Walt Disney World Wait Times for Third Week of November 2025

The holiday season is now well underway at Walt Disney World.

Still, the crowds typically don’t pick up in earnest until Thanksgiving Week.

Technically, that’s right now, but we’re going to focus on last week.

Here are Walt Disney World’s wait times for the third week of November 2025.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Tree of Life

Two important changes have already occurred at Animal Kingdom this month.

First, the new show-based attraction debuted here, and fans seem to love it.

Photo: Disney

Zootopia: Better Zoogether! is already popular, and it should do even better over the next few weeks.

Zootopia 2 debuts in theaters this week – I’ve got tickets on Tuesday! – and should become a blockbuster.

At that point, the show will gain a second wave of interest, which should boost its crowds.

Of course, few shows require extended waits anyway since the theaters host so many guests.

Zootopia: Better Zoogether

As proof, Better Zoogether!, which is barely two weeks old, only had an 18-minute wait last week.

That’s 11 minutes (!) less than last time. So, it’s already approaching the same range as its predecessor.

Guests rarely had to wait long for It’s Tough to Be a Bug!, and I presume that’ll be the case for Zootopia as well.

To a larger point, last week appeared slow at Animal Kingdom. Here are the park’s average wait times:

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 48 minutes, down 14
• Na’vi River Journey – 39 minutes, down 11
• Adventurers Outpost – 33 minutes, down 5
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 23 minutes, down 15
• Expedition Everest – 22 minutes, down 11
• DINOSAUR – 15 minutes, down 15

Oof. That’s not great. The seven major Animal Kingdom attractions averaged a wait of 28 minutes.

That’s 12 minutes (!!!) less than last time and a shockingly slow week by this park’s standards.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

So, the question becomes whether Animal Kingdom was a fluke or part of a trend.

As I’ve discussed, many fans are just skipping the park right now until its construction ends.

Snack Stand Construction – Toy Story Land

Many tourists, myself included, don’t love walking around the parks when the construction walls are in the way.

I mention this because this factor impacts Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom as well.

Photo: Steven Diaz

How were this park’s crowds last week? Let’s find out by checking the average wait times:

• Slinky Dog Dash – 59 minutes, down 10
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 49 minutes, down 12
• Toy Story Mania! – 46 minutes, down 7
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 44 minutes, down 11
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith – 40 minutes, down 9
• Red Carpet Dreams – 35 minutes, down 4
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 35 minutes, down 24
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 32 minutes, down 9
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 26 minutes, down 7
• Celebrity Spotlight – 17 minutes, down 4
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 10 minutes, down 2

Overall, Hollywood Studios guests waited for an average of 36 minutes per attraction.

That’s nine minutes less than last time. So, at least two Disney World parks were waaaay less crowded last week.

EPCOT

Photo: Disney

Was EPCOT any different? Typically, these sorts of significant drops are universal.

Still, we never know until we check the data. Here are EPCOT’s average wait times last week:

Spaceship Earth at EPCOT

• Test Track – 70 minutes, down 17
• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 62 minutes, down 11
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 54 minutes, down 16
• Frozen Ever After – 51 minutes, down 9
• Royal Sommerhus – 43 minutes, down 1
• Soarin’ Around the World – 31 minutes, down 8
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 22 minutes, down 3
• Mission: SPACE – 19 minutes, down 2
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 19 minutes, down 8
• Living with the Land – 18 minutes, down 4
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 18 minutes, down 1
• Spaceship Earth – 16 minutes, down 9
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 11 minutes, down 6
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 10 minutes, down 2

Overall, the average EPCOT attraction required an average wait of 32 minutes.

That’s seven minutes less than last time.

Magic Kingdom

So, did Magic Kingdom follow this huge downward trend, too?

Here are the park’s average wait times last week:

• TRON Lightcycle / Run – 52 minutes, down 10
• Jingle Cruise – 49 minutes, down 4
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 49 minutes, down 9
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 45 minutes, down 5
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – 36 minutes, up 2
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 35 minutes, down 5
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 32 minutes, down 2
• Haunted Mansion – 31 minutes, down 8
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 31 minutes, down 3
• Space Mountain – 31 minutes, down 7
• Ariel’s Grotto – 30 minutes, no change
• Town Square Theater – 29 minutes, up 1
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 21 minutes, down 3
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 20 minutes, down 5
• Astro Orbiter – 19 minutes, down 4
• It’s a Small World – 19 minutes, down 4
• The Barnstormer – 17 minutes, down 4
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 17 minutes, down 5
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 17 minutes, down 7
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 16 minutes, down 5
• Mad Tea Party – 14 minutes, down 2
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 14 minutes, n/a
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 14 minutes, down 2
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree – 13 minutes, no change
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 13 minutes, no change
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 11 minutes, down 5
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 10 minutes, down 2
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts

Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks

Magic Kingdom guests had the time of their life last week, as they only waited 25 minutes per attraction.

That’s a good number at any point in the year, but it’s that much better in late November.

The park’s average wait time per attraction fell four minutes from the previous week, which is part of a pattern.

Overall, all four Walt Disney World theme parks dropped considerably week over week.

In total, the parks averaged a wait of eight minutes less per attraction than the previous week.

You may want to circle your calendar for the week before Thanksgiving in 2026.

That’s looking like an ideal time to visit. You get to enjoy the holidays at Disney but without the crowds!

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