Crowds seem to have stayed away from most of Walt Disney World’s parks today. Posted wait times at Animal Kingdom were lowest of the past month, while EPCOT’s were not much higher (and were overinflated, too). Hollywood Studios had respectable crowds, and the Magic Kingdom is as popular as ever. We counted 493 of 500 (99%) guests in Hollywood Studios wearing masks according to Disney’s guidelines. And we got 119 actual wait times in line from our fabulous Liner community. Let’s do the numbers!
Magic Kingdom Wait Times
Splash Mountain may have had the highest posted wait times of the day, but those posted waits were more than double the actual waits we measured today. Splash Mountain had an average wait time today of 88 minutes. Its 7-day average is 62 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 41% of the posted wait time.
Animal Kingdom Wait Times
To illustrate how slow it was at Animal Kingdom today, Avatar Flight of Passage had an average wait time today of 26 minutes. Its 7-day average is 74 minutes, so today ranks #6 for this week. Its 30-day average is 68 minutes, so today ranks #27 for the past month. But even then, we received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged just 51% of the posted wait time.
Hollywood Studios Wait Times
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway had an average wait time today of 37 minutes. Its 7-day average is 47 minutes, so today ranks #6 for this week. Its 30-day average is 48 minutes, so today ranks #27 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 66 minutes, so today ranks #174 for the past year. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 63% of the posted wait time.
Rise of the Resistance had an excellent day of operations, with no delays in calling boarding groups. Boarding group 1 was called at 8:30 a.m., and as I write this we were up to boarding group 143 at 5 p.m. Rise didn’t even have its usual 3 p.m. pause, which (I think ) is the first time there hasn’t been an afternoon pause in a long while.
EPCOT Wait Times
EPCOT’s just not busy today. Soarin’ had an average wait time today of 34 minutes. Its 7-day average is 41 minutes, so today ranks #4 for this week. Its 30-day average is 45 minutes, so today ranks #24 for the past month. And we received 6 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 56% of the posted wait time.
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