Disney Made a BIG CHANGE, and We Saw WILD Wait Times Because of It

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 Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind have transitioned to standard queues, what did the average ride waits look like at Disney World? 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
• Tom Sawyer Island: 6 minutes
• Liberty Square Riverboat:  6 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 12 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 12 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 13 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 14 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 14 minutes
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 14 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 15 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 19 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 20 minutes
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure: 20 Minutes
• it’s a small world: 21 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 21 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle: 25 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 25 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin:  27 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 32 minutes
• Haunted Mansion: 34 minutes
• Space Mountain: 39 minutes
• Jungle Cruise: 41 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight:  49 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 57 minutes 
• TRON Lightcycle / Run: 70 minutes

The big story at the Magic Kingdom this week was Tiana’s Bayou Adventure transitioning from a virtual queue to a traditional standby queue. So, did it make a difference overall? Well, tough to say. The ride’s average for the days it was available on standby was about 20 minutes, which did seem to lower some other wait times around the park.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Walt Disney Presents: 0 minutes
• Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Star Tours: 14 Minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 28 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 37 minutes
• Toy Story Mania: 43 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 47 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 52 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 55 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 66 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 68 minutes

Over in Hollywood Studios, Rise of the Resistance overtook Slinky Dog Dash for busiest ride at the park, and one of the busiest at the park.

EPCOT

• • Journey into Imagination: 13 minutes
  • Living with the Land: 14 minutes
  • Turtle Talk with Crush: 16  minutes
  • Mission: SPACE: 16 minutes
  • Spaceship Earth: 17 minutes
  • The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 22 minutes
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – – 24 minutes
  • Soarin’: 35 minutes
  • Frozen Ever After: 60 minutes
  • Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 60 minutes 

EPCOT also saw a massive change this week, as Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ALSO transitioned from virtual queue to a traditional standby. Much like Tiana’s above, it’s tough to truly gauge the impact of the change on a an average weekly basis since it wasn’t in effect for the full week, but we saw wildly fluctuating wait times at the ride — everything from 35 to 170 minutes within a couple of hours. It may take a bit for Cast Members to get the wait time estimates dialed in.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

• The Boneyard: 0 minutes
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 11 minutes 
• Dinosaur: 22 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 31 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 44 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 50 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 67 minutes

Flight of Passage fell 10 minutes in average wait time this week, but it still had a comfortable lead for busiest ride at Animal Kingdom.

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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