The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
63min
Fri, Sep 19
Hours
9am–9pm
Early entry 8:30am–9am
Range
30–95 min
Low 10:50am · high 11:02am
Typical Friday
52 min
11 min busier 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.
Friday, Sep 19 vs a typical Friday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Fridays
Average
63 min
Lowest
30 min 10:50am
Highest
95 min 11:02am
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Mon runs about 23 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 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 50 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 17 |
| Tue | 13 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 40 | 39 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 26 | 30 | · |
| Wed | · | 14 | 26 | 41 | 44 | 39 | 34 | 39 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 13 |
| Thu | 13 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 51 | 47 | 36 | 36 | 35 | · |
| Fri | · | 16 | 33 | 47 | 61 | 57 | 65 | 58 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 63 | 56 | 48 | 65 | · |
| Sat | · | 14 | 23 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 23 | 20 | · | · |
| Sun | · | 17 | 25 | 35 | 37 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 25 | 22 | · | · |
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 twice for 2h 36m in total
- 8:32am – 10:50am 2h 18m
- 11:05am – 11:23am 18m
Broke down on 6 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.