Lines Are Getting LONGER in Disney World…But Not Where You’d Expect
Published: February 11, 2024
One of the most important things to pay attention to during your Disney World trip is the wait times!
You pay SO much money to get into the parks, so you want to make the most of your time right? That’s why we’re always tracking the changes in wait time patterns and boy, do we have an update for you today. Wait times have been decreasing at a steady pace across the board, but times increased at EVERY attraction in one Disney World park this week. You may think it’s Hollywood Studios or Magic Kingdom…but this actually happened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom!
Below, you will find the average wait times at every attraction in all four parks. These are listed from highest to lowest — what are you waiting for? Keep on scrollin’!
Magic Kingdom Wait Times
Last week we saw popular rides decrease in wait times. That continued this week with Seven Dwarfs Mine Train sliding from a 77-minute average to a 72-minute average.
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train — 72 minutes
- Peter Pan’s Flight — 60 minutes
- Space Mountain — 51 minutes
- Jungle Cruise — 48 minutes
- Haunted Mansion — 40 minutes
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad — 40 minutes
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — 36 minutes
- Enchanted Tales with Belle — 32 minutes
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin — 31 minutes
- Pirates of the Caribbean — 29 minutes
- Astro Orbiter — 27 minutes
- “it’s a small world” — 22 minutes
- Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini — 21 minutes
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant — 18 minutes
- Magic Carpets of Aladdin — 18 minutes
- Tomorrowland Speedway — 16 minutes
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic — 13 minutes
- Enchanted Tiki Room — 13 minutes
- Mad Tea Party — 13 minutes
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover — 12 minutes
- Prince Charming Regal Carrousel — 11 minutes
- Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse — 6 minutes
- Carousel of Progress — 5 minutes
- Liberty Square Riverboat — 5 minutes
- Tom Sawyer Island — 5 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
While the front runner for the highest wait time stayed consistent this week, wait times were on the rise in EPCOT. Specifically, wait times at Test Track and Soarin’ went up
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — 80 minutes
- Frozen Ever After — 71 minutes
- Test Track — 62 minutes
- Soarin’ — 43 minutes
- Mission: SPACE — 18 minutes
- Spaceship Earth — 16 minutes
- Turtle Talk with Crush — 16 minutes
- Journey into Imagination — 12 minutes
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends — 11 minutes
- Living with the Land — 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
As we mentioned above, we have some bad news about Animal Kingdom…because wait times are on the rise just about everywhere! This week, average wait times jumped up several minutes at Flight of Passage, Na’vi River Journey, Kilimanjaro Safaris, and every other attraction in the park.
- Avatar Flight of Passage — 106 minutes
- Na’vi River Journey — 70 minutes
- Kilimanjaro Safaris — 42 minutes
- Expedition Everest — 38 minutes
- Dinosaur — 26 minutes
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug — 10 minutes
- TriceraTop Spin — 9 minutes
- The Boneyard — 0 minutes
Kali River Rapids is currently closed for refurbishment, however, it is set to reopen in March.
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Hollywood Studios Wait Times
Take a deep breath. Wait times at Slinky Dog Dash did NOT rise this week. On the other hand, they didn’t fall either staying at a 99-minute average. Rise of the Resistance did see a decrease, though!
- Slinky Dog Dash — 99 minutes
- Rise of the Resistance — 81 minutes
- Tower of Terror — 64 minutes
- Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway — 57 minutes
- Toy Story Mania — 55 minutes
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — 52 minutes
- Alien Swirling Saucers — 32 minutes
- Star Tours — 13 minutes
- Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy — 12 minutes
- Muppet Vision 3D — 10 minutes
- Walt Disney Presents — 7 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster is currently closed for refurbishment and is set to reopen this summer.
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