The SURPRISING Ride You’ll Need to Wait Hours for in Disney World

We’re in the midst of the holiday season, and with that, we’ve seen higher wait times and more expensive prices for Genie+ and Individual Attraction Selections.

But, the longest wait times aren’t where you’d expect…

While seeing a long wait time for Rise of the Resistance or Flight of Passage wouldn’t be unexpected, the highest average wait time this week was for Tower of Terror at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Now, if you’ve been following along with our wait time updates, this may not come as a surprise. We have seen technical difficulties at Tower of Terror cause long waits for almost a year now, so the longer wait times are nothing new. However, for a ride that has been around as long as it has, it may come as a shock to you to see it averaging over an hour and a half wait!

Let’s take a look at ALL the average wait times for Disney World rides this past week!

Magic Kingdom

In Magic Kingdom, we saw the usual culprits having the longest wait times. Mine Train averaged 67 minutes, while Jingle Cruise was second most at 55 minutes. On average, most rides at the park came in at a much more manageable 30 minutes or under.

Look below for the average weekly wait times for each ride below, from shortest to longest wait times.

• Tom Sawyer Island: 0 minutes
  
• Country Bear Jamboree: 0 minutes
  
• Hall of Presidents: 2 minutes
• Liberty Square Riverboat: 5 minutes
• Carousel of Progress: 5 minutes
  
• Enchanted Tiki Room: 5 minutes
• Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: 5 minutes
• Mad Tea Party: 10 minutes
  
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel: 11 minutes
  
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 12 minutes
  
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini: 12 minutes
  
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover: 13 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway: 13 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic: 14 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 14 minutes
• Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid: 17 minutes
• it’s a small world: 18 minutes
• Astro Orbiter: 22 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: 23 minutes
  
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 26 minutes
• Splash Mountain: 26 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 28 minutes
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 31 minutes
  
• Haunted Mansion: 36 minutes
• Space Mountain: 36 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight: 55 minutes
  
• Jingle Cruise: 55 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 67 minutes

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

We’ve got a winner for the longest average wait time in Disney World. While you may have put your money on a newer ride, the longest wait goes to Tower of Terror, which opened 28 years ago!

Scroll down to see the rest of the Hollywood Studios ride wait times averages below, from low to high:

• Muppet Vision 3D: 10 minutes
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: 10 minutes
  
• Walt Disney Presents: 13 minutes
• Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy: 14 minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers: 32 minutes
  
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run: 50 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith: 53 minutes
  
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 56 minutes
• Toy Story Mania: 57 minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash: 79 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance: 87 minutes
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 92 minutes

EPCOT

Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure continues to have the highest wait time at EPCOT. This week, it averaged 74 minutes, making it one of the highest wait times in Disney World. Currently, it’s also an Individual Attraction Selection in the park, which means you can pay extra to skip the line.

See the average EPCOT attraction wait times from the week below:

• Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along: 0 minutes
• Pixar Short Film Festival: 0 minutes
• Impressions de France: 0 minutes
• Reflections of China: 0 minutes
• Awesome Planet: 0 minutes
  
• Gran Fiesta Tour: 9 minutes
  
• Journey into Imagination: 9 minutes
  
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 10 minutes
  
• Turtle Talk with Crush: 12 minutes
• Living with the Land: 13minutes
  
• Spaceship Earth: 13 minutes
• Mission: SPACE: 14 minutes
• Soarin’: 34 minutes
• Test Track: 53 minutes
• Frozen Ever After: 70 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: 74 minutes

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

With the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, there was a renewed popularity to Pandora at the park (though, let’s be real — that popularity has been there since opening!). Flight of Passage continues to pull long wait times, with an average wait close to an hour and a half. Na’vi River Journey also averaged nearly an hour, with Kilimajaro Safaris averaging 47 minutes.

The average wait times for the rest of Animal Kingdom’s attractions this week were as follows:

• Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail: 0 minutes
• The Boneyard: 0 minutes
• TriceraTop Spin: 7 minutes
  
• Kali River Rapids: 8 minutes
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug: 10 minutes
• Dinosaur: 12 minutes
• Expedition Everest: 22 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris: 47 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey: 55 minutes
• Avatar Flight of Passage: 87 minutes

Keep following AllEars for more ride wait time information in Disney World!

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