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Longest Wait Times at Disney World: 52 Attractions Ranked

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind had the highest 90-day average at 76.4 minutes. Ten attraction series averaged at least 47 minutes.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT
Image Credit: Walt Disney World Resort

Five Walt Disney World attraction series averaged more than one hour across their latest 90-day profiles. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind led at 76.4 minutes, followed by Test Track at 72.4 and TRON Lightcycle / Run at 64.7.

The ranking uses 571,835 operating standby observations across 52 tracked attraction series. Closed and down observations do not count as zero-minute waits. That keeps downtime from making a frequently unavailable ride look artificially easy.

Disney World wait-time rankings

The 10 longest average waits at Disney World

RankAttraction90-day average
1Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind76.4 min.
2Test Track72.4 min.
3TRON Lightcycle / Run64.7 min.
4Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets64.2 min.
5Slinky Dog Dash62.1 min.
6Avatar Flight of Passage58.6 min.
7Frozen Ever After50.5 min.
8Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance48.1 min.
9Seven Dwarfs Mine Train47.2 min.
10Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure47.1 min.

EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom each placed three attractions in the top 10. Animal Kingdom placed Flight of Passage at No. 6. The gap between Guardians and Remy was 29.3 minutes.

Magic Kingdom wait times ranked

TRON led the park at 64.7 minutes. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train followed at 47.2. Peter Pan’s Flight was the highest any-height ride at 39.1 minutes.

RankAttractionAverage / reliability
1TRON Lightcycle / Run64.7 min. / 97.1
2Seven Dwarfs Mine Train47.2 min. / 90.7
3Tiana’s Bayou Adventure40.7 min. / 90.6
4Peter Pan’s Flight39.1 min. / 98.6
5Big Thunder Mountain Railroad37.6 min. / 89.1
6Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin34.5 min. / 97.4
7Space Mountain34.3 min. / 91.9
8Jungle Cruise33.2 min. / 95.1
9The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh29.9 min. / 91.3
10Haunted Mansion22.6 min. / 92.6
11Walt Disney World Railroad – Fantasyland17.5 min. / 92.4
12Walt Disney World Railroad – Main Street, U.S.A.17.3 min. / 92.5
13Pirates of the Caribbean16.8 min. / 95.3
14Astro Orbiter14.7 min. / 95.7
15Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid13.3 min. / 97.3
16Tomorrowland Speedway13.1 min. / 96.7
17The Barnstormer11.8 min. / 93.8
18“it’s a small world”11.0 min. / 96.6
19Dumbo the Flying Elephant10.8 min. / 96.4
20The Magic Carpets of Aladdin10.5 min. / 95.9
21Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover8.8 min. / 96.3
22Mad Tea Party8.5 min. / 99.0
23Prince Charming Regal Carrousel6.9 min. / 94.6

Mad Tea Party is the cleanest low-wait backup in the park: an 8.5-minute average with a 99.0 reliability score. Peter Pan is the opposite planning problem. Its average is high, but its 98.6 reliability score makes it less likely to erase a carefully timed return.

EPCOT wait times ranked

Guardians and Test Track held the two highest averages anywhere at Walt Disney World. Frozen and Remy also finished above 47 minutes.

RankAttractionAverage / reliability
1Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind76.4 min. / 97.1
2Test Track72.4 min. / 83.9
3Frozen Ever After50.5 min. / 92.2
4Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure47.1 min. / 92.7
5Soarin’ Across America33.1 min. / 99.8
6Mission: SPACE16.1 min. / 99.5
7Spaceship Earth13.3 min. / 93.0
8Living with the Land12.3 min. / 97.8
9The Seas with Nemo & Friends11.5 min. / 97.5
10Journey Into Imagination With Figment10.3 min. / 96.4
11Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros6.8 min. / 98.4

Test Track combines a 72.4-minute average with the lowest reliability score in the 52-series set at 83.9. Gran Fiesta Tour is the easiest low-wait fallback at 6.8 minutes and 98.4 reliability.

