Walt Disney World Wait Times for Easter Week 2023

How were the crowds at Walt Disney World this past week?

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Holiday crowds at Disney theme parks are no joke. I can prove that with the wait times for Easter Week 2023.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

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To Disney’s credit, the parks ran quite smoothly this past week.

Recently, E-ticket attractions have suffered several high-profile closures during holiday weeks. That typically happens due to overwhelming demand.

Cast members kept the trains running on time during Easter Week, which is a remarkable feat.

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So, the wait times we’re about to discuss reflect what I’d describe as optimal performance, all things considered.

In other words, these times could have been much worse if not for all the attractions staying up and running.

Here are the wait times for Animal Kingdom:

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• Avatar Flight of Passage – 162 minutes, up 57
• Na’vi River Journey – 107 minutes, up 18
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 82 minutes, up 31
• Kali River Rapids – 72 minutes, up 24
• Expedition Everest – 63 minutes, up 16
• Adventurers Outpost – 58 minutes, up 12
• DINOSAUR – 50 minutes, up 12
• TriceraTop Spin – 26 minutes, up 11
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug! – 22 minutes, up 9

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Wow. Animal Kingdom almost never has five attractions with 60+ minute waits. Even three is quite rare. So, this is staggering.

Overall, guests waited for an average of 72 minutes per attraction. That’s up…22 minutes or 44 percent. Mon Dieu.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Because this park has recently opened so many spectacular attractions, it’s always the most crowded park.

While other Walt Disney World parks sometimes claim larger attendance totals, it’s due to the size of each one.

Hollywood Studios remains the smallest of Walt Disney World’s four parks. So, you’ll notice the crowds more here.

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In addition, the smaller number of attractions causes ripple effects. People will wait as long as it takes for the best rides here.

Sometimes, as many as seven attractions require 60+ minute waits. As a reminder, one of them, Rock ‘n’ Roller Starring Aerosmith, isn’t open now.

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That means the same number of guests is divided among a smaller number of attractions, which inflates wait times that much more.

Here are the average waits at Hollywood Studios for Easter Week:

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• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 162 minutes, up 38
• Slinky Dog Dash – 135 minutes, up 18
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 117 minutes, up 26
• Toy Story Mania! – 83 minutes, up 6
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 82 minutes, up 7
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 70 minutes, no change
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 52 minutes, up 3
• Red Carpet Dreams – 50 minutes, up 5
• Meet Sulley at Walt Disney Presents – 42 minutes, up 6
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 41 minutes, up 7
• Celebrity Spotlight – 30 minutes, up 4
• Muppet*Vision 3D – 14 minutes, no change
• Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy – 12 minutes, down 3

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Overall, guests at Hollywood Studios waited for an average of 62 minutes per attraction. That’s seven more than last time.

Yes, people waited ten minutes longer per attraction at Animal Kingdom than Hollywood Studios this past week. Yes, that’s insane.

EPCOT

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Ordinarily, EPCOT proves the most efficient of Walt Disney World’s theme parks.

This park offers several E-ticket attractions, but it also operates some child-friendly lines to siphon traffic from the big stuff.

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So, EPCOT rarely requires long waits overall…but it’s Easter. Something’s gotta give.

Here are EPCOT’s average waits for the past week:

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• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 118 minutes, up 34
• Frozen Ever After – 103 minutes, up 23
• Test Track – 91 minutes, up 21
• Soarin’ Around the World – 77 minutes, up 25
• Mission: SPACE – 56 minutes, up 23
• Royal Sommerhus – 49 minutes, up 14
• Spaceship Earth – 42 minutes, up 17
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 32 minutes, up 13
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 26 minutes, up 6
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 24 minutes, up 10
• Living with the Land – 22 minutes, up 7
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 18 minutes, up 6

The average wait for EPCOT attractions during Easter Week was 54 minutes. That’s 15 minutes or 38 percent more than the previous week.

Magic Kingdom

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You can tell how this is trending. Here are Magic Kingdom’s average waits for Easter Week:

• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 115 minutes, up 12
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 93 minutes, up 10
• Space Mountain – 76 minutes, up 7
• Jungle Cruise – 73 minutes, no change
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – 59 minutes, up 7
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 56 minutes, up 6
• Haunted Mansion – 55 minutes, down 2
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 52 minutes, up 7
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 51 minutes, up 2
• Ariel’s Grotto – 49 minutes, up 6
• Astro Orbiter – 45 minutes, up 3
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 45 minutes, up 13
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 43 minutes, up 2
• It’s a Small World – 43 minutes, up 5
• Town Square Theater – 42 minutes, up 3
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 41 minutes, up 4
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 41 minutes, up 12
• The Barnstormer – 41 minutes, up 7
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 40 minutes, up 5
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 38 minutes, up 5
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 35 minutes, up 4
• Mad Tea Party – 26 minutes, up 4
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 23 minutes, up 6
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 22 minutes, up 2
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 21 minutes, up 2
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 21 minutes, up 3
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 18 minutes, up 1
• Country Bear Jamboree – 5 minutes, no change
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

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Overall, Magic Kingdom stood in line for an average of 41 minutes per attraction.

That’s three minutes more than last time, but it’s still very reasonable compared to the other parks.

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