The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · Disney's Hollywood Studios

Average that day

32min

Wed, Apr 30

Hours

9am–9pm

Early entry 8:30am–9am · Special ticketed event 9:30pm–12:30am

Range

13–50 min

Low 8:41am · high 12:47pm

Typical Wednesday

42 min

10 min quieter that day

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.

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Standby

Lightning Lane

Hours calendar

Wednesday, Apr 30 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

32 min

Lowest

13 min 8:41am

Highest

50 min 12:47pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Tue runs about 21 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	38	45	47	48	45	44	56	67	42	44	34	27	·
Tue	13	35	46	45	49	41	40	37	36	40	34	31	26	28
Wed	13	30	45	50	51	44	45	49	38	37	35	36	24	33
Thu	15	41	55	52	56	57	50	41	45	42	49	44	25	37
Fri	18	43	52	52	57	50	60	52	53	58	55	62	48	40
Sat	14	38	62	66	66	72	74	66	56	68	54	57	48	55
Sun	15	32	39	55	44	43	41	34	39	39	38	33	33	24

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

8:32am Running Down 9:32pm

Broke down on 5 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Wednesday, Apr 30 vs a typical Wednesday

Best times to go

History

Ride status

Lightning Lane returns

Theme Park IQ

Disneyland

Disney World

Universal

Universal Epic Universe

Hollywood

Orlando Resort

Legal

Cookie Preferences

Essential

Analytics

Advertising

	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	13	38	45	47	48	45	44	56	67	42	44	34	27	·
Tue	13	35	46	45	49	41	40	37	36	40	34	31	26	28
Wed	13	30	45	50	51	44	45	49	38	37	35	36	24	33
Thu	15	41	55	52	56	57	50	41	45	42	49	44	25	37
Fri	18	43	52	52	57	50	60	52	53	58	55	62	48	40
Sat	14	38	62	66	66	72	74	66	56	68	54	57	48	55
Sun	15	32	39	55	44	43	41	34	39	39	38	33	33	24

	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	13	38	45	47	48	45	44	56	67	42	44	34	27	·
Tue	13	35	46	45	49	41	40	37	36	40	34	31	26	28
Wed	13	30	45	50	51	44	45	49	38	37	35	36	24	33
Thu	15	41	55	52	56	57	50	41	45	42	49	44	25	37
Fri	18	43	52	52	57	50	60	52	53	58	55	62	48	40
Sat	14	38	62	66	66	72	74	66	56	68	54	57	48	55
Sun	15	32	39	55	44	43	41	34	39	39	38	33	33	24

	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	13	38	45	47	48	45	44	56	67	42	44	34	27	·
Tue	13	35	46	45	49	41	40	37	36	40	34	31	26	28
Wed	13	30	45	50	51	44	45	49	38	37	35	36	24	33
Thu	15	41	55	52	56	57	50	41	45	42	49	44	25	37
Fri	18	43	52	52	57	50	60	52	53	58	55	62	48	40
Sat	14	38	62	66	66	72	74	66	56	68	54	57	48	55
Sun	15	32	39	55	44	43	41	34	39	39	38	33	33	24