Walt Disney World Wait Times for Second Week of March 2025

We’ve officially entered mid-March, which is technically the busy season.

While everyone disagrees on the dates, some people just spent their Spring Break at Disney.

Crowds

According to a media firm, Comscore, one-third of all college students just took their Spring Break.

As for kids, 24 percent of K-12 schools were reportedly off for the week.

Magic Kingdom

While I often wonder about the validity of such numbers, it’s data showing that Disney should have picked up last week.

So, how were the crowds? Here are Walt Disney World’s wait times for the second week of March 2025.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

It’s Tough to Be a Bug at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Let’s pour one out for It’s Tough to Be a Bug! By the time you read this, the opening day attraction will have closed forever.

Disney will soon replace it with Zootopia: Better Zoogether!, which gives us reason to be excited.

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For the moment, longtime Animal Kingdom visitors are just plain sad, though.

We’ve never visited the park at a time when the show wasn’t right there at the Tree of Life, greeting us…until today.

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So, the natural question is whether guests flocked to the show for its final week. And the answer is, sadly, not really.

Guests waited in line for an average of 14 minutes, just the same as the previous week.

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Generally speaking, there was an uptick during the show’s final days, but the bump was modest at best.

Here are the other average wait times at Animal Kingdom this past week:

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 80 minutes, up 1
• Na’vi River Journey – 58 minutes, down 5
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 46 minutes, down 5
• Expedition Everest – 41 minutes, no change
• DINOSAUR – 35 minutes, up 1
• Adventurers Outpost – 33 minutes, down 2
• Kali River Rapids – 30 minutes, n/a

(Kent Phillips, photographer)

Overall, Animal Kingdom attractions averaged a wait of 43 minutes, which is two minutes less than last time.

So, maybe Spring Break hasn’t happened at the parks yet. Let’s check some other places to be sure.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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At Hollywood Studios, the news centers on the impending arrival of Monstropolis, which Disney highlighted at SXSW.

We learned about the new lift mechanism for this unique roller coaster, with work commencing soon.

Disney

Before that happens, guests are enjoying their final days at Muppets Courtyard, which closes in June.

We’ve been tracking the ripple effects of this announcement for a few weeks now.

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

As with It’s Tough to Be a Bug!, there haven’t been many to date.

Is this week any different? Let’s find out. Here are the average wait times at Hollywood Studios:

• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 85 minutes, up 10
• Slinky Dog Dash – 80 minutes, down 5
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith – 77 minutes, up 9
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 55 minutes, down 3
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 55 minutes, up 4
• Toy Story Mania! – 52 minutes, down 3
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 51 minutes, down 19
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 38 minutes, up 1
• Red Carpet Dreams – 38 minutes, down 1
• Celebrity Spotlight – 17 minutes, down 3
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 17 minutes, no change
• Muppet*Vision 3D – 10 minutes, no change

Carnival scene

Overall, park guests stood in line for an average of 43 minutes at Hollywood Studios, which is one minute less than last time.

EPCOT

Soarin’ Around the World

The next two parks have changed significantly over the last couple of weeks.

Disney dropped virtual queues for the time being, switching Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind to a standby queue.

Photo: Disney World

Magic Kingdom did the same thing with Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, but that move only caused a small ripple.

Cosmic Rewind has triggered a tsunami as guests have fundamentally altered their EPCOT morning Rope Drop tactics.

Disney

How did the change impact EPCOT’s second full week under the new system? Here are the park’s average wait times:

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 98 minutes, up 11
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 67 minutes, up 1
• Frozen Ever After – 63 minutes, down 3
• Soarin’ Around the World – 48 minutes, up 2
• Royal Sommerhus – 41 minutes, down 3
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 26 minutes, down 1
• Spaceship Earth – 23 minutes, up 1
• Living with the Land – 22 minutes, up 1
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 22 minutes, down 2
• Mission: SPACE – 22 minutes, up 2
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 19 minutes, no change
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 18 minutes, n/a
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 18 minutes, no change

Cosmic Rewind

Overall, EPCOT guests waited for an average of 38 minutes per attraction, which is the same as the previous week.

Magic Kingdom

Finally, here are Magic Kingdom’s average wait times for last week:

• Tron Lightcycle / Run – 80 minutes, up 2
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 68 minutes, down 2
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – 63 minutes, up 3
• Space Mountain – 57 minutes, up 8
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 56 minutes, down 1
• Jungle Cruise – 54 minutes, up 2
• Haunted Mansion – 43 minutes, up 4
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 39 minutes, up 1
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 38 minutes, up 1
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 36 minutes, no change
• Ariel’s Grotto – 35 minutes, down 1
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 34 minutes, down 2
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 31 minutes, up 3
• It’s a Small World – 31 minutes, up 1
• The Barnstormer – 29 minutes, down 1
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 29 minutes, no change
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 27 minutes, no change
• Town Square Theater – 27 minutes, no change
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 26 minutes, no change
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 26 minutes, up 1
• Mad Tea Party – 21 minutes, up 2
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 20 minutes, no change
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 18 minutes, up 4
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 17 minutes, no change
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 17 minutes, up 3
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree – 13 minutes, no change
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 13 minutes, down 1
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 13 minutes, down 3
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts

Overall, Magic Kingdom’s attractions averaged a wait of 31 minutes, which is one minute more than last time.

So, Magic Kingdom was the only park to witness an attendance boost during what was ostensibly the start of Spring Break.

Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom

As such, I’m questioning Comscore’s data here. Generally, when it’s Spring Break, we KNOW it from the average wait times.

That’s why I consider what just happened the calm before the storm. We clearly haven’t reached the real Spring Break yet.

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