The 4th of July Had a Surprising Effect on Disney World’s Wait Times Last Week!

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Disney World wait times have a reputation for being, well, unpredictable, and that’s especially true during the summer season.

The Fourth of July Holiday has traditionally been one of Disney World’s busiest, and the fact that the 2026 holiday fell across a weekend seemed to indicate that wait times would be high. However, the truth was different. While the parks were crowded, most actual wait times were LOWER than the previous week. Maybe everything was watching the fireworks?

Magic Kingdom Wait Times​

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TRON Lightcycle / Run

• TRON Lightcycle / Run — 60 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train — 45 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight — 38 minutes
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure — 36 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin — 31 minutes
• Space Mountain — 30 minutes
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad — 28 minutes
• Jungle Cruise — 28 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — 26 minutes
• Haunted Mansion — 20 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean — 13 minutes
• The Hall of Presidents — 13 minutes

Haunted Mansion

• Tomorrowland Speedway — 12 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle — 12 minutes
• Astro Orbiter — 12 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic — 11 minutes
• Under the Sea — Journey of the Little Mermaid — 11 minutes
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor — 9 minutes
• Country Bear Jamboree — 9 minutes
• “it’s a small world” — 9 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant — 6 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini — 9 minutes

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• Enchanted Tiki Room — 8 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover — 8 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin — 7 minutes
• Mad Tea Party — 6 minutes

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Mad Tea Party

• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel — 6 minutes
• Carousel of Progress — 5 minutes
• Swiss Family Treehouse — 5 minutes

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EPCOT Wait Times​

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

• Test Track — 71 minutes
• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind — 66 minutes
• Frozen Ever After — 43 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — 40 minutes
• Soarin’ Across America — 28 minutes

Soarin’ Across America

• Mission: SPACE — 16 minutes
• Impressions de France — 15 minutes
• Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along — 14 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush — 14 minutes
• Canada Far and Wide — 11 minutes
• Spaceship Earth — 10 minutes
• Reflections of China — 9 minutes
• Living with the Land — 8 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends — 7 minutes
• Journey into Imagination — 7 minutes
• Gran Fiesta Tour — 5 minutes

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Animal Kingdom Wait Times​

Animal Kingdom

• Avatar Flight of Passage — 51 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey — 31 minutes
• Kali River Rapids – – 28 minutes

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• Expedition Everest — 20 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris — 18 minutes
• Zootopia: Better Zoogether — 10 minutes

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Hollywood Studios Wait Times​

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets

• Slinky Dog Dash — 63 minutes
• Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets — 51 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance — 41 minutes
• Toy Story Mania — 35 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway — 32 minutes
• Tower of Terror — 30 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — 15 minutes

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• Alien Swirling Saucers — 19 minutes
• Star Tours — 5 minutes

Walt Disney Presents had no wait times this week.

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