Walt Disney World Wait Times for Halloween Week 2024

Either the good times are over or have just begun, depending on your perspective.

We just finished Halloween Week at Disney theme parks. Since then, magical elves have performed their annual wizardry.

Disney Springs Halloween PhotoPass

Disney has transformed into a winter wonderland, replacing the spooky decorations with merrier ones.

While the Halloween holiday parties have ended, the Christmas versions start this week, at least in Orlando.

Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

So, before we move forward, let’s quickly glance back. Here are the average Walt Disney World wait times for Halloween Week 2024.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Tree of Life

Earlier this week, Animal Kingdom displayed the first days of its holiday trade.

We spotted several Christmas decorations around the park, and this mural is breathtaking.

But how were the crowds during Halloween Week? Here are Animal Kingdom’s wait times for the past seven days:

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 51 minutes, down 3
• Na’vi River Journey – 46 minutes, down 4
• Adventurers Outpost – 36 minutes, up 1
• Expedition Everest – 25 minutes, down 4
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 24 minutes, down 10
• Kali River Rapids – 16 minutes, down 4
• DINOSAUR – 15 minutes, down 4
• TriceraTop Spin – 11 minutes, up 2
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug! – 10 minutes, no change

Expedition Everest

Overall, guests waited for an average of 26 minutes per attraction, which is three minutes less than last time.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios entrance

So, we’re trending slightly downward after one park. Did that pattern hold elsewhere? Let’s find out!

Here are the average wait times at Hollywood Studios last week:

• Slinky Dog Dash – 66 minutes, up 2
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 62 minutes, down 24
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith – 50 minutes, down 2
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 44 minutes, down 3
• Red Carpet Dreams – 38 minutes, no change
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 36 minutes, up 3
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 35 minutes, down 5
• Toy Story Mania! – 35 minutes, down 6
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror! – 28 minutes, down 10
• Celebrity Spotlight – 16 minutes, no change
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 12 minutes, no change
• Muppet*Vision 3D – 12 minutes, no change

Millennium Falcon

Overall, Hollywood Studios guests stood in line for an average of 32 minutes per attraction. That’s three minutes less than last time.

EPCOT

Thus far, we’ve had a strange combination of status quo on most rides but some severe drops on others.

That’s a bit unusual. So, I’m not quite sure what’s happening here.

Frozen Ever After

Maybe we’ll gain more insight by evaluating EPCOT’s average wait times last week.

• Frozen Ever After – 50 minutes, down 6
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 50 minutes, down 5
• Royal Sommerhus – 36 minutes, down 5
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 26 minutes, up 1
• Soarin’ Around the World – 32 minutes, down 7
• Mission: SPACE – 21 minutes, up 3
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 20 minutes, up 1
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 17 minutes, down 3
• Living with the Land – 16 minutes, down 3
• Spaceship Earth – 15 minutes, down 5
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 13 minutes, down 1
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 12 minutes, down 2

Overall, guests waited for an average of 25 minutes, which is three minutes less than last time.

Magic Kingdom

TRON Lightcycle / Run

Well, the pattern seems fairly clear thus far. The parks definitely decreased their wait times and likely their attendance this week.

As final proof, here are the average wait times at Magic Kingdom:

• TRON Lightcycle / Run – 92 minutes, down 18
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 50 minutes, down 6
• Peter Pans Flight – 46 minutes, down 1
• Jungle Cruise – 41 minutes, down 4
• Haunted Mansion – 38 minutes, down 2
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – 34 minutes, down 3
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 34 minutes, no change
• Space Mountain – 34 minutes, down 6
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 31 minutes, down 3
• Ariel’s Grotto – 30 minutes, down 2
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 29 minutes, down 3
• Town Square Theater – 28 minutes, down 3
• Astro Orbiter – 25 minutes, up 2
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 24 minutes, down 4
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 22 minutes, down 3
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 22 minutes, down 9
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 20 minutes, up 3
• It’s a Small World – 19 minutes, down 4
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 18 minutes, down 3
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree – 17 minutes, up 5
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 16 minutes, down 1
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 16 minutes, up 2
• The Barnstormer – 15 minutes, down 3
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 15 minutes, up 1
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 13 minutes, no change
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 12 minutes, down 5
• Mad Tea Party – 12 minutes, down 1
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 11 minutes, no change
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 11 minutes, down 1
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts

Low crowds near Cinderella Castle

Okay, you can tell that we were down this week. At Magic Kingdom, the average attraction came with a wait of 23 minutes.

That’s two minutes less than last time, which is in line with the other parks at Walt Disney World.

Main Street, U.S.A.

Overall, the four parks required three fewer minutes of line time than the previous week.

I just checked, and that follows the trend from last year as well.

While the dates don’t align perfectly, Halloween Week also dipped last year.

The unmistakable trendline is that the locals do other things in Orlando during Halloween Week…unless they’re at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.

Hitchhiking Ghosts

Since those events don’t factor into our attraction averages, the wait times tend to drop.

In 2023, the phenomenon was even more pronounced, with attraction wait times dropping nine minutes during Halloween Week.

I guess it makes sense, but for those of us who are Disney at Halloween evangelists, it’s a bit of a headscratcher.

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