Walt Disney World Wait Times for Second Week of September 2026

The “slow” season has officially started at Walt Disney World.

Of course, Disney doesn’t really host anything resembling an offseason these days.

The company structured its pricing to encourage more guests to visit during the “slow” periods.

Still, September has typically remained a calm month to visit due to the lack of crowds.

Did that trend continue last week? At the risk of spoiling the details, no.

Here are Walt Disney World’s wait times for the second week of September 2026.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Tree of Life

So, last weekend was theoretically the three-day Labor Day holiday.

Lately, Disney tourists have modified their vacation approach, though.

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What they tend to do instead is arrive at the parks on or around the holiday.

Then, they stay longer during that week since the first day is “free” as a national holiday.

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You can really tell that this behavior occurred last week, especially at Animal Kingdom.

Here are the park’s average wait times for the week of/after Labor Day:

• Avatar Flight of Passage – 46 minutes, up 15
• Na’vi River Journey – 36 minutes, up 11
• Adventurers Outpost – 32 minutes, up 9
• Kilimanjaro Safaris – 26 minutes, up 6
• Bluey’s Wild World – 23 minutes, up 5
• Kali River Rapids – 23 minutes, up 7
• Expedition Everest – 21 minutes, up 5
• Zootopia: Better Zoogether! – 13 minutes, no change

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So, every attraction except the Zootopia show increased its average wait.

Overall, Animal Kingdom guests stood in line for an average of 28 minutes per attraction.

Photo: MickeyTravels agent Savannah Putty

That’s eight minutes more than last time, which will be the largest increase this week.

Animal Kingdom feels the impact of larger crowds more than the other parks.

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Even so, this park’s behavior reflects the general trend last week.

More people visited Disney World the weekdays after Labor than the ones before it.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Animation Courtyard

The Magic of Disney Animation has soft opened at Hollywood Studios.

Technically, this new experience debuts on Monday, but guests are already visiting the area.

This fact has altered the crowds a bit this weekend. It’s not super-impactful, though.

We’re only talking about three of the seven days, so this will matter more next week.

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

Anyway, here are the park’s average wait times last week:

• Slinky Dog Dash – 58 minutes, down 28
• Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets – 51 minutes, up 12
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – 51 minutes, up 16
• Toy Story Mania! – 43 minutes, up 16
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway – 42 minutes, up 14
• Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 38 minutes, up 9
• Red Carpet Dreams – 36 minutes, up 6
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – 26 minutes, up 6
• Alien Swirling Saucers – 25 minutes, up 8
• Celebrity Spotlight – 20 minutes, up 4
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! – 8 minutes, no change

Tower of Terror

Overall, guests spent 36 minutes in line per attraction last week.

That’s a hefty six minutes or 20 percent more than last time.

EPCOT

2026 Food & Wine Festival

At EPCOT, the song remains the same. We all know the traffic driver here.

Fans are showing up for the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.

2023 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

Disney is still adding new stuff each week, which is sustaining demand.

I’m not going out on a limb to say that Food & Wine is EPCOT’s signature festival.

EPCOT

So, we shouldn’t be surprised by the park’s average wait times last week:

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 77 minutes, up 13
• Test Track – 62 minutes, up 2
• Frozen Ever After – 52 minutes, up 2
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure – 46 minutes, up 3
• Royal Sommerhus – 38 minutes, up 6
• Soarin’ Across America – 24 minutes, up 3
• Meet Mickey & Friends – 20 minutes, up 3
• Mission: SPACE – 18 minutes, down 1
• Turtle Talk with Crush – 18 minutes, no change
• Living with the Land – 17 minutes, up 4
• Spaceship Earth – 15 minutes, up 3
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends – 14 minutes, up 4
• Journey into Imagination with Figment – 11 minutes, up 2
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros – 9 minutes, no change

Overall, EPCOT attractions averaged a 30-minute wait, which is three minutes more than last time.
So, every theme park we’ve discussed thus far has increased its crowds.

Magic Kingdom

Finally, here are Magic Kingdom’s average wait times.

• TRON Lightcycle / Run – 50 minutes, no change
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 39 minutes, down 1
• Peter Pan’s Flight – 35 minutes, no change
• Princess Fairytale Hall – 29 minutes, up 2
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – 26 minutes, no change
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – 25 minutes, down 5
• Jungle Cruise – 25 minutes, down 1
• Ariel’s Grotto – 24 minutes, up 2
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – 24 minutes, down 4
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – 24 minutes, down 2
• Town Square Theater – 24 minutes, up 5
• Haunted Mansion – 22 minutes, up 2
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow – 22 minutes, down 2
• Enchanted Tales with Belle – 21 minutes, up 5
• Space Mountain – 20 minutes, down 6
• Walt Disney World Railroad – 18 minutes, up 4
• Mickey’s PhilharMagic – 15 minutes, no change
• Country Bear Musical Jamboree – 13 minutes, up 1
• Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor – 13 minutes, no change
• Pirates of the Caribbean – 13 minutes, up 1
• Astro Orbiter – 12 minutes, down 2
• Tomorrowland Speedway – 12 minutes, down 3
• Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid – 12 minutes, up 1
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant – 11 minutes, up 1
• It’s a Small World – 11 minutes, no change
• The Barnstormer – 10 minutes, down 1
• Mad Tea Party – 9 minutes, no change
• The Magic Carpets of Aladdin – 9 minutes, down 1
• Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – 9 minutes, no change
• Prince Charming Regal Carrousel – 8 minutes, down 2

Final Thoughts

Cinderella Castle

The average Magic Kingdom attraction remained at 20 minutes of wait time last week.

That’s the same as the previous week and one of the lowest totals you’ll ever track here.

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Overall, the attractions of Walt Disney World increased their average waits by four minutes.

So, guests definitely picked the days after Labor Day to hang out at the parks.

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