The 2021 version of EPCOT’s Flower and Garden Festival kicked off today, and it drew guests into World Showcase from the other three parks. Wait times at the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios were among the lowest they’ve been for the past month. And even then, those posted wait times were overstating more than usual the actual waits in line.
In EPCOT we counted 496 of 500 guests (99%) wearing masks according to Disney’s mask guidelines. And despite the low crowds, we’ve got 108 actual wait times so far today from our fabulous Lines community. Let’s do the rest of the numbers!
Magic Kingdom Wait Times
Actual wait times we got today at the Magic Kingdom were about one-third lower than the posted wait times. That’s a little more of a gap than usual. An example is Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, which had an average wait time today of 35 minutes. Its 7-day average is 52 minutes, so today ranks #6 for this week. Its 30-day average is 51 minutes, so today ranks #26 for the past month. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 65% of the posted wait time.
Animal Kingdom Wait Times
Avatar Flight of Passage had an average wait time today of 28 minutes. Its 7-day average is 49 minutes, so today ranks #5 for this week. Its 30-day average is 49 minutes, so today ranks #22 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 49 minutes, so today ranks #172 for the past year. We received 8 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 58% of the posted wait time.
Hollywood Studios Wait Times
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway had an average wait time today of 38 minutes. Its 7-day average is 46 minutes, so today ranks #6 for this week. Its 30-day average is 47 minutes, so today ranks #28 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 60 minutes, so today ranks #233 for the past year. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 80% of the posted wait time.
Rise of the Resistance had a great morning and early afternoon. Rise of the Resistance began the day by calling boarding groups 1 through 11 around 8:40 a.m. Boarding groups got called steadily throughout the day until around 3:45 p.m., when boarding stopped at group 118. After a delay of about an hour, Rise of the Resistance began calling boarding groups again at 4:45 p.m. It’ll be a challenge for ROTR to get to boarding group 160 today because of that delay.
EPCOT Wait Times
Test Track had an average wait time today of 37 minutes. Its 7-day average is 42 minutes, so today ranks #4 for this week. Its 30-day average is 54 minutes, so today ranks #25 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 54 minutes, so today ranks #193 for the past year. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 54% of the posted wait time.
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