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 November — and the holiday season — is in full swing, 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 STUNNING drop last week, Disney World’s wait times responded in a BIG way this week, with things stabilizing partially due to the resort’s four busiest rides.
Let’s take a look at the Disney World wait times from the final week of October.
Magic Kingdom
Below is the average weekly wait time for each ride, from shortest to longest wait time.
- Hall of Presidents: 2 minutes
- Tom Sawyer Island: 4 minutes
- Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 4 minutes
- Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
- Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 9 minutes
- Mad Tea Party: 11 minutes
- Enchanted Tiki Room: 11 minutes
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 12 minutes
- Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 13 minutes
- Tomorrowland Speedway: 13 minutes
- Liberty Square Riverboat:Â 13 minutes
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 14 minutes
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 15 minutes
- Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 16 minutes
- Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 17 minutes
- it’s a small world: 20 minutes
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 24 minutes
- Enchanted Tales with Belle: 24 minutes
- Astro Orbiter: 24 minutes
- Pirates of the Caribbean: 25 minutes
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 31 minutes
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 31 minutes
- Haunted Mansion: 34 minutes
- Space Mountain: 35 minutes
- Peter Pan’s Flight: 46 minutes
- Jingle Cruise: 46 minutes
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 55 minutesÂ
- TRON Lightcycle / Run: 67 minutes
Wait times at Magic Kingdom shot mostly back up to normal this week, led by TRON Lightcycle / Run jumping double digits, back up to a mark near 70 minutes. The Jungle Cruise, in its holiday overlay variant the Jingle Cruise, also returned to a large wait time.
(REMINDER: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is currently only available with a virtual queue.)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Walt Disney Presents: 3 minutes
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 9 minutes
- Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
- Alien Swirling Saucers: 30 minutes
- Toy Story Mania: 38 minutes
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 39 minutes
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 40 minutes
- Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 46 minutes
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 46 minutes
- Rise of the Resistance: 53 minutes
- Slinky Dog Dash: 71 minutes
Hollywood Studios’ Slinky Dog Dash jumped up to an OVER 70-minute average wait this week, becoming the busiest ride at Disney World.
EPCOT
See the average EPCOT attraction wait times from the week below.
- Gran Fiesta Tour: 12 minutes
- Journey into Imagination: 16 minutes
- Living with the Land: 16 minutes
- Spaceship Earth: 15 minutes
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 18 minutes
- Turtle Talk with Crush: 16 minutes
- Mission: SPACE:Â 16 minutes
- Soarin’: 36 minutes
- Frozen Ever After: 53 minutes
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 60 minutesÂ
The wait times in EPCOTÂ followed the same path as Magic Kingdom, with wait times increasing including Remy’s hitting an hour wait.
(NOTE: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind does not currently use a standby queue, so it’s not included here.)
- The Boneyard: 0 minutes
- TriceraTop Spin: 6 minutes
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutesÂ
- Kali River Rapids: 17 minutes
- Dinosaur: 18 minutes
- Expedition Everest: 22 minutes
- Kilimanjaro Safaris: 39 minutes
- Na’vi River Journey: 45 minutes
- Avatar Flight of Passage: 61 minutes
Animal Kingdom’s Flight of Passage saw a jump back up to 60 minutes, though the rest of Animal Kingdom only saw minimal gains.
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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We waited 2 hours for flight of passage this past Sat. It was worth it!!