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 54 minutes
- Slinky Dog Dash: 63 minutes
Hollywood Studios’ major rides were slammed this week, as every one of the park’s popular attractions saw large wait time increases.
EPCOT
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
- Journey into Imagination: 11 minutes
- Gran Fiesta Tour: 12 minutes
- Spaceship Earth: 14 minutes
- Living with the Land: 14 minutes
- Mission: SPACE: Â 15 minutes
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 16 minutes
- Turtle Talk with Crush: 16 minutes
- Soarin’: 33 minutes
- Frozen Ever After: 51 minutes
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 56 minutes
The wait times in EPCOT Â jumped up slightly this week, too. Overall, it seems like Disney World crowds are picking up right now. (NOTE: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind does not currently use a standby queue, so it’s not included here.)
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The average wait times for Animal Kingdom’s attractions are listed below.
- The Boneyard: 0 minutes
- TriceraTop Spin: 6 minutes
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 11 minutes
- Dinosaur: 24 minutes
- Expedition Everest: 25 minutesÂ
- Kali River Rapids: 30 minutes
- Kilimanjaro Safaris: 34 minutes
- Na’vi River Journey: 52 minutes
- Avatar Flight of Passage: 72 minutes
Animal Kingdom’s Flight of Passage came back in a HUGE way. After two weeks of (comparatively) low wait times, Animal Kingdom’s Avatar rides saw their wait times increase by almost 20 minutes.
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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For multipass:Does it make sense to ‘check out’ with your number 1 lightning lane selection immediately to get the best possible time (then come back after to add two more) rather than add two more and potentially have these tier twos in the better slots (aka earlier in the day)
Hi Caitlin! You have five minutes to make your selections so any available times that you see will still be available at the checkout point so you won’t need to grab those Tier 1s and check out immediately. There will be time to make all of your selections. We do recommend starting with your furthest day out for better choices, however.