Walt Disney World Wait Times for April Week Three 2026

With Easter two weeks ago, we’ve officially hit the slow period at Walt Disney World.

The time from now through mid-May should witness smaller crowds and shorter lines.

However, Disney has been full of surprises lately, and anything could have happened last week.

Here are the Walt Disney World wait times for the third week of April 2026.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

At Animal Kingdom, the basic truths still apply.

People head to Pandora – The World of Avatar throughout the day and stay there for hours.

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Then, they visit the animals at all possible spots, including Gorilla Falls Trail, Discovery Island Trails, and Kilimanjaro Safaris.

Beyond that, the park is at low tide right now with DinoLand USA permanently closed.

DINOSAUR

A replacement will arrive next year, but until then, fans are anxiously anticipating Bluey.

We’re still a bit more than a month away from the Australian heeler pup’s debut.

Until then, it’s business as usual at Animal Kingdom. Here are the park’s average wait times:

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 63 minutes, down 24
• Na’vi River Journey – 50 minutes, down 15
• Kali River Rapids – 37 minutes, down 17
• Adventurers Outpost – 34 minutes, down 3
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 34 minutes, down 16
• Expedition Everest – 29 minutes, down 20
• Zootopia: Better Zoogether! – 17 minutes, down 6

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Overall, Animal Kingdom attractions dipped 15 minutes to an average wait of 37 minutes.                                                                                 

So, we are trending waaaaaay down.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios

Park officials just unleashed a torrent of marvelous news about this theme park.

We just learned that Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets will debut much sooner than expected.

The updated roller coaster joins The Walt Disney Studios in opening on May 26^th.

So, we’re five weeks away from massive changes coming to this park.

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Until then, here are the average wait times at Hollywood Studios last month:

• Slinky Dog Dash – 65 minutes, down 45
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 55 minutes, down 35
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 45 minutes, down 22
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 45 minutes, down 43
• Toy Story Mania! – 43 minutes, down 21
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 42 minutes, down 32
• Red Carpet Dreams – 36 minutes, down 6
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 32 minutes, down 15
• Celebrity Spotlight – 18 minutes, down 7
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 14 minutes, down 12

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I realize that you’re probably boggling in looking at these numbers. So, yeah.

Hollywood Studios attractions averaged a modest wait of 40 minutes, which is 23 minutes less than last time.

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A 40-minute average is unusually low for this park, and I think that tells the story.

Still, let’s check the other two parks for confirmation.

EPCOT

We’re not quite halfway through the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival.

So, the event remains the park focus and will for a while longer.

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When Cool Kids’ Summer begins on May 26^th – noticing a pattern? – it’ll become a huge deal, too.

For the time being, EPCOT remains the ultimate hangout spot at Disney World.

Cosmic Rewind

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

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 74 minutes, down 30
• Test Track – 73 minutes, down 33
• Frozen Ever After – 58 minutes, down 20
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 52 minutes, down 31
• Royal Sommerhus – 42 minutes, down 10
• Soarin’ Around the World – 36 minutes, down 30
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 23 minutes, down 6
• Living with the Land – 21 minutes, down 3
• Mission: SPACE – 20 minutes, down 7
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 20 minutes, down 12
• Spaceship Earth – 20 minutes, down 11
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 18 minutes, down 2
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 16 minutes, down 8
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 12 minutes, down 4

Overall, EPCOT guests spent an average of 35 minutes in line for each attraction.

That’s 14 minutes less than last time and remarkably the smallest drop of the three parks thus far.

Yeah, we’ve definitely entered the slow season.

Magic Kingdom

Finally, we are still tracking Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.

This was the Tomorrowland ride’s first full week back since it reopened.

Did that impact Magic Kingdom any? Let’s find out by looking at the park’s average wait times:

• TRON Lightcycle / Run – 59 minutes, down 33
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 56 minutes, down 21
• Jungle Cruise – 46 minutes, down 17
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 45 minutes, down 14
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 44 minutes, down 7
• Space Mountain – 44 minutes, down 16
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – 41 minutes, down 18
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 35 minutes, down 14
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 32 minutes, down 10
• Ariel’s Grotto – 30 minutes, down 7
• Haunted Mansion – 30 minutes, down 11
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 26 minutes, down 12
• Town Square Theater – 25 minutes, down 5
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 23 minutes, down 12
• Astro Orbiter – 21 minutes, down 15
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 21 minutes, down 12
• It’s a Small World – 21 minutes, down 12
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 21 minutes, down 2
• The Barnstormer – 19 minutes, down 18
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 19 minutes, down 14
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 18 minutes, down 17
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 15 minutes, down 14
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 14 minutes, down 2
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 14 minutes, down 5
• Country Bear Musical Bear Jamboree – 13 minutes, no change
• Mad Tea Party – 13 minutes, down 14
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 13 minutes, down 4
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 10 minutes, down 9
• Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – 5 minutes, no change

Final Thoughts          

Ariel’s Grotto

You should have a general idea of what happened from all the drops.

Overall, Magic Kingdom guests waited for an average of 27 minutes per attraction.

That’s 11 minutes less than last time and obviously part of a bigger trend.

The four Disney World theme parks collectively dropped 63 minutes or 16 minutes per place last week.

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If those totals were a roller coaster, we would have had a ton of fun going down. Yikes, that’s steep.

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