Measured This Week at Walt Disney World (Nov 9–Nov 15, 2026)

By Amy L. · Local mom · Celebration, FL

Published November 9, 2026 · Updated November 14, 2026

Park folklore says to ride everything big first thing and to give up on dinner reservations once they’re gone. The numbers show both rules are only half right. Over the last 21 days, Na’vi River Journey averaged 13 minutes in the first hour after opening versus 39 by late morning, so rope drop does pay there. But Alien Swirling Saucers had its shortest hour of the day in the final hour before close on 24 of 28 days, so sometimes the smart move is to save a ride for the end of the night. That’s what everything below is: measured waits, ride by ride and table by table, with how many days each pattern actually held, so you can plan your park day around how the lines really behave.

Magic Kingdom

• TRON Lightcycle / Run — ⚡ Lightning Lane here was gone before 7:00 AM on 23 of the last 31 measured park days, and on 8 other days it sold out at a median of 7:26 AM. Book it at your advance window (resort guests 7 days before check-in, everyone else 3 days before, from 7:00 AM ET); waiting until the morning usually means it is gone.
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad — ⚡ Lightning Lane here sold out on 25 of the last 27 measured park days, typically around 11:05 AM (median of 25 timed sellouts, earliest 7:00 AM); lasted all day on 2. Book ahead, or buy it early in the day: it has sold out as early as 7:00 AM.
• Jungle Cruise — ⚡ Lightning Lane here sold out on 31 of the last 31 measured park days, typically around 12:22 PM (median of 31 timed sellouts, earliest 9:36 AM). Book ahead, or buy it early in the day: it has sold out as early as 9:36 AM.
• Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin — Rope drop pays here: the first hour after opening averages 12 min vs 34 min late morning (last 21 days). Be at the gate before open.
• Jungle Cruise — Rope drop pays here: the first hour after opening averages 16 min vs 36 min late morning (last 21 days). Be at the gate before open.
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad — Rope drop pays here: the first hour after opening averages 11 min vs 31 min late morning (last 21 days). Be at the gate before open.
• Jungle Cruise — Measured on 28 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 19 min here vs a 46-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 15 of those 28 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure — Measured on 21 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 15 min here vs a 41-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 9 of those 21 days. Save it for the end of the night.

EPCOT

• Test Track — ⚡ Lightning Lane here sold out on 28 of the last 28 measured park days, typically around 10:00 AM (median of 25 timed sellouts, earliest 7:16 AM); gone before 7:00 AM on 3. Book ahead, or buy it early in the day: it has sold out as early as 7:16 AM.
• Frozen Ever After — ⚡ Lightning Lane here sold out on 27 of the last 27 measured park days, typically around 10:05 AM (median of 27 timed sellouts, earliest 9:09 AM). Book ahead, or buy it early in the day: it has sold out as early as 9:09 AM.
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — ⚡ Lightning Lane here sold out on 29 of the last 29 measured park days, typically around 10:31 AM (median of 29 timed sellouts, earliest 9:19 AM). Book ahead, or buy it early in the day: it has sold out as early as 9:19 AM.
• Soarin’ Across America — Rope drop pays here: the first hour after opening averages 11 min vs 30 min late morning (last 21 days). Be at the gate before open.
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — Measured on 27 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 39 min here vs a 65-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 7 of those 27 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Soarin’ Across America — Measured on 28 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 19 min here vs a 45-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 8 of those 28 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends — Measured on 28 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 6 min here vs a 28-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 22 of those 28 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Soarin’ Across America — Quietest hour lately: 9 AM, averaging 12 min — 68% under its 12 PM peak of 38 min (last 28 days).

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Hollywood Studios

• Slinky Dog Dash — ⚡ Lightning Lane here sells out early: gone before 7:00 AM on 9 of the last 31 measured park days, and on 22 other days it sold out at a median of 8:24 AM. Book it at your advance window, not the morning of.
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance — ⚡ Lightning Lane here was gone before 7:00 AM on 20 of the last 31 measured park days, and on 2 other days it sold out at a median of 8:47 AM. Book it at your advance window (resort guests 7 days before check-in, everyone else 3 days before, from 7:00 AM ET); waiting until the morning usually means it is gone.
• Toy Story Mania! — ⚡ Lightning Lane here sold out on 27 of the last 30 measured park days, typically around 12:46 PM (median of 22 timed sellouts, earliest 7:00 AM); gone before 7:00 AM on 5; lasted all day on 3. Book ahead, or buy it early in the day: it has sold out as early as 7:00 AM.
• Alien Swirling Saucers — Rope drop pays here: the first hour after opening averages 14 min vs 29 min late morning (last 21 days). Be at the gate before open.
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance — Measured on 27 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 31 min here vs a 71-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 22 of those 27 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — Measured on 28 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 15 min here vs a 54-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 22 of those 28 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Toy Story Mania! — Measured on 28 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 27 min here vs a 62-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 15 of those 28 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — Quietest hour lately: 8 PM, averaging 15 min — 66% under its 12 PM peak of 44 min (last 28 days).

Animal Kingdom

• Kilimanjaro Safaris — ⚡ Lightning Lane here ran out on 16 of the last 31 measured park days (sold out during the day on 16, median 4:18 PM) and lasted all day on the other 15. If it is a must-do, book it at your advance window.
• Na’vi River Journey — Rope drop pays here: the first hour after opening averages 13 min vs 39 min late morning (last 21 days). Be at the gate before open.
• Kilimanjaro Safaris — Measured on 15 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 11 min here vs a 58-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 11 of those 15 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Avatar Flight of Passage — Measured on 28 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 34 min here vs a 62-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 13 of those 28 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain — Measured on 24 days over the last four weeks: the final hour before close averaged 12 min here vs a 35-min average daily peak — the day’s shortest hour on 10 of those 24 days. Save it for the end of the night.
• Kilimanjaro Safaris — Quietest hour lately: 5 PM, averaging 12 min — 77% under its 11 AM peak of 53 min (last 28 days).
• Na’vi River Journey — Quietest hour lately: 8 AM, averaging 15 min — 67% under its 11 AM peak of 45 min (last 28 days).
• Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain — Quietest hour lately: 8 AM, averaging 7 min — 77% under its 12 PM peak of 30 min (last 28 days).

Every number above is measured by SupaPark from live park data — nothing is estimated from guidebooks or vibes. Merlin, our in-park AI, works these same numbers into answers about YOUR day: ask Merlin 3 free questions and see.

What we know

Updated 3:02 AM ET, Friday, November 13 with new reporting.

• Walt Disney World — 52 attractions sold out of same-day Lightning Lane on Thursday, November 12, 2026, per SupaPark’s live data.
• SupaPark’s 60-day daily archive — the previous high was 42 same-day Lightning Lane sellouts on October 12, 2026.
• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind — first same-day Lightning Lane sellout recorded on November 12, before 7:00 AM ET.
• EPCOT — busiest Walt Disney World park on November 12, averaging a 65-minute posted wait across headliner rides from 11 AM to 5 PM ET.
• Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway — longest unplanned ride outage recorded by SupaPark that day, at 2h 30m.