Walt Disney World Wait Times for Thanksgiving Week 2025

Disney just had a big week, even by Thanksgiving standards.

As fans flocked to the theme parks, Zootopia 2 dominated at the box office.

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So, odds are good that you had a VERY Disney holiday. How did that translate in terms of crowds?

Here are Walt Disney World’s average wait times for Thanksgiving week 2025.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

At this park, the news continues to center on Zootopia: Better Zoogether!, the new show.

Disney sagely replaced a less popular brand, A Bug’s Life, as the centerpiece at the Tree of Life.

The timing proved ideal, as Zootopia has become Disney’s hottest property at the end of the year.

How did this impact the show? Well, it definitely mattered some.

Last week, Better Zoogether averaged a wait of 24 minutes, which is six minutes or 33 percent more than last time.

So, yeah, fans are relishing the combination of the new show and the movie sequel.

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Here are the rest of Animal Kingdom’s wait times last week:

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 81 minutes, up 33
• Na’vi River Journey – 56 minutes, up 17
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 45 minutes, up 22
• Expedition Everest – 43 minutes, up 21
• Adventurers Outpost – 35 minutes, up 2
• DINOSAUR – 31 minutes, up 6

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Overall, Animal Kingdom guests waited for an average of 45 minutes, which is…17 minutes more than last time.

Okay, Thanksgiving Week may have had more to do with Zootopia’s increased wait than the movie.

We’ll compare the data over the next couple of weeks to decide.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Still, I think one thing is clear. Animal Kingdom attendance spiked last week.

Anecdotally, I heard the same thing about EPCOT and Magic Kingdom.

Star Tours

So, I’m most curious about Hollywood Studios. Here are the park’s average wait times last week:

• Slinky Dog Dash – 84 minutes, up 25
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 70 minutes, up 21
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith – 61 minutes, up 21
• Toy Story Mania! – 59 minutes, up 13
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 55 minutes, up 11
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 52 minutes, up 20
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 48 minutes, up 13
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 39 minutes, up 13
• Red Carpet Dreams – 35 minutes, no change
• Celebrity Spotlight – 20 minutes, up 3
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 17 minutes, up 7

Overall, park guests stood in line for an average of 49 minutes, which is 13 minutes more than last time.

EPCOT

Last Friday, the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays began.

MickeyBlog tracked massive crowds on that day, but it wasn’t all festival-related.

As you can see, tourists flocked to Walt Disney World for the holidays.

So, EPCOT had even more reason for its crowd surge. Here are the park’s average wait times last week:

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• Test Track – 90 minutes, up 20
• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 82 minutes, up 20
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 67 minutes, up 13
• Frozen Ever After – 62 minutes, up 11
• Soarin’ Around the World – 45 minutes, up 14
• Royal Sommerhus – 43 minutes, no change
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 26 minutes, up 7
• Mission: SPACE – 23 minutes, up 4
• Spaceship Earth – 23 minutes, up 7
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 22 minutes, no change
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 20 minutes, up 2
• Living with the Land – 19 minutes, up 1
• Journey into Imagination – 13 minutes, up 2
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 11 minutes, up 1

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Overall, the festival guests waited for an average of 39 minutes per attraction.

That’s seven minutes more than last time, but it comes with an important caveat.

Most of the data is from before the festival began. So, we’ll track the impact more last week.

The current rise is almost entirely attributable to the Thanksgiving holiday, just as with Zootopia.

Magic Kingdom

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Here are the average wait times at Disney’s most popular theme park:

• TRON Lightcycle / Run – 70 minutes, up 18
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 62 minutes, up 13
• Jingle Cruise – 53 minutes, up 4
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 52 minutes, up 7
• Space Mountain – 46 minutes, up 15
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – 45 minutes, up 9
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 42 minutes, up 7
• Haunted Mansion – 34 minutes, up 3
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 34 minutes, up 2
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 33 minutes, up 2
• Ariel’s Grotto – 30 minutes, no change
• Astro Orbiter – 27 minutes, up 6
• The Barnstormer – 26 minutes, up 9
• Town Square Theater – 26 minutes, down 3
• Walt Disney Railroad – 24 minutes, up 7
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 23 minutes, up 3
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 22 minutes, up 6
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 22 minutes, up 1
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 22 minutes, no change
• It’s a Small World – 21 minutes, up 2
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 20 minutes, up 3
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 19 minutes, up 5
• Mad Tea Party – 18 minutes, up 4
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 16 minutes, up 3
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 15 minutes, up 1
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 14 minutes, up 3
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree – 13 minutes, no change
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 11 minutes, up 1
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts

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Overall, Magic Kingdom guests spent an average of 29 minutes in line per attraction.

That’s four minutes more than last time and definitely indicative of sizable holiday crowds.

Overall, Walt Disney World’s theme park attractions increased their average waits by more than ten minutes.

So, yeah, people spent the holidays at the Most Magical Place on Earth. We all would if we could.

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