Disneyland Wait Times for December 2022
The Happiest Place on Earth is about to get even happier as the holiday season approaches.
If you’re anything like me, you still have some Thanksgiving leftovers in your fridge. So, we should look back before we move forward.
Here are the average wait times at Disneyland Resort for the past month!
Disneyland Resort
As a reminder, what we call the December update evaluates wait times for November.
At Disneyland Resort, the Thanksgiving season doesn’t skew the data as much as we track at Walt Disney World.
That’s because locals make up the majority of Disneyland’s guests, while tourists are the primary park guests at Walt Disney World.
Another factor to consider here is that Halloween has become a wildly popular season. So, park traffic tends to slow down a bit in early November.
Disneyland counteracts this a bit by adding its holiday décor as soon as the clock strikes midnight.
Then, attendance slowly ticks up as Thanksgiving approaches. After that, we’ll track another downturn until mid-December. But everything changes after that.
The Twelve Days of Christmas represent the busiest time on the theme park calendar. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
We’re more interested in November data for the moment!
Average Waits at Disneyland Park
Keeping all the above in mind, here are the average waits for Disneyland Park:
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 80 minutes, up 5
- Space Mountain – 57 minutes, up 4
- Haunted Mansion Holiday – 54 minutes, down 8
- Indiana Jones Adventure – 53 minutes, up 3
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 49 minutes, up 2
- Matterhorn Bobsleds – 48 minutes, up 6
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – 42 minutes, up 1
- Peter Pan’s Flight – 38 minutes, no change
- It’s a Small World – 36 minutes, up 18
- Jungle Cruise – 32 minutes, up 2
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 31 minutes, up 2
- Splash Mountain – 30 minutes, down 13
- Astro Orbiter – 29 minutes, up 7
- Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage – 28 minutes, down 1
- Autopia – 27 minutes, up 3
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 27 minutes, up 8
- Toad’s Wild Ride – 23 minutes, up 2
- Snow White’s Enchanted Wish – 22 minutes, up 2
- Storybook Land Canal Boats – 20 minutes, up 2
- Pinocchio’s Daring Journey – 18 minutes, up 1
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 17 minutes, up 3
- Mad Tea Party – 16 minutes, up 5
- Casey Jr. Circus Train – 15 minutes, up 6
- King Arthur Carrousel – 11 minutes, up 3
- Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes – 10 minutes, no change
- Disneyland Railroad – 9 minutes, down 1
- Disneyland Monorail – 5 minutes, no change
Overall, guests waited an average of 30 minutes, two minutes more than last time. So, this park was basically the same in October and November.
The only attraction here that may require an explanation is It’s a Small World, which has introduced its holiday overlay for 2022. So, it attracted larger crowds.
Disney California Adventure
Speaking of holiday overlays, the fun started earlier this fall with some spooky rides. Now, a couple of them have switched to yuletide decorations.
Mater’s Jingle Jamboree averaged a wait of 22 minutes, which is…down 28 minutes.
Meanwhile, Luigi’s Joy to the Whirl increased by three minutes to 33 minutes.
So, Luigi got more of a Christmas bump. Meanwhile, people VASTLY prefer Mater’s Halloween look.
Actually, I’m kidding. The reality is that some people aren’t ready for Christmas in November.
In case you’re wondering, the holiday switch occurred on November 11th. For some people, that’s just too early for Christmas …but not for me! Never for me!
Average Waits at Disney California Adventure
How were the rest of the attractions at Disney California Adventure? Here’s what we know:
- Radiator Springs Racers – 90 minutes, down 15
- WEBSLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure – 63 minutes, up 3
- Toy Story Midway Mania! – 61 minutes, up 2
- Soarin’ Around the World – 55 minutes, down 10
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! – 54 minutes, down 44
- Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! – 45 minutes, up 2
- Goofy’s Sky School – 42 minutes, up 4
- The Incredicoaster – 38 minutes, down 1
- Pixar Pal-A-Round – 27 minutes, down 1
- Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind – 18 minutes, down 2
- The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure – 15 minutes, down 3
- Jumpin’ Jellyfish – 12 minutes, up 3
- Silly Symphony Swings – 10 minutes, up 2
- Golden Zephyr – 8 minutes, up 1
- Jessie’s Critter Carousel – 5 minutes, no change
The average DCA attraction required a wait of 30 minutes, which is two minutes less than last time.
The one attraction here that requires an explanation is Guardians of the Galaxy. Its Monsters After Dark overlay ended at the start of the month.
I cannot emphasize enough how wildly popular that overlay is. So, all we’re witnessing here is the normalization of how the Guardians attraction behaves most of the year.
Overall, both parks behaved about the same the past two months. However, we should expect substantially higher wait times as 2022 winds down.
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