Animal Kingdom · measured wait profile
The shortest average wait for Kilimanjaro Safaris was 5 PM–6 PM (9 min), versus 55 min at its busiest hour, 10 AM–11 AM. Rope drop averaged 29 min and the last hour before close 8 min, so the last hour before park close is the better bet. Measured by SupaPark over the last 28 days (Sep 14–Oct 11, 2026).
Data as of Oct 11, 2026. Source: SupaPark measurements.
| Hour (ET) | All days | Weekdays | Weekends |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 AM–9 AM | 29 min | 26 min | 38 min |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 45 min | 43 min | 51 min |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 55 min | 51 min | 63 min |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 52 min | 48 min | 62 min |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 42 min | 37 min | 54 min |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 31 min | 25 min | 45 min |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 23 min | 16 min | 38 min |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 14 min | 12 min | 21 min |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 10 min | 8 min | 15 min |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 9 min | 8 min | 12 min |
| 6 PM–7 PM | — | — | 13 min |
Weekdays = Monday–Friday (20 days); weekends = Saturday–Sunday (8 days). An hour is shown only if it was measured on at least half the days.
In SupaPark's measurements over the last 28 days, Kilimanjaro Safaris had its shortest average posted wait from 5 PM–6 PM (9 min), and the single quietest half-hour slot was 5:30 PM (9 min).
Rope drop (the first hour after the park opens) averaged 29 min over 28 days; the last hour before close averaged 8 min over 25 days. The daily peak averaged 60 min.
The busiest hour on average was 10 AM–11 AM at 55 min; the most common hour for the day's peak was 10 AM–11 AM.
Across the operating day, Kilimanjaro Safaris averaged 27 min on weekdays (20 days) and 37 min on weekends (8 days) — 10 min longer on weekends. Quietest weekday hour: 4 PM–5 PM; quietest weekend hour: 5 PM–6 PM.
SupaPark tracks Lightning Lane availability for the rides that have it; see measured sellout times at supapark.com/lightning-lane/sellout.
SupaPark records the posted standby wait for every Walt Disney World attraction every few minutes and keeps a permanent half-hour archive. For each day we keep only the half-hours inside that park's published operating hours that have at least two open-status readings, average them by hour, then average each hour across days. "Rope drop" is the park's first operating hour that day and "last hour" is the hour before its published close, so the comparison follows the real schedule (including early closes for evening events). Posted waits are what the park displays; actual waits often run shorter — see SupaPark Real Wait. Window: 28 days (Sep 14–Oct 11, 2026).
wait_halfhour_archive), Sep 14, 2026–Oct 11, 2026, 28 days.park_hours).