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Cosmic Rewind


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.

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 this past week! Five rides averaged over 70-minute waits, with Cosmic Rewind leading the pack at 90.

Magic Kingdom Wait Times​

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TRON Lightcycle / Run

• TRON Lightcycle / Run — 73 minutes
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train — 51 minutes
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure — 46 minutes
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad — 44 minutes
• Peter Pan’s Flight — 42 minutes
• Space Mountain — 41 minutes
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin — 39 minutes
• Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — 31 minutes
• Haunted Mansion — 25 minutes
• Jungle Cruise — 24 minutes
• Pirates of the Caribbean — 19 minutes
• Astro Orbiter — 17 minutes
• Enchanted Tales with Belle — 17 minutes

Under the Sea — Journey of the Little Mermaid

• Under the Sea — Journey of the Little Mermaid — 15 minutes
• Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini — 15 minutes
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant — 14 minutes
• Magic Carpets of Aladdin — 14 minutes
• Tomorrowland Speedway — 13 minutes
• “it’s a small world” — 12 minutes
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic — 11 minutes

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“it’s a small world”

• Mad Tea Party — 10 minutes
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover — 10 minutes
• Enchanted Tiki Room — 9 minutes
• Country Bear Jamboree — 9 minutes

Carousel of Progress

• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel — 7 minutes
• Carousel of Progress — 4 minutes

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EPCOT Wait Times​

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Cosmic Rewind

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind — 90 minutes
• Test Track — 84 minutes
• Frozen Ever After — 56 minutes
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — 54 minutes
• Soarin’ Across America — 47 Minutes

EPCOT

• Mission: SPACE — 17 minutes
• Spaceship Earth — 17 minutes
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends — 16 minutes
• Turtle Talk with Crush — 16 minutes
• Living with the Land — 14 minutes
• Journey into Imagination — 13 minutes
• Gran Fiesta Tour — 8 minutes

Awesome Planet, American Adventure, Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along, Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival, Frozen Ever After, Impressions de France, and Reflections of China had no wait times this week.

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Animal Kingdom Wait Times​

River Journey

• Avatar Flight of Passage — 69 minutes
• Na’vi River Journey — 40 minutes

Expedition Everest

• Expedition Everest — 30 minutes
• Kilimanjaro Safaris — 29 minutes
• Zootopia: Better Zoogether — 13 minutes

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Hollywood Studios Wait Times​

Slinky Dog Dash

• Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets — 75 Minutes
• Slinky Dog Dash — 70 minutes
• Rise of the Resistance — 54 minutes
• Tower of Terror — 45 minutes
• Toy Story Mania — 41 minutes
• Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway — 41 minutes
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — 37 minutes

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets

• Alien Swirling Saucers — 27 minutes
• Star Tours — 10 minutes

Walt Disney Presents had no wait times this week.

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