OH BOY! Wait Times Aren’t Exactly Going Down in Disney World…

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  October is half over, 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.

Most Disney World’s ride wait times, including TRON Lightcycle / Run, increased this week.

Let’s take a look at the Disney World wait times from the second week of October.

Magic Kingdom

Below is the average weekly wait time for each ride, from shortest to longest wait time.

 

• Hall of Presidents: 3 minutes
• Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 4 minutes
• Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
• Tom Sawyer Island: 7 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 8 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 9 minutes
• Liberty Square Riverboat:  10 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 11 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 12 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 13 minutes
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 13 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 13 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 14 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 16 minutes
• it’s a small world: 17 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 18 minutes
• Astro Orbiter: 22 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 22 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle: 22 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 24 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 27 minutes
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 31 minutes
• Haunted Mansion: 36 minutes
• Space Mountain: 39 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight: 43 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 50 minutes 
• TRON Lightcycle / Run: 57 minutes

TRON Lightcycle / Run once again had the highest wait time — this week at an average of 57 minutes. This is slightly higher than last week, so we could be officially heading into the busy holiday season at Disney World!

(REMINDER: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is currently only available with a virtual queue.)

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Walt Disney Presents: 2 minutes
• Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 12 minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 26 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 37 minutes
• Toy Story Mania: 39 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 42 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 47 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 60 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 70 minutes

Now that Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy is officially closed, there’s one less ride at Hollywood Studios to take up a chunk of those crowds, so we may start to see wait times creep up even more.

EPCOT

See the average EPCOT attraction wait times from the week below.

• Gran Fiesta Tour: 8 minutes
• Journey into Imagination: 9 minutes
• Living with the Land: 11 minutes
• Spaceship Earth: 13 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush: 14 minutes
• Mission: SPACE:  15 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 16 minutes
• Soarin’: 33 minutes
• Frozen Ever After: 53 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 60 minutes 

Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure increased this week, with Gran Fiesta Tour rounding things out at the bottom.

(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: 10 minutes 
• Kali River Rapids: 17 minutes
• Dinosaur: 20 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 23 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 38 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 42 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 59 minutes

Heads up! Disney announced that as part of the first phase of DinoLand U.S.A. closures, TriceraTop Spin will be closing on January 12th, 2025. You only have a few months to ride this one for the last time! This week, Avatar Flight of Passage was yet again the highest wait at Animal Kingdom.

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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How long have you waited in line for a ride at Disney World before? Let us know in the comments below! 

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