NEWS: Lines for Disney World’s Busiest Ride Increased by 40% Last Week!

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 January 2025 is nearly over, 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
• Liberty Square Riverboat:  5 minutes
• Tom Sawyer Island: 7 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 11 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 12 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 13 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carousel: 13 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 13 minutes
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree: 14 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 15 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 19 minutes
• it’s a small world: 19 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 21 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 22 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 24 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle: 26 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin:  27 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 33 minutes
• Haunted Mansion: 35 minutes
• Jungle Cruise: 39 minutes
• Space Mountain: 40 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight:  51 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 64 minutes 
• TRON Lightcycle / Run: 71 minutes

Wait times at Magic Kingdom went up this week, with incremental increases across the board. TRON, as expected, remained the park’s busiest ride, with a wait time over 70 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
• Muppet*Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Star Tours: 13 Minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 27minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 39 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 40 minutes
• Toy Story Mania: 41 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 43 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 54 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 70 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 64 minutes

Over in Hollywood Studios, saw a change at the top this week, as Rise of the Resistance fell from 83 minutes to 64 minutes, and was overtaken by Slinky Dog Dash as the park’s busiest ride.

EPCOT

• Journey into Imagination: 15 minutes
• Living with the Land: 17 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush: 17 minutes
• Mission: SPACE: 17 minutes
• Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 23 minutes
• Soarin’: 43 minutes
• Frozen Ever After: 57 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 67 minutes 

The wait times in EPCOT saw minor increases across the board this week, in-line with what we saw from the Magic Kingdom.

(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
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes 
• Dinosaur: 28 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 47 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 32 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 53 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 92 minutes

Animal Kingdom’s Flight of Passage increased by almost 25 MINUTES, taking it all the way to top of the list of Disney World’s busiest rides.

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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