The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
29min
Sat, Nov 8
Hours
8:30am–7pm
Early entry 8am–8:30am · Special ticketed event 7:30pm–12:30am
Range
13–60 min
Low 8:03am · high 2:17pm
Typical Saturday
40 min
11 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.
Saturday, Nov 8 vs a typical Saturday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Saturdays
Average
29 min
Lowest
13 min 8:03am
Highest
60 min 2:17pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Wed runs about 22 min shorter than Fri.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 13 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 31 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 20 | · |
| Tue | 13 | 25 | 32 | 38 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 34 | 31 | 22 | 17 | · |
| Wed | 14 | 21 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 30 |
| Thu | 13 | 24 | 30 | 45 | 40 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 35 | · |
| Fri | 13 | 31 | 45 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 45 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 55 | 56 | 59 | · |
| Sat | 14 | 24 | 39 | 49 | 49 | 56 | 53 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 13 | · |
| Sun | 15 | 24 | 38 | 41 | 50 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 31 | 25 | 23 | · |
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
Broke down on 9 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.