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Look at those crowds!
The holidays may be over, but decorations are still up and the crowds are out in the parks. We like to keep up with how lines are looking in order to gauge how busy it is, so 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 86 minutes!
Mine Train
After that, we had Peter Pan’s Flight at 68 minutes, Jungle Cruise at 67 minutes, Space Mountain at 52 minutes, Splash Mountain at 46 minutes, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at 43 minutes, Haunted Mansion at 37 minutes, Astro Orbiter at 37 minutes, Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at 32 minutes, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin at 32 minutes, and Pirates of the Caribbean at 30 minutes.
Peter Pan’s Flight
Then, we saw “it’s a small world” at 24 minutes, Tomorrowland Speedway at 23 minutes, Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini at 22 minutes, Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid at 21 minutes, Magic Carpets of Aladdin at 19 minutes, Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover at 18 minutes, Dumbo the Flying Elephant at 18 minutes, Mickey’s PhilharMagic at 16 minutes, Prince Charming Regal Carrousel at 14 minutes, and Mad Tea Party at 14 minutes.
Crowds outside of “it’s a small world”
And rides that only had wait times in the single digits were Carousel of Progress at 4 minutes, Liberty Square Riverboat at 4 minutes, and Country Bear Jamboree 1 minute. Rides with no waits were Tom Sawyer Island, Hall of Presidents, Enchanted Tiki Room, and Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse.
EPCOT
Over in EPCOT, the ride with the longest average wait was Frozen Ever After at 80 minutes.
Frozen Ever After
Then, we had Test Track at 60 minutes, Soarin’ at 37 minutes, Mission: SPACE at 28 minutes, Spaceship Earth at 18 minutes, The Seas with Nemo and Friends at 14 minutes, Gran Fiesta Tour at 14 minutes, Turtle Talk with Crush at 10 minutes, Journey into Imagination at 10 minutes, and Living with the Land at 9 minutes.
Test Track
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 132 minutes.
Long lines for Rise of the Resistance
After that, we had Slinky Dog Dash at 87 minutes, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith at 67 minutes, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at 62 minutes, Tower of Terror at 57 minutes, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at 56 minutes, and Toy Story Mania at 54 minutes.
Slinky Dog Dash
And finally, we had Alien Swirling Saucers at 31 minutes, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue at 24 minutes, Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy at 13 minutes, Muppet*Vision 3D at 10 minutes, and Walt Disney Presents at 6 minutes.
Animal Kingdom
Hopping over to Animal Kingdom, the ride with the longest average wait time this week was Avatar Flight of Passage at 122 minutes.
Flight of Passage
Then, we had Kilimanjaro Safaris at 64 minutes, Na’vi River Journey at 62 minutes, Expedition Everest at 43 minutes, and DINOSAUR at 40 minutes.
Elephant on Kilimanjaro Safaris
Following behind was Kali River Rapids at 21 minutes, TriceraTop Spin at 13 minutes, It’s Tough to Be a Bug at 13 minutes, The Boneyard at 0 minutes, and Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail at 0 minutes.
Kali River Rapids
That’s your look at the average wait times around Walt Disney World this week! Stay tuned to DFB more Disney news and updates.
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If there packing that many people in the Park’s, what is the purpose of the Park Reservation ?
You can blame Genie+ for the longer lines. Guest/Visitors s don’t want to pay for or can’t afford Genie+ have to wait in the stand-by lines since there is no longer the free FastPass+ option.
So with the pay to play Genie+ being the only choice to skip the longer lines, most people are choosing the stand-by lines due to cost creating longer lines with longer wait times.
So explain to me how is this making things better and enjoyable for paying guest?
Let’s all thank Chapek for ruining our vacations!
RE: Mike,
That is what I have been saying the last several months. Both Disney World and Disneyland are operating at full capacity (no Covid limits), so there is no longer a need for reservations. In all my years going to the parks, only one time did they sellout, close the gates and turn guest away who showed up late on during the day3.
This is the lawsuit issue with the Magic passes over at Disneyland. They have block out days, but also days when you can’t reserve a day and go because it is supposedly booked up on a day that is not blackout day. Funny thing is that if you buy a regular ticket, those same non-blackout days are available to reserve.
They need to get rid of the reservations and go back to the first come first serve way it use to be (and bring back the free FastPass). Again, I don’t think the parks will ever reach the maximum capacity on any given day, so it is not likely they will have to turn away guest. And if they do, it will only be the guest who should up late.
Ronjon you are correct! It’s because they dump out every last person from the lighting lane before they let anyone else go. Just think how much faster the lines would go if they didn’t treat non lighting lane people like second class citizens. This proves that Disney only cares about money, and not the costumers. I don’t think this is what Walt had in mind when he wanted a place where everyone could have fun, and not just the ones who pay more. Just my opinion…