Walt Disney World Wait Times for End of February 2025

Walt Disney World fundamentally changed last week. Two of the most popular attractions stopped using virtual queues.

Standby Line at Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Now, guests will stand in line for these attractions just as they would anything else at the parks.

The result is that the crowds have organically altered their theme park tendencies.

Cosmic Rewind Standby LineDisney World

We’ll discuss the early changes in this week’s edition of Walt Disney World Wait Times.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Notably, two of the four theme parks didn’t change anything this week. So, they’re a bit easier to discuss.

At Animal Kingdom, something will be different in a couple of weeks when It’s Tough to Be a Bug! closes permanently.

Photo: Disney

This will happen soon after the shutdown of TriceraTop Spin, which construction crews have already demolished.

In other words, Animal Kingdom began the 2025 overhaul of Walt Disney World. It’s just not the story this week.

Photo: Disney

So, here are the park’s average wait times for this past week:

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 70 minutes, down 19
• Na’vi River Journey – 59 minutes, down 11
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 41 minutes, down 27
• Expedition Everest – 36 minutes, down 8
• Adventurers Outpost – 35 minutes, down 3
• DINOSAUR – 24 minutes, down 18
• It’s Tough to Be a Bug! – 14 minutes, down 2

Photo: D23

Overall, Animal Kingdom attractions averaged a wait of 40 minutes, which is 12 (!) minutes less than last time.

As a reminder, the previous week had been weirdly busy at Animal Kingdom.

(Kent Phillips, photographer)

Still, this week’s total is below average for this time of year.

We’ll track whether it was park-specific or a Disney World trend in the rest of the wait times.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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This park will also undergo a fundamental change in a few months.

Muppet*Vision 3D will close, and Disney will repurpose Muppets Courtyard into Monstropolis.

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At some point, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith will switch to a Muppets theme.

That could happen as soon as this year. All four Disney World theme parks are currently undergoing massive change.

But Hollywood Studios also isn’t the big story this week. Here are the park’s average wait times last week:

• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 80 minutes, down 3
• Slinky Dog Dash – 70 minutes, down 22
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 57 minutes, no change
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith – 55 minutes, down 17
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 54 minutes, down 8
• Toy Story Mania! – 51 minutes, down 6
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 45 minutes, down 11
• Red Carpet Dreams – 39 minutes, down 33
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 36 minutes, down 5
• Celebrity Spotlight – 20 minutes, down 1
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 20 minutes, down 4
• Muppet*Vision 3D – 10 minutes, no change

Credit: Disney

Overall, the average Hollywood Studios attraction required a wait of 41 minutes, which is five minutes less than last time.

So, the question becomes whether these two parks were down or the entirety of Disney World was.

EPCOT

Finally, we’ve reached the park that IS the big story of the week.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind switched to a standby queue on Tuesday.

I don’t want to overstate the matter, but it really does change everything at the park.

As I type this on Sunday, I’m watching a ResortTV1 livestream where they’re currently waiting in line for the roller coaster.

The indoor part of the standby queue takes about an hour, signaling that if you’re waiting outside, it’ll take even longer.

Cosmic Rewind Standby Line

Disney has added outdoor shade as a concession to this change, understanding that the crowds will often go outside the door.

For those who have visited the area, it’ll look quite a bit different due to these new exterior standby rows and umbrellas.

Indoors, the wait shares coloristic similarities with The Seas with Nemo & Friends in that everything is predominantly blue.

The whizbang special effects will remind you that you’re interacting with an alien culture at the Wonders of Xandar pavilion.

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This experience is marvelous, and it definitely draws attention.

So, Cosmic Rewind undeniably becomes EPCOT’s alpha attraction as far as standby queues.

How did this change impact wait times? Let’s find out.

EPCOT Wait Times

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 72 minutes
• Frozen Ever After – 66 minutes, down 10
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 58 minutes, down 17
• Royal Sommerhus – 47 minutes, down 1
• Soarin’ Around the World – 42 minutes, down 10
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 27 minutes, down 6
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 26 minutes, down 4
• Spaceship Earth – 21 minutes, down 7
• Mission: SPACE – 19 minutes, down 2
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 19 minutes, down 2
• Living with the Land – 17 minutes, down 6
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 16 minutes, down 7

Photo: Disney

Overall, EPCOT guests stood in line for an average of 32 minutes, which is seven minutes less than last time.

As a reminder, the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts just closed. So, the park is between festivals until Wednesday.

Photo: Disney

That’s when the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival begins.

I wrote this about three weeks ago, and it was published the other day.

Inside Cosmic Rewind

Due to circumstances beyond my control – LIKE DISNEY CHANGING COSMIC REWIND!!! – it’s already outdated.

I apologize for that. I promise to post something this week about the new crowd behavior, which I’m monitoring carefully.

For now, what I’ll say with confidence is that this is probably the new order for the park’s big three.

While I love Ratatouille, it was never intended to be the park’s top attraction for an extended period.

That behavior primarily occurred due to the gatekeeping of Cosmic Rewind via virtual queue.

The attractions opened about seven months apart, and everyone at Disney always expected Cosmic Rewind to be more popular.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

So, after three years, we’re finally witnessing the permanent park behavior at EPCOT, with Cosmic Rewind ruling everything.

PS: Josh at ResortTV1 timed his wait at 73 minutes on Sunday afternoon.

Magic Kingdom

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Finally, we have the introduction of a standby queue at Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

I’ll discuss it more in the Final Thoughts section. For now, here are the park’s average wait times:

Photo: Disney

• Tron Lightcycle / Run – 70 minutes, down 44
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 66 minutes, down 10
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – 60 minutes, n/a
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 56 minutes, down 5
• Jungle Cruise – 54 minutes, down 5
• Space Mountain – 48 minutes, down 10
• Haunted Mansion – 41 minutes, down 9
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 40 minutes, down 10
• Ariel’s Grotto – 38 minutes, down 1
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 38 minutes, down 3
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 38 minutes, up 2
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 36 minutes, down 8
• It’s a Small World – 31 minutes, down 5
• Town Square Theater – 31 minutes, down 1
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 30 minutes, down 4
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 29 minutes, down 7
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 29 minutes, down 2
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 29 minutes, down 8
• The Barnstormer – 28 minutes, down 10
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 27 minutes, down 6
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 20 minutes, down 9
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 18 minutes, down 1
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 17 minutes, down 4
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 17 minutes, down 3
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree – 15 minutes, down 3
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 15 minutes, down 1
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 15 minutes, up 4
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Overall, guests at Magic Kingdom excitedly hopped on the train and rode to Frontierland.

Then, they wanted an hour for Tiana, which was NOT the most popular ride at the park…or even the second-most-popular.

Photo: Tron Lightcycle/Run

That’s to be expected, as Tron and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train will remain the top two.

Still, Tiana clocked in with an hourlong wait in third place, suggesting fan excitement for the standby queue.

I suspect that over the next year, Tiana will hover in the top six, but it’s unlikely to be third for the long term.

The throughput for this attraction lowers its wait times compared to something like Peter Pan’s Flight.

Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom

Overall, Magic Kingdom guests waited for an average of 29 minutes, which is four minutes less than last time.

Attendance did drop a bit this week, which is probably why Disney chose to alter the standby queues now.

Crowds

Park officials will have a few weeks of data to study before Spring Break crowds arrive, which is smart.

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