One Disney World Ride’s Wait Time Skyrocketed 30% This Week

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.

Magic Kingdom

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.

Walt 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.

TRON Lightcycle / Run

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

Rise of the Resistance at night.

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.

EPCOT

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.

Expedition Everest

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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