WHERE Are the Crowds?! The Wait for Disney World’s BUSIEST Ride DROPPED by Nearly 10% Last Week

Every week, we check the average Disney World wait times in every park so that you can be prepared for your next trip to Orlando! This week, the Magic Kingdom classic saw incremental wait increases, while the rest of Walt Disney World remained relatively staid, with some decreases.

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Disney World’s longest average wait time was for Flight of Passage, as usual, but the ride saw a rare 9-minute DROP in its average wait time. It will be interesting to see what, if any, effect the new Lighting Lane system will have on wait times next week. 

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Take a look at this week’s average wait times — going from highest to lowest!

Magic Kingdom Wait Times

The Magic Kingdom park saw some interesting increases across the board this week. None were large, many within a minute or two, but overall, they seemed to indicate that the park was a bit busier this past week.  (REMINDER: Tron Lightcycle/Run does not currently use a standby queue; it’s not included here, and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure does not have a standby queue yet.)

Space Mountain

  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train — 61 minutes
  • Space Mountain — 48 minutes
  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad — 37 minutes
  • Jungle Cruise — 36 minutes
  • Haunted Mansion — 33 minutes
  • Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — 31 minutes

“it’s a small world!”

  • Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin — 28 minutes
  • Astro Orbiter — 26 minutes
  • Enchanted Tales with Belle — 24 minutes
  • Pirates of the Caribbean — 22 minutes
  • “it’s a small world” — 20 minutes
  • Tomorrowland Speedway — 18 minutes
  • Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini — 17 minutes

The Country Bears

  • Mickey’s PhilharMagic — 15 minutes
  • Liberty Square Riverboat — 15 minutes
  • Country Bear Musical Jamboree — 13 minutes
  • Dumbo the Flying Elephant — 12 minutes
  • Magic Carpets of Aladdin — 11 minutes
  • Enchanted Tiki Room — 9 minutes
  • Mad Tea Party — 9 minutes

Carousel of Progress

  • Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover — 10 minutes
  • Prince Charming Regal Carrousel — 8 minutes
  • Tom Sawyer Island — 6 minutes
  • Carousel of Progress — 5 minutes
  • Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse — 3 minutes
  • Hall of Presidents — 0 minutes

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EPCOT Wait Times

EPCOT’s wait time champion was still Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure as usual, but overall, EPCOT saw the opposite of Magic Kingdom this week. Wait times were actually slightly down on average across the board this week. (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 — 49 minutes
  • Frozen Ever After — 44 minutes
  • Soarin’ — 25 minutes
  • Mission: SPACE — 19 minutes

Gran Fiesta Tour

  • Turtle Talk with Crush — 15 minutes
  • Spaceship Earth — 12 minutes
  • Journey into Imagination — 10 minutes
  • The Seas with Nemo and Friends — 8 minutes
  • Gran Fiesta Tour — 9 minutes
  • Living with the Land — 7 minutes

Test Track, 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 remains the busiest ride at the park (and resort overall), but its wait fell by 9 minutes this week. However, the waits of Kali River Rapids and Na’vi River Journey both went up, seemingly to compensate. 

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  • Avatar Flight of Passage — 84 minutes
  • Kali River Rapids — 53 minutes
  • Na’vi River Journey — 52 minutes
  • Expedition Everest — 35 minutes

Dinosaur

  • Kilimanjaro Safaris — 25 minutes
  • Dinosaur — 25 minutes
  • It’s Tough to Be a Bug — 10 minutes
  • TriceraTop Spin — 6 minutes
  • The Boneyard — 0 minutes

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Hollywood Studios Wait Times

Hollywood Studios remained mostly unchanged this week, with Slinky Dog Dash and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster leading the pack. One note, the wait time for the Tower of Terror jumped by approximately 5 minutes. 

Slinky Dog Dash in Toy Story Land

  • Slinky Dog Dash — 68 minutes
  • Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster — 64 Minutes
  • Rise of the Resistance — 56 minutes
  • Toy Story Mania — 52 minutes
  • Tower of Terror — 50 minutes

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Star Tours

  • Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy — 14 minutes
  • Star Tours — 12 minutes
  • Muppet Vision 3D — 10 minutes
  • Walt Disney Presents — 5 minutes.

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