Will Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster’s CLOSURE Sabotage Your Day in Disney’s Hollywood Studios?

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 2025 had begun, what did the average ride waits look like as Disney World settled into the winter? 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
• Hall of Presidents: 5 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 6 minutes
• Tom Sawyer Island: 7 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 7 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 9 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 9 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 10 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 12 minutes
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 13 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 13 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 14 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 15 minutes
• it’s a small world: 15 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 17 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle: 18 minutes
• Astro Orbiter:  19 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin:  23 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 29 minutes
• Haunted Mansion: 30 minutes
• Jungle Cruise: 33 minutes
• Space Mountain: 35 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight: 43 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 53 minutes 
• TRON Lightcycle / Run: 67 minutes

Wait times at Magic Kingdom dipped back to “normal” levels this week, though the park was still “busy.” For example, TRON’s wait time was still nearly 70 minutes… but was DOWN from 101 minutes.

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

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Walt Disney Presents: 0 minutes
• Star Tours: 7 Minutes
• Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 23 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 35 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 40 minutes
• Toy Story Mania: 40 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 42 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 49 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 54 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 57 minutes

Over in Hollywood Studios, times saw a dip, but the order of rides remained status quo with Slinky Dog Dash, Rise of the Resistance, and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster topping the chart.

The Muppets Planned to Have a Ride DECADES Before Taking Over Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

With Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster’s imminent closure due to the Muppets retheme (read all about that right here), we have to wonder how this will impact the other rides. It has been closed for refurbishment before, but this will likely be a longer closure than we’re used to. Since it does post one of the highest wait times in the park, all of those people will be somewhere else in the park. That’s just something to keep in mind when it does close, however, no date has been announced by Disney yet.

EPCOT

• Journey into Imagination: 8 minutes
• Living with the Land: 11 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush: 15 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 12 minutes
• Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
• Mission: SPACE: 17 minutes
• Soarin’: 25 minutes
• Frozen Ever After: 45 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 48 minutes 

The wait times in EPCOT also dipped this week (one of the rare festival-free weeks of the park’s calendar), with Remy’s and Frozen being the only rides to top 40, or even 30 minutes.

(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: 13 minutes
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes 
• Dinosaur: 19 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 25 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 32 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 43 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 64 minutes

Animal Kingdom’s Flight of Passage maintained its lead as the park’s busiest ride, while TriceraTop Spin saw a longer-than-normal wait…just before it closed forever! Kali River Rapids also closed for its annual maintenance.

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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