Slinky Dog Dash’s Wait Was Over 90 Minutes This Week… and It STILL Wasn’t Disney World’s Busiest Ride

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  Thanksgiving week has passed, 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.

Magic Kingdom

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

• Carousel of Progress:  5 minutes
• Liberty Square Riverboat:  5 minutes
• Tom Sawyer Island: 6 minutes
• Hall of Presidents: 6 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 9 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 10 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 11 minutes
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 11 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 13 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 15 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 15 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 16 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 16 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 17 minutes
• it’s a small world: 17 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 17 minutes
• Astro Orbiter:  21 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle: 23 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin:  23 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 27 minutes
• Haunted Mansion: 31 minutes
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 37 minutes
• Jingle Cruise: 39 minutes
• Space Mountain: 40 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight: 44 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 56 minutes 
• TRON Lightcycle / Run: 71 minutes

Wait times at Magic Kingdom took a large Holiday week leap, led by TRON jumping 18 minutes, from 52 to 70.

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

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Walt Disney Presents: 0 minutes
• Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 14 minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 31 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 40 minutes
• Toy Story Mania: 44 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 45 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 49 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 59 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 90 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 121 minutes

Over in Hollywood Studios, Rise of the Resistance lapped the field, with a whooping wait time over… OVER 120 minutes…

EPCOT

• Gran Fiesta Tour: 9 minutes
• Journey into Imagination: 12 minutes
• Living with the Land: 13 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 14 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush: 16 minutes
• Spaceship Earth: 16 minutes
• Mission: SPACE: 19 minutes
• Soarin’: 36 minutes
• Frozen Ever After: 56 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 63 minutes 

The wait times in EPCOT followed Magic Kingdom’s lead in seeing a holiday increase. As usual for the park, there was a huge drop off following the park’s three 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 Boneyard: 0 minutes
• TriceraTop Spin: 9 minutes
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes 
• Kali River Rapids: 17 minutes
• Dinosaur: 24 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 34 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 48 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 51 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 85 minutes

Animal Kingdom’s Flight of Passage surged to an overall wait of over 85 minutes…. yet it still wasn’t Disney World’s busiest ride….

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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