Walt Disney World Wait Times for First Week of March 2023

A friend of mine is visiting Walt Disney World right now. He sent a list of all the attractions his family had achieved in one day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

I’m not joking, folks. I did a double-take, as it’s the most I’ve heard of anyone achieving all year.

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So, we should expect Walt Disney World wait times to be waaaaay down for the past week. Let’s check!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

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As a reminder, the previous two wait times articles included a perfect storm of high-traffic circumstances like President’s Day and a runDisney event.

We’re now in the calm between storms, as most of the country celebrates Spring Break either next week or the following one.

For this reason, we should have two straight weeks of smaller crowds followed by two steep increases in park traffic.

Is that what happened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom? Well, Avatar Flight of Passage averaged a 70-minute wait, which is down 65 minutes.

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Folks, when the wait time drops more than an hour or nearly 50 percent, you know that the traffic patterns changed.

Similarly, Na’vi River Journey fell a sizable 33 percent. It averaged a 60-minute wait as opposed to 90 minutes the previous week.

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Here’s everything else from Animal Kingdom:

• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 40 minutes, down 33
• Adventurers Outpost – 39 minutes, down 14
• Expedition Everest – 22 minutes, down 27
• DINOSAUR – 21 minutes, down 23
• Kali River Rapids – 18 minutes, n/a
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug! – 10 minutes, down 5
• TriceraTop Spin – 9 minutes, down 12

Overall, guests waited for an average of 33 minutes per attraction. That’s 27 minutes less than last week.

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After that 45 percent drop in wait times, Animal Kingdom has returned to its typical range, which is 25-35 minutes per attraction.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

I’m really curious about this one because of what happened with my friend. And we know that weirdness abounded due to the top attraction.

Slinky Dog Dash (!) averaged a wait of 81 minutes, down 44 minutes from last time. And yes, I said Slinky Dog Dash.

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This past week represents one of those rare instances when Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance didn’t require the longest wait.

Instead, the theme park alpha averaged 80 minutes for the past week, a drop of more than half.

The average wait for the previous week was 163 minutes. Yes, the drop of 83 minutes outpaced the actual wait time for the ride.  

So, this reminds me of that morning when everybody woke up and decided they were over fidget spinners.

Photo: LA Times

Here are the average waits for everything else at Hollywood Studios:

• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 62 minutes, down 30
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 56 minutes, down 34
• Toy Story Mania! – 55 minutes, down 25
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 45 minutes, down 31
• Red Carpet Dreams – 40 minutes, down 7
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 35 minutes, down 13
• Meet Sulley at Walt Disney Presents – 31 minutes, down 4
• Celebrity Spotlight – 20 minutes, down 8
• Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy – 15 minutes, no change
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 14 minutes, down 24
• Muppet*Vision 3D – 10 minutes, no change

Overall, guests stood in line for an average of 40 minutes per attraction.

That’s 20 minutes lower than last week and one of the lowest average waits here in recent memory.

Rock n Roller Coaster

PS: Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith has left this list and may be gone for a while. Disney has announced extensive renovations underway.

EPCOT

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You get the point by now. So, let’s just examine the average wait times at EPCOT:

• Frozen Ever After – 70 minutes, down 24
• Remy’ Ratatouille Adventure – 65 minutes, down 30
• Test Track – 54 minutes, down 18
• Royal Sommerhus – 38 minutes, down 2
• Soarin’ Around the World – 34 minutes, down 26
• Mission: SPACE – 20 minutes, down 13
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 15 minutes, down 4
• Spaceship Earth – 14 minutes, down 14
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 12 minutes, down 10
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 12 minutes, down 8
• Living with the Land — 11 minutes, down 5
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 10 minutes, down 11

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Overall, EPCOT attractions averaged a wait of 30 minutes. That’s 14 minutes lower than last time, although still a bit higher than normal for this park.

Magic Kingdom

7 Dwarfs Mine train

Finally, we have the average wait times at Magic Kingdom:

• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 75 minutes, down 29
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 70 minutes, down 17
• Jungle Cruise – 61 minutes, down 13
• Haunted Mansion – 48 minutes, down 6
• Space Mountain – 47 minutes, down 14
• Ariel’s Grotto – 42 minutes, down 4
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 39 minutes, down 6
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – 38 minutes, down 15
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 38 minutes, down 11
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 38 minutes, down 5
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 38 minutes, down 2
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 34 minutes, down 3
• Town Square Theater – 32 minutes, down 6
• Astro Orbiter – 31 minutes, down 10
• It’s a Small World – 31 minutes, down 9
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 27 minutes, down 8
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 27 minutes, down 9
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 26 minutes, down 8
• The Barnstormer – 22 minutes, down 13
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 21 minutes, down 11
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 18 minutes, down 12
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 17 minutes, no change
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 15 minutes, down 1
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 14 minutes, down 6
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 13 minutes, down 2
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 10 minutes, no change
• Country Bear Jamboree – 5 minutes, no change
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts

If you visited Magic Kingdom this week, odds were good that you waited 38 minutes for an attraction. That’s definitely the mode in statistics terms.

As for the mean, the average wait per attraction, guests stood in line for 31 minutes. That’s ten minutes less than last time.

Folks, when you’re planning an early 2023 trip next year, aim for the first week of March!

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