We Have Been Studying Disney World Wait Times for Years, and We’re STILL Impressed by This September Trend

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 September 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.

One week after losing its crown, Avatar: Flight of Passage regained the title of Walt Disney World’s busiest ride! However, the resort’s wait times remained somewhat low overall. Less than a 60-minute average for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train? That must mean crowds are pretty low right now!

Magic Kingdom

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

• Hall of Presidents: 0 minutes
• Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 4 minutes
• Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 6 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 7 minutes
• Tom Sawyer Island: 8 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 8 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 8 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 8 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 9 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 10 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 11 minutes
• Liberty Square Riverboat:  12 minutes
• it’s a small world: 13 minutes
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 14 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 14 minutes
• Astro Orbiter: 15 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 16 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle: 19 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 19 minutes
• Space Mountain: 25 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 27 minutes
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 28 minutes
• Haunted Mansion: 29 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight: 40 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 44 minutes

Wait times at the Magic Kingdom stayed relatively stable once again this week, even with the closure of The Jungle Cruise.
(REMINDER: TRON Lightcycle / Run has opened a standby queue for the first time in its history this week. However, given that the ride was not on a standby queue for the full week, it does not have a full week of average wait times yet.)

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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

• Walt Disney Presents: 0 minutes 
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 7 minutes
• Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 10 minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 21 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 28 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 31 minutes
• Toy Story Mania: 38 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 39 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 42 minutes 
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 42 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 53 minutes

Even with Flight of Passage dipping, the Animal Kingdom attraction still overtook Hollywood Studios’ Slinky Dog Dash, which itself fell to 53 minutes.

EPCOT

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
• Gran Fiesta Tour: 9 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 10 minutes
• Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
• Mission: SPACE:  11 minutes
• Journey into Imagination: 12 minutes
• Living with the Land: 13 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush: 15 minutes
• Soarin’: 24 minutes
• Frozen Ever After: 46 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 51 minutes

The wait times in EPCOT are about the same this week, likely indicating that these will be the standard times during the duration of the 2024 International Food & Wine Festival.
(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 average wait times for Animal Kingdom’s attractions are listed below.

• The Boneyard: 0 minutes
• TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 9 minutes
• Dinosaur: 21 minutes
• Kali River Rapids: 21 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 23 minutes 
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 28 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 46 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 55 minutes

Animal Kingdom’s Flight of Passage dipped EVEN more this week, dropping to an average of 55 minutes. That’s one of the shortest waits for this groundbreaking attraction we’ve seen in months.

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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