It was a slow Saturday across Walt Disney World, with none of the four parks’ posted wait times averaging higher than 24th out of the past 30 days. TouringPlans researcher Chrissy and I spent the afternoon in the Magic Kingdom, testing “minimize walking” and “minimize waiting” touring plans for the same set of 12 attractions, running from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. We’ll have that write-up for you early in the week. It was the first time in a while that I’ve been in the Magic Kingdom until close, and it was good to see the park that late.
I counted 456 of 500 guests (88%) wearing masks according to Disney’s guidelines in the Magic Kingdom today. I think this is – by a wide margin – the lowest compliance we’ve seen in the parks. Earlier in the pandemic, the mask non-compliance we’d see was typically someone walking and drinking at the same time. Today it was a bit of everything else, too: pulling down masks completely to talk to friends while waiting in line, walking between attractions with masks lowered, and having masks not covering noses. I don’t think Disney has enough staff to enforce this level of non-compliance.
Likewise, I think it’s safe to say that the social distancing markers in attraction queues are now irrelevant – they’re not being followed and they’re not being enforced, at least on the dozen attractions I was on today. On different rides, the groups behind me were close enough to run into me a couple of times. And inside Space Mountain the group in front of me was both maskless and not distancing, and that seems like it’s still a concern when more than half the country isn’t vaccinated.
We got 266 actual wait times today from our fabulous Lines community. Let’s do the rest of the numbers!
Magic Kingdom Wait Times
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover had an average wait time today of 27 minutes. Its 7-day average is 27 minutes, so today ranks #3 for this week. Its 30-day average is 27 minutes, so today ranks #3 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 11 minutes, so today ranks #4 for the past year. We received 9 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 77% of the posted wait time.
Animal Kingdom Wait Times
Na’vi River Journey had an average wait time today of 34 minutes. Its 7-day average is 37 minutes, so today ranks #4 for this week. Its 30-day average is 38 minutes, so today ranks #24 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 45 minutes, so today ranks #221 for the past year. We received 7 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 83% of the posted wait time.
Hollywood Studios Wait Times
Toy Story Mania! had an average wait time today of 29 minutes. Its 7-day average is 28 minutes, so today ranks #3 for this week. Its 30-day average is 29 minutes, so today ranks #16 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 27 minutes, so today ranks #123 for the past year. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 64% of the posted wait time.
EPCOT Wait Times
Soarin’ had an average wait time today of 46 minutes. Its 7-day average is 51 minutes, so today ranks #5 for this week. Its 30-day average is 56 minutes, so today ranks #27 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 37 minutes, so today ranks #102 for the past year. We received 9 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 48% of the posted wait time.
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