Walt Disney World Wait Times for the Second Week of May 2025

Well, here we are. It’s the calm before the storm…and those are thunderclouds you’ll notice in the distance.

Memorial Day arrives on May 26^th, which means that Walt Disney World crowds should surge later this week.

Typically, crowds start to tick up around this time of the year, but next week signals the changing of the guard.

Once Memorial Day arrives, we’ve unofficially entered the summer theme park season.

That’s the time when business is good everywhere, even Six Flags! But we’re not there just yet.

So, let’s check Walt Disney World’s wait times for the second week of May 2025.

Cosmic Rewind

These should be the lowest numbers we track for a while, even if they’re not very low.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

As I mentioned last week, nothing else will change at Animal Kingdom through the rest of 2025.

All the attractions that Disney plans to close this year have already closed.

Photo: World of Walt

So, the way the park behaves right now represents the general blueprint for what you can expect throughout the year.

Keeping that in mind, here are the average wait times at Animal Kingdom last week:

Flight of Passage

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 66 minutes, down 4
• Na’vi River Journey – 59 minutes, no change
• Adventurers Outpost – 34 minutes, down 3
• Expedition Everest – 34 minutes, down 4
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 34 minutes, down 6
• Kali River Rapids – 33 minutes, down 7
• DINOSAUR – 23 minutes, down 6

Photo: Disney

Overall, guests waited for an average of 40 minutes per attraction, although you can tell that Pandora – The World of Avatar skews the curve.

Everything else at the park enjoyed a modest wait of 34 minutes or less, which is VERY reasonable. It’s also five minutes less than last time.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Disney

Consider this your final warning about Muppet*Vision 3D. Okay, it’s probably not, but time is growing short for one of the park’s classic attractions.

On June 7^th, 2025, the Jim Henson mini-movie will close permanently, at least in its current location.

Disney has indicated that it has stored the footage, hinting that we may see it again, albeit not necessarily at the parks.

If the Apple Vision Pro weren’t a debacle, that would have been the ideal format for the show.

Disney

Anyway, here are the park’s average wait times for the past week.

• Slinky Dog Dash – 64 minutes, down 7
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 60 minutes, down 4
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith – 60 minutes, down 1
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 55 minutes, no change
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 49 minutes, down 4
• Toy Story Mania! – 47 minutes, no change
• Red Carpet Dreams – 36 minutes, down 2
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 31 minutes, down 2
• Celebrity Spotlight – 15 minutes, down 2
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 15 minutes, up 1
• Muppet*Vision 3D – 10 minutes, no change

Photo: ScreenCrush

Overall, Hollywood studios park guests spent an average of 36 minutes standing in line per attraction, which is two minutes less than last time.

So, we’re definitely trending down this week, which isn’t unusual for this time of year.

EPCOT

Photo: Disney

At my favorite park, we just learned that the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival will arrive in late August.

So, we’ll have that summer festival gap for the second straight year, and I presume that’s just the plan from now on.

Disney will primarily swap in Cool Kid Summer amenities instead, which should be fascinating to watch.

Otherwise, everything should work as usual at the parks from now until Test Track 3.0 opens. And here are the park’s average wait times last week:

Photo: WDW Magazine

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 75 minutes, down 7
• Frozen Ever After – 56 minutes, down 4
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 53 minutes, down 2
• Royal Sommerhus – 39 minutes, down 9
• Soarin’ Around the World – 39 minutes, no change
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 24 minutes, up 1
• Living with the Land – 23 minutes, up 1
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 22 minutes, down 1
• Spaceship Earth – 20 minutes, no change
• Mission: SPACE – 19 minutes, no change
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 18 minutes, no change
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 17 minutes, up 3
• Gran Fiesta Starring the Three Caballeros – 13 minutes, down 3

Overall, everyone waited for an average of 33 minutes per attraction, which is one minute less than last time.

After three parks, only three attractions have increased their wait times. So, we’re definitely down from the previous week.

Magic Kingdom

Finally, here are the average wait times at the world’s most popular theme park:

• Tron Lightcycle / Run – 64 minutes, down 8
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Tron – 59 minutes, down 1
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – 56 minutes, down 3
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 50 minutes, down 2
• Jungle Cruise – 43 minutes, down 2
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 41 minutes, up 2
• Space Mountain – 39 minutes, down 12
• Haunted Mansion – 38 minutes, up 1
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 35 minutes, down 1
• Ariel’s Grotto – 32 minutes, down 4
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 32 minutes, up 1
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 31 minutes, down 3
• Town Square Theater – 25 minutes, down 3
• It’s a Small World – 24 minutes, down 3
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 22 minutes, down 3
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 22 minutes, down 5
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 22 minutes, down 2
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 20 minutes, down 2
• The Barnstormer – 18 minutes, down 4
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 15 minutes, down 1
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 15 minutes, down 5
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree – 14 minutes, up 2
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 14 minutes, down 4
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 14 minutes, no change
• Mad Tea Party – 13 minutes, down 1
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 13 minutes, no change
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 12 minutes, up 3
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 12 minutes, down 2
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts

Photo: Disney

Overall, Magic Kingdom attractions required an average wait of 26 minutes, which is two minutes less than last time.

So, the parks declined slightly from the first to the second week of May.

As I stated, we should experience an uptick this week, especially over the weekend.

Then, we’ll track what happens during June, which has become Walt Disney World’s most trafficked month. The behavior is a bit odd, though.

The first two weeks shouldn’t be as heavily trafficked as the second half of the month.

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