Rough Day at the Studios – Disney World Wait Times for Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Several headliner rides at Walt Disney World experienced extended outages today, including Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios and Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom. Wait times were moderate at EPCOT and Magic Kingdom. We received 140 actual wait times today – thanks Lines users! And we counted 497 of 500 guests (that’s 99%) wearing masks in Animal Kingdom according to Disney’s guidelines today. Let’s do the numbers!
Magic Kingdom Wait Times
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train had an average wait time today of 66 minutes. Its 7-day average is 72 minutes, so today ranks #5 for this week. Its 30-day average is 64 minutes, so today ranks #14 for the past month. And Big Thunder Mountain Railroad had an average wait time today of 52 minutes. Its 7-day average is 48 minutes, so today ranks #3 for this week. Its 30-day average is 47 minutes, so today ranks #9 for the past month. We received 8 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 63% of the posted wait time.
Hollywood Studios Wait Times
The most interesting wait time today might be at The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, which had an average wait time today of 51 minutes. Its 7-day average is 49 minutes, so today ranks #3 for this week. Its 30-day average is 49 minutes, so today ranks #10 for the past month. We received 8 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 94% of the posted wait time.
Rise of the Resistance did not have a great afternoon. Rise stopped calling boarding groups around noon, and didn’t resume calling boarding groups for almost two hours. That restart lasted about fifteen minutes, and the ride shut down again just past 2 p.m., for over an hour. As I write this, the ride was in the middle of a third hour-plus outage.
Animal Kingdom Wait Times
Avatar Flight of Passage had an average wait time today of 54 minutes, and those posted wait times were a pretty good indicator of how long actual waits were: We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 102% of the posted wait time.
EPCOT Wait Times
Test Track had an average wait time today of 56 minutes. Its 7-day average is 71 minutes, so today ranks #4 for this week. Its 30-day average is 62 minutes, so today ranks #14 for the past month.
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railroad broke down at least twice—once while we were in line (after 60+ minutes), and once while we were on the ride. It was a rough day at Hollywood, for sure.
It was indeed a rough day! We were unlucky in getting a boarding group in the morning, got a backup group at 2pm. They only called through group 90. We were group 93 🙁
The breakdowns seemed to make the lines surge at the other attractions. Even with the lower crowds, they just don’t have enough to do but wait in lines.