A week after things stayed stable at Walt Disney World, wait times across the resort trended downward over the past 7 days.
Frozen Ever After
Even some of the resort’s most in-demand rides fell slightly this week at 3 out of 4 Walt Disney World parks (we’re throwing a side-eye your way, Animal Kingdom). Also notably, Rise of the Resistance overtook Slinky Dog Dash for the highest average wait time at Hollywood Studios.
Take a look at this week’s average wait times — going from highest to lowest!
Magic Kingdom Wait Times
Magic Kingdom had an interesting week as far as wait times go. Most of the park’s major attractions – including Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Peter Pan’s Flight, and Space Mountain saw slight decreases. However, some of the park’s usual, lesser attractions saw their times increase slightly in response. (NOTE: Tron: Lightcycle/Run does not currently use a standby queue, so it’s not included here.)
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train — 64 minutes
- Peter Pan’s Flight — 54 minutes
- Jungle Cruise — 44 minutes
- Space Mountain — 41 minutes
- Haunted Mansion — 34 minutes
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — 33 minutes
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad — 38 minutes
Pirates of the Caribbean
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin — 27 minutes
- Enchanted Tales with Belle — 24 minutes
- Pirates of the Caribbean — 23 minutes
- Astro Orbiter — 23 minutes
- “it’s a small world” — 18 minutes
- Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini — 14 minutes
Dumbo
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic — 15 minutes
- Liberty Square Riverboat — 15 minutes
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant — 12 minutes
- Enchanted Tiki Room — 12 minutes
- Magic Carpets of Aladdin — 11 minutes
- Tomorrowland Speedway — 10 minutes
- Mad Tea Party — 9 minutes
Carousel of Progress
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover — 9 minutes
- Prince Charming Regal Carrousel — 7 minutes
- Tom Sawyer Island — 6 minutes
- Carousel of Progress — 6 minutes
- Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse — 4 minutes
- Hall of Presidents — 2 minutes
- Country Bear Jamboree — (This attraction has now closed for refurbishment — read all about the changes here)
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EPCOT Wait Times
EPCOT also saw drops in average wait times almost across the board this week. Sure, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is still at 70 minutes, but progress is progress. (NOTE: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind does not currently use a standby queue, so it’s not included here.)
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — 70 minutes
- Frozen Ever After — 64 minutes
- Test Track — 55 minutes
- Mission: SPACE — 38 minutes
- Soarin’ — 36 minutes
EPCOT
- Journey into Imagination — 13 minutes
- Turtle Talk with Crush — 15 minutes
- Spaceship Earth — 14 minutes
- Living with the Land — 13 minutes
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends — 11 minutes
- Gran Fiesta Tour — 11 minutes
Awesome Planet, Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along, Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival, Impressions de France, and Reflections of China had no wait times this week.
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Animal Kingdom Wait Times
Animal Kingdom‘s Flight of Passage remained the single highest in-demand ride at Walt Disney World this week, if one goes by average wait time, increasing back over the 90-minute threshold. Overall, Animal Kingdom saw more increases than any of Walt Disney World’s other parks.
Kali River Rapids
- Avatar Flight of Passage — 90 minutes
- Na’vi River Journey — 52 minutes
- Kali River Rapids — 38 minutes
- Expedition Everest — 37 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Kilimanjaro Safaris — 34 minutes
- Dinosaur — 20 minutes
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug — 9 minutes
- TriceraTop Spin — 7 minutes
- The Boneyard — 0 minutes
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Hollywood Studios Wait Times
Hollywood Studios saw a shake-up at the top this week, as Rise of the Resistance overtook Slinky Dog Dash for the highest average wait time at the park, though it remains far behind Flight of Passage for the overall Walt Disney World Resort.
Rise of the Resistance
- Rise of the Resistance — 78 minutes
- Slinky Dog Dash — 75 minutes
- Tower of Terror — 54 minutes
Toy Story Mania
- Toy Story Mania — 48 minutes
- Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway — 47 minutes
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — 42 minutes
- Alien Swirling Saucers — 30 minutes
Star Tours queue in Hollywood Studios
- Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy — 14 minutes
- Star Tours — 11 minutes
- Muppet Vision 3D — 10 minutes
- Walt Disney Presents — 6 minutes
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Just got back and yeah, the times weren’t too bad. Unfortunately the day we were at AK, both Kali River Rapids and Dinosaur were down pretty much the entire day, which i think skewed the wait times on the other rides. But just pack those patience pants, as you might still find pockets of times when the wait is way low (we hoped onto 7DMT (standby) right before the fireworks started in that lull before the show and not only was the wait less than 30 minutes, we were on the ride during the fireworks show – very magical!)