Hollywood Studios wait times ranked

The Muppets coaster and Slinky Dog Dash both averaged more than one hour. Rise of the Resistance ranked fourth in the park at 48.1 minutes.

RankAttractionAverage / reliability
1Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets64.2 min. / 92.6
2Slinky Dog Dash62.1 min. / 88.9
3Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance48.1 min. / 90.5
4Toy Story Mania!38.8 min. / 97.8
5The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror38.0 min. / 98.8
6Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway37.7 min. / 92.7
7Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run31.4 min. / 99.6
8Alien Swirling Saucers23.3 min. / 99.7
9Star Tours – The Adventures Continue6.9 min. / 99.8

Star Tours is the strongest pressure-release choice in the park. Its 6.9-minute average is less than one-ninth of the Muppets coaster average, and it carried a 99.8 reliability score.

Animal Kingdom wait times ranked

Flight of Passage stood alone at 58.6 minutes. Na’vi River Journey followed at 38.6, while the remaining tracked series stayed below 35 minutes.

RankAttractionAverage / reliability
1Avatar Flight of Passage58.6 min. / 98.7
2Na’vi River Journey38.6 min. / 97.6
3Kali River Rapids34.1 min. / 89.4
4Kilimanjaro Safaris25.9 min. / 99.8
5Expedition Everest25.9 min. / 89.2
6Zootopia: Better Zoogether!11.8 min. / 97.7
7Wildlife Express Train8.7 min. / 98.6
8Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail4.5 min. / 96.4
9Maharajah Jungle Trek4.4 min. / 96.4

Kilimanjaro Safaris and Expedition Everest tied at 25.9 minutes, but their reliability scores were far apart: 99.8 for the safari and 89.2 for Everest. The trail rows represent posted attraction waits, not conventional ride queues.

How to use the longest-wait ranking

  • Protect the top two priorities. Use the best-time-of-day guide to place the rides that matter most at opening or late in the day.
  • Pair pressure with reliability. A long, reliable line is easier to schedule than a long line attached to frequent downtime. Test Track, Slinky Dog Dash and Expedition Everest need flexible backups.
  • Keep one low-wait alternative nearby. Mad Tea Party, Gran Fiesta Tour, Star Tours and the Wildlife Express Train each averaged less than nine minutes.
  • Check the live park page. A 90-day average describes the recent baseline. Today's weather, park hours and ride status can move the actual line sharply.

How CrowdLevels calculated the rankings

The ranking uses the latest 90-day profiles generated July 27, 2026, for 52 attraction series with posted standby values and matching CrowdLevels attraction pages. The combined set contains 571,835 operating wait observations.

Every recorded operating standby value contributes to its attraction average. Closed and down observations do not count as zero-minute waits. The reliability score describes how often the attraction was operating when CrowdLevels collected valid park-hour observations. Planned closure periods are not treated as ordinary downtime.

The list includes two Walt Disney World Railroad stations and three Animal Kingdom walk-through or transport experiences because they carry posted attraction waits in the data. It does not claim that every row is a conventional ride queue. Averages are rounded to one decimal and can change as the rolling window advances.

Disney World wait-time questions

Which Disney World attraction has the longest average wait?

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind led the July 27 profiles at 76.4 minutes. Test Track followed at 72.4 minutes.

How many Disney World attractions average more than one hour?

Five series averaged more than 60 minutes: Guardians, Test Track, TRON, the Muppets coaster and Slinky Dog Dash.

Which Disney World park has the most long waits?

EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom each placed three attractions in the overall top 10. Animal Kingdom placed Flight of Passage.

Do closed rides count as zero-minute waits?

No. The ranking uses operating standby observations, so closures do not pull an attraction’s average down.

Sources

Image: Walt Disney World Resort. CrowdLevels data was generated July 27, 2026, from public attraction summary and current park endpoints.