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.
Rise of the Resistance’s average wait time shot up nearly 30% this week, easily coming in as the busiest attraction at Disney World.
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: 4 minutes
- Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 4 minutes
- Tom Sawyer Island: 4 minutes
- Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
- Liberty Square Riverboat:Â 5 minutes
- Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 8 minutes
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 9 minutes
- Mad Tea Party: 9 minutes
- Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 10 minutes
- Tomorrowland Speedway: 11 minutes
- Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 12 minutes
- Enchanted Tiki Room: 13 minutes
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 13 minutes
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 14 minutes
- Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 14 minutes
- it’s a small world: 16 minutes
- Astro Orbiter: 19 minutes
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 22 minutes
- Enchanted Tales with Belle: 23 minutes
- Pirates of the Caribbean: 24 minutes
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 25 minutes
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 30 minutes
- Haunted Mansion: 37 minutes
- Space Mountain: 39 minutes
- Peter Pan’s Flight: 42 minutes
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 51 minutesÂ
- TRON Lightcycle / Run: 63 minutes
Wait times at Magic Kingdom didn’t change too drastically this week compared to last, but TRON Lightcycle / Run increased significantly to the highest average wait time at 63 minutes.
(REMINDER: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is currently only available with a virtual queue.)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Walt Disney Presents: 5 minutes
- Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
- Alien Swirling Saucers: 27 minutes
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 35 minutes
- Toy Story Mania: 40 minutes
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 40 minutes
- Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 43 minutes
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 50 minutes
- Slinky Dog Dash: 64 minutes
- Rise of the Resistance: 84 minutes
Hollywood Studios’ Rise of the Resistance saw a HUGE increase this week, jumping approximately 28.5% in average wait time to over 80 minutes, making it comfortably the highest average wait time at Disney World.
EPCOT
See the average EPCOT attraction wait times from the week below.
- Gran Fiesta Tour: 11 minutes
- Journey into Imagination: 12 minutes
- Living with the Land: 13 minutes
- Spaceship Earth: 15 minutes
- Turtle Talk with Crush: 15 minutes
- Mission: SPACE:Â 15 minutes
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 15 minutes
- Soarin’: 34 minutes
- Frozen Ever After: 52 minutes
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 61 minutesÂ
The wait times in EPCOT stayed pretty consistent this week, with little fluctuation in either times or the order of busiest attractions.
(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: 7 minutes
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutesÂ
- Kali River Rapids: 17 minutes
- Dinosaur: 19 minutes
- Expedition Everest: 25 minutes
- Kilimanjaro Safaris: 33 minutes
- Na’vi River Journey: 44 minutes
- Avatar Flight of Passage: 59 minutes
Animal Kingdom’s Flight of Passage remained the park’s busiest attraction, averaging nearly an hour wait.
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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