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The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · Disney's Hollywood Studios

Average that day

36min

Thu, Apr 24

Hours

9am–9pm

Early entry 8:30am–9am

Range

5–55 min

Low 8:35am · high 9:00am

Typical Thursday

48 min

12 min quieter that day

The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Photo: Disney

The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios is an intense thrill ride located on Sunset Boulevard. Guests board a haunted elevator-style lift that ascends and descends rapidly within an abandoned hotel shaft. The experience is themed around the classic television series *The Twilight Zone*, creating an eerie, suspenseful atmosphere with unexpected drops and dramatic sound effects.

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Thursday, Apr 24 vs a typical Thursday

Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays

Average

36 min

Lowest

5 min 8:35am

Highest

55 min 9:00am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Tue runs about 23 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 13 32 46 47 52 49 48 60 71 41 43 33 25 ·
Tue 13 33 42 45 51 39 38 37 33 38 31 28 27 28
Wed 13 34 49 54 55 48 53 53 41 43 37 37 22 53
Thu 15 41 55 52 56 57 50 41 45 42 49 44 25 37
Fri 20 53 56 54 59 55 63 55 54 57 51 66 45 40
Sat 15 37 66 61 66 68 76 65 58 75 55 57 43 64
Sun 17 30 40 62 44 46 38 35 39 36 36 30 17 19

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

41 min

Lowest

13 min Nov 2

Highest

103 min Mar 19

Average

40 min

Lowest

17 min Jul 5

Highest

80 min Dec 28

Average

40 min

Lowest

21 min Nov 2026

Highest

57 min Feb 2026

Average

50 min

Lowest

41 min 2025

Highest

67 min 2022

Ride status

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:35am Running Down 9:00pm

Broke down on 7 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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