The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
25min
Thu, Sep 4
Hours
9am–9pm
Early entry 8:30am–9am
Range
13–200 min
Low 12:00am · high 6:29pm
Typical Thursday
37 min
12 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.
Thursday, Sep 4 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
25 min
Lowest
13 min 12:00am
Highest
200 min 6:29pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Mon runs about 15 min shorter than Fri.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 12am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | 13 | 24 | 40 | 51 | 50 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 17 |
| Tue | 13 | 13 | 22 | 34 | 41 | 42 | 34 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 35 | 31 | 30 | · |
| Wed | · | 13 | 31 | 44 | 46 | 44 | 38 | 41 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 34 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
| Thu | 15 | 14 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 53 | 48 | 35 | 35 | 35 | · |
| Fri | · | 16 | 32 | 44 | 52 | 48 | 53 | 50 | 53 | 45 | 46 | 55 | 56 | 51 | 42 | 65 | · |
| Sat | · | 14 | 23 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 32 | 26 | · | · |
| Sun | · | 14 | 25 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 40 | 45 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 26 | · | · |
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
Down once for 41m in total
- 6:45pm – 7:26pm 41m
Broke down on 4 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.