How Did Christmas Crowds Change Disney World Wait Times?

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Every week, we report the average Disney World wait times in every park so that you can be prepared for your next trip to Orlando!


Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime parade 2025


Disney World wait times have a reputation for being, well, unpredictable. Sure, we can look at past data to get an estimate of the crowd levels in Disney World, but you never know what may happen from year to year. This year, Christmas featured a JUMP in wait times, with nearly every ride on property increasing.

Take a look at this week’s average wait times for proof! This is everything you need to know about the average wait times in Disney World over the past seven days. There are very few waits over an hour, which is incredible. As December turns into January, is this one of the best times to visit the parks? It just might be — but we’ll let you decide!

Magic Kingdom Wait Times​

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Doesn’t it look so cool?

• TRON Lightcycle / Run — 71 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train — 52 minutes
• Jingle Cruise — 47 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight — 43 minutes
• Space Mountain — 38 minutes
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure — 30 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh -30 minutes
• Haunted Mansion — 28 minutes

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• Enchanted Tales with Belle — 19 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean — 16 minutes
• The Little Mermaid- Ariel’s Undersea Adventure — 14 minutes
• “it’s a small world” — 16 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway — 16 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini — 16 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin — 14 minutes

Barnstormer

• Dumbo the Flying Elephant — 14 minutes
• Mad Tea Party — 12 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic — 12 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover — 9 minutes
• Country Bear Jamboree — 9 minutes

Carousel of Progress

• Carousel of Progress — 8 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room — 5 minutes
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel — 4 minutes

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EPCOT Wait Times​

EPCOT

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind — 79 minutes
• Test Track — 77 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — 52 minutes
• Frozen Ever After — 49 minutes
• Mission: SPACE — 38 minutes
• Soarin’ — 30 minutes

Mission: SPACE

• Living with the Land — 21 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends — 12 minutes
• Journey into Imagination — 7 minutes
• Gran Fiesta Tour — 6 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush — 5 minutes

Awesome Planet, American Adventure, 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​

Pandora

• Avatar Flight of Passage — 75 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey — 45 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris — 34 minutes

Everest

• Expedition Everest — 28 minutes
• Dinosaur — 20 minutes
• Zootopia: Better Zoogether – – 18 minutes

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Hollywood Studios Wait Times​

Slinky Dog Dash in Hollywood Studios

• Slinky Dog Dash — 65 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance — 54 minutes
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster — 46 minutes
• Tower of Terror — 44 minutes
• Toy Story Mania — 44 minutes

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway — 40 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — 34 minutes
• Alien Swirling Saucers — 24 minutes
• Star Tours — 16 minutes

Walt Disney Presents had no wait times this week.

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