Have Summer Crowds Left Disney World? We Found Out

It’s no secret that (generally) one of the busiest long-term stretches of the year in Disney World is the summer.

Throughout the year, we see short bursts in attendance for the holiday season, Spring Break, long weekends, and special events, but sometimes there’s nothing quite like the crowds that fill the parks during the period from around late May to September. As we near the end of August, you might expect the crowds to start decreasing since so many kids are back in school. And in fact, we have seen wait times going DOWN at a lot of Disney World rides, but it doesn’t mean that the crowds are totally gone just yet.

Here in the U.S., many children have already started the 2022-2023 school year, which effectively ends the family summer vacation season. However, there are still some areas of the country where school may not start until after Labor Day, and those families may still be taking advantage of the remaining holiday break.

We’ve still seen some pretty significant crowds in the parks at times. On top of that, we’ve started to see quite a few international guests in the parks recently, considering it’s easier to travel nowadays than it was in the past few years. Add in the die-hard Disney fans who are planning trips to see the recently added Halloween decor, and that adds up to a pretty busy August with some high wait times that are still quite high.

Many rides have seen DECREASING wait times lately, but some are still holding onto wait times that are an hour or MORE. Want to see the proof? We’ve got the full list of wait times from Disney World yesterday below!

Overall, wait times yesterday didn’t really exceed 135 minutes, which is not bad compared to some of the really long wait times we’ve seen at other points of the summer. But wait times of an hour or more are still things you’ll want to consider and plan ahead for.

If high wait times have you worried, don’t overstress. There are ways to BEAT the waits in Disney World. You could consider paying for Disney Genie+, the paid way to skip the standby lines in the parks. Or you can take advantage of things like early theme park entry, extended evening hours (both for hotel guests), or single rider lines to see if you can skip the lines. Now, let’s look at those wait times to see what you might expect around this time of year.

Magic Kingdom

EPCOT

10 AM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 25 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 40 minutes
Soarin’: 45 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 65 minutes
Test Track: 65 minutes
Journey into Imagination: Temporarily Closed

11 AM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 20 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 20 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 30 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 40 minutes
Soarin’: 45 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 65 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
Test Track: 90 minutes

12 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 20 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 20 minutes
Living with the Land: 25 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 25 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 30 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 40 minutes
Soarin’: 60 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 80 minutes
Test Track: 80 minutes

1 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 15 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 15 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 15 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 15 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 20 minutes
Living with the Land: 25 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 30 minutes
Test Track: 55 minutes
Soarin’: 60 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 70 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 75 minutes

2 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 10 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 10 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 15 minutes
Living with the Land: 15 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 15 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 25 minutes
Soarin’: 40 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 50 minutes
Test Track: 65 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 75 minutes

3 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 15 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 15 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 45 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 75 minutes
Test Track: 80 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 85 minutes

4 PM

Gran Fiesta Tour: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Living with the Land: 15 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 40 minutes
Test Track: 55 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 70 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 90 minutes

5 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 15 minutes
Soarin’: 40 minutes
Test Track: 70 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 75 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 90 minutes

6 PM

Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Journey into Imagination: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 15 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 15 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 20 minutes
Soarin’: 30 minutes
Test Track: 60 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 65 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: Temporarily Closed

7 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 15 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 15 minutes
Soarin’: 35 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 80 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 90 minutes
Test Track: Temporarily Closed

8 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Turtle Talk with Crush: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 15 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 15 minutes
Soarin’: 20 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 80 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 100 minutes
Test Track: Temporarily Closed

9 PM

Journey into Imagination: 5 minutes
Living with the Land: 5 minutes
Spaceship Earth: 5 minutes
The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 5 minutes
Gran Fiesta Tour: 10 minutes
Mission: SPACE: 15 minutes
Soarin’: 15 minutes
Frozen Ever After: 50 minutes
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 85 minutes
Test Track: Temporarily Closed
Turtle Talk with Crush: Closed

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

8 AM

Dinosaur: 5 minutes
Expedition Everest: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 5 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 10 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 80 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Closed
The Boneyard: Closed

9 AM

Dinosaur: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 5 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Expedition Everest: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 30 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 35 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 95 minutes
Kali River Rapids: Closed
The Boneyard: Closed

10 AM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 25 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 40 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 70 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 75 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 75 minutes
Expedition Everest: Temporarily Closed

11 AM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 35 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 45 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 70 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 95 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 110 minutes
Expedition Everest: Temporarily Closed

12 PM

It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 45 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 50 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 95 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 105 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 115 minutes
Expedition Everest: Temporarily Closed

1 PM

It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 35 minutes
Expedition Everest: 60 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 60 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 70 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 80 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 105 minutes

2 PM

It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 45 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 45 minutes
Dinosaur: 50 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 65 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 80 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 125 minutes

3 PM

It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 15 minutes
Dinosaur: 30 minutes
Expedition Everest: 35 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 65 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 75 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 80 minutes

4 PM

It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
TriceraTop Spin: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 15 minutes
Dinosaur: 25 minutes
Expedition Everest: 35 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 40 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 55 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 80 minutes

5 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Dinosaur: 15 minutes
Expedition Everest: 25 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 40 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 55 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 85 minutes

6 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 25 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 35 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 50 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 65 minutes

7 PM

TriceraTop Spin: 5 minutes
Dinosaur: 10 minutes
It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
Kilimanjaro Safaris: 10 minutes
Expedition Everest: 20 minutes
Kali River Rapids: 55 minutes
Na’vi River Journey: 55 minutes
Avatar Flight of Passage: 70 minutes

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

9 AM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 20 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 40 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 50 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 55 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 55 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 65 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 95 minutes

10 AM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 25 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 35 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 45 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 55 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 60 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 85 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 95 minutes

11 AM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 25 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 30 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 40 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 85 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 105 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: Temporarily Closed
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: Temporarily Closed

12 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 35 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 45 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 50 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 75 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 85 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 115 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 115 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: Temporarily Closed

1 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 25 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 25 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 45 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 55 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 65 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 70 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 75 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 90 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: Temporarily Closed

2 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 25 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 25 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 45 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 45 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 55 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 55 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 75 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 90 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 125 minutes

3 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 30 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 35 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 65 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 70 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 75 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 85 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 135 minutes

4 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 20 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 35 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 40 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 45 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 45 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 105 minutes

5 PM

Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 35 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 45 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 50 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 55 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 55 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 60 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 80 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 110 minutes

6 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 25 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 25 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 30 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 45 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 50 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 75 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: Temporarily Closed

7 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 20 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 30 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 55 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 60 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: 85 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 90 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 95 minutes

8 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 15 minutes
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 15 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 25 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 30 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 40 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 45 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 50 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 65 minutes
Slinky Dog Dash: Temporarily Closed

9 PM

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 5 minutes
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 13 minutes
Alien Swirling Saucers: 15 minutes
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 15 minutes
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 35 minutes
Toy Story Mania: 40 minutes
Rise of the Resistance — WDW: 55 minutes
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: Temporarily Closed
Slinky Dog Dash: Temporarily Closed
Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: Closed
Muppet Vision 3D: Closed

Those are all the wait times from yesterday in Walt Disney World! We’ll make sure to keep you updated with more crowd news and all the tips on how to survive those busy seasons in the parks.