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Donald says hello!
Disney Genie launched this week, along with Genie+ and Individual Attraction Selections (pay per ride) which have replaced the old FastPass+ system. So, did Genie+ help control crowds any better? Or affect the wait times? Let’s find out! Here’s a look at all the average wait times in Disney World from this week.
Magic Kingdom
Let’s head to Magic Kingdom! This week, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train had the longest average wait time with 63 minutes!
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
After that, we had Jungle Cruise at 56 minutes, Peter Pan’s Flight at 50 minutes, Haunted Mansion at 43 minutes, Splash Mountain at 42 minutes, Space Mountain at 34 minutes, and Pirates of the Caribbean at 32 minutes.
Haunted Mansion
Following behind was Astro Orbiter at 29 minutes, Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at 29 minutes, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at 27 minutes, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin at 26 minutes, “it’s a small world” at 23 minutes, and Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid at 20 minutes.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Then, we had Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover at 17 minutes, Dumbo the Flying Elephant at 16 minutes, Magic Carpets of Aladdin at 15 minutes, Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini at 14 minutes, Prince Charming Regal Carrousel at 12 minutes, Tomorrowland Speedway at 12 minutes, and Mad Tea Party at 11 minutes.
Dumbo
And rides that only had wait times in the single digits were Carousel of Progress at 4 minutes, Country Bear Jamboree at 2 minutes, and Tom Sawyer Island at 1 minute. Hall of Presidents, Liberty Square Riverboat, Enchanted Tiki Room, and Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse were all at 0 minutes.
EPCOT
Over in EPCOT, the ride with the longest average wait was Frozen Ever After at 56 minutes.
Lightning Lane sign at Frozen Ever After
Then, we had Test Track at 44 minutes, Soarin’ at 24 minutes, Mission: SPACE at 13 minutes, Spaceship Earth at 12 minutes, Gran Fiesta Tour at 11 minutes, Turtle Talk with Crush at 10 minutes.
Mission: SPACE
Rides with even shorter wait times included The Seas with Nemo and Friends at 9 minutes, Living with the Land at 8 minutes, and Journey into Imagination at 7 minutes.
Journey into Imagination with Figment
The theater shows in EPCOT all had zero waits this past week! These included: Awesome Planet, Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along, Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival, Impressions de France, and Reflections of China!
Hollywood Studios
Moving on to Hollywood Studios, Rise of the Resistance had the highest average wait time this week at 102 minutes.
Rise of the Resistance
After that, we had Slinky Dog Dash at 67 minutes, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at 49 minutes, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith at 46 minutes, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at 45 minutes, Tower of Terror at 41 minutes, and Toy Story Mania at 36 minutes.
Star Tours
And finally, we had Alien Swirling Saucers at 24 minutes, Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy at 12 minutes, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue at 11 minutes, Walt Disney Presents at 10 minutes, and Muppet*Vision 3D at 10 minutes.
Animal Kingdom
Hopping over to Animal Kingdom, the ride with the longest average wait time this week was Avatar Flight of Passage at 71 minutes.
Time to, uh, fly!
Then, we had Na’vi River Journey at 41 minutes, Kilimanjaro Safaris at 30 minutes, Expedition Everest at 19 minutes, DINOSAUR at 16 minutes, and Kali River Rapids at 16 minutes.
Expedition Everest
Following behind was It’s Tough to Be a Bug at 10 minutes, Triceratop Spin at 8 minutes, The Boneyard at 0 minutes, and Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail at 0 minutes.
It’s Tough to Be a Bug
That’s your look at the average wait times around Walt Disney World this week.
Overall
Wait times did not really go up compared to last week, in fact, a lot of times went down! But, this could be due to the fact that crowds were lower this week than they have been recently, so we’ll keep an eye on how Genie+ is affecting lines. Stay tuned to DFB more Disney news and updates.
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We were going to get on Frozen on Friday 10/22 because the line was so short. A line that short normally would be a 15-20 minute wait but, when we asked, the CM said 70 minutes. A ramification of Genie + would be obvious. Hope our experience was an isolated event but if not then the Genie+ lines will become as long as the standby lines. As an AP, I don’t want to have to pay $30 every time we go to the park in addition to what we pay for the AP!
Looks to me like we are heading back to the 1970’s era when you had to pay for each ride with a ticket seperately.
Does single rider lines still exist?
I was in Animal Kingdom on Friday and found that, with the exception of FoP, all posted wait times were inflated. Dinosaur was the worst. The posted wait time of 30 minutes was actually only 7. And very few people used the LL from what I saw.
Terry, it does!
We were just at WDW this past weekend (10/23-10/24) and several CMs told us that Genie+/LL made Stand-by lines a lot longer. We witnessed this on the Frozen Ever After ride. The Stand-by line would be at a standstill while people in the LL line streamed through, hardly slowing down.
We were there oct 17-23 and the wait times were crazy. In MK on the 19th most of the headliners were well over the 60 minute wait and the few we stood in line for were the correct times. And we did the extra evening hours in Epcot 18 Oct and Frozen never dropped below 60 minutes.