The ONE Ride You Might Want to Avoid in Disney World Right Now

Disney World crowds are looking different this year, but there are still long wait times in the park.

Crowds have been surprising us this summer (along with Genie+ prices) but you still may want Disney’s skip-the-line service. While you can use tactics like rope dropping or staying until park close, we want to warn you about the one ride with wait times much higher than any other attraction.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom has some tame wait times compared to parks like Hollywood Studios, but Flight of Passage has the highest average wait time in Disney World by far.

If you want to skip the line at Flight of Passage, we recommend heading there first thing in the morning, especially if you are taking advantage of Early Entry as a Disney World hotel guest. Or, if you’re willing to spend some extra money, you can purchase an Individual Lightning Lane for this attraction.

See all of the average wait times from Disney World over the past week below!

Magic Kingdom

Last week, wait times increased at almost every attraction in Magic Kingdom. Now, wait times have basically stayed the same with wait times like Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Peter Pan’s Flight remaining high.

Here are the average weekly wait times for each ride below, from shortest to longest wait times.

• Country Bear Jamboree: 0 minutes
• Tom Sawyer Island: 2 minute
• Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 4 minutes
• Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
• Liberty Square Riverboat: 5 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel: 8 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 10 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 11 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 11 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 14 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 14 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 15 minutes
• Hall of Presidents: 18 minutes
• Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid: 19 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 19 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 20 minutes
• it’s a small world: 24 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle: 28 minutes
• Astro Orbiter: 30 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 32 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 32 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 39 minutes
• Haunted Mansion: 42 minutes
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 43 minutes
• Jungle Cruise: 47 minutes
• Space Mountain: 62 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight: 70 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 83 minutes

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

If there is one park to purchase Genie+ in, we’d recommend Hollywood Studios based on these wait times. Lightning Lanes can go quickly, but if you strategize right and grab popular rides like Slinky Dog Dash first, you can skip the line at quite a few rides.

Read the list below to see the rest of the Hollywood Studios ride wait times averages, from low to high:

• Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 14 minutes
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 15 minutes
• Walt Disney Presents: 19 minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 31 minutes
  
• Toy Story Mania: 56 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 58 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 58 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 61 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 73 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 78 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 87 minutes

EPCOT

We thought we wouldn’t see EPCOT wait times rise until the Food & Wine Festival kicked off on July 27th, but they have increased a bit early. Test Track is now the longest wait on average in the park followed closely by Frozen Ever After and Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure.

See the average EPCOT attraction wait times from the week below:

• Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along: 0 minutes
• Pixar Short Film Festival: 0 minutes
• Impressions de France: 0 minutes
• Reflections of China: 0 minutes
• Awesome Planet: 0 minutes
• Living with the Land: 7 minutes
• Gran Fiesta Tour: 7 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 9 minutes
• Journey into Imagination: 12 minutes
• Spaceship Earth: 14 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush: 15 minutes
• Mission: SPACE: 20 minutes
• Soarin’: 28 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 57 minutes
• Frozen Ever After: 59 minutes
• Test Track: 60 minutes

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Just like many of the Magic Kingdom rides, Flight of Passage saw a major increase last week to a 95-minute average. The wait time increased again this week to a 97-minute average. This is why we recommend buying that Individual Lightning Lane or rope-dropping this ride. Don’t spend over an hour in line if you don’t have to!

The average wait times for the rest of Animal Kingdom’s attractions are listed below:

• The Boneyard: 0 minutes
• TriceraTop Spin: 6 minutes
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 27 minutes
• Dinosaur: 29 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 30 minutes
• Kali River Rapids: 39 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 65 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 97 minutes

Those are the wait times at Disney World! Stay tuned to AllEars for more updates, and in the meantime, check out our video where we take on the biggest Disney challenge so far!

Is Flight of Passage a must-do for you? Tell us in the comments!

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