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The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · Disney's Hollywood Studios

Average that day

89min

Mon, Dec 29

Hours

8:30am–9pm

Early entry 8am–8:30am

Range

13–180 min

Low 8:02am · high 3:59pm

Typical Monday

34 min

55 min busier 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.

Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Lightning Lane
Hours calendar

Monday, Dec 29 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

89 min

Lowest

13 min 8:02am

Highest

180 min 3:59pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Wed runs about 14 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 · 21 36 51 53 47 46 44 52 49 49 55 40 26 24 20 15
Tue 17 16 29 37 42 38 51 52 47 51 48 58 47 39 27 · ·
Wed · 14 21 38 43 48 42 36 40 33 28 28 30 23 15 · 18
Thu 17 13 22 32 49 49 40 39 40 35 45 43 40 30 26 · ·
Fri · 14 28 54 62 50 43 47 50 48 45 50 47 45 35 · ·
Sat · 16 21 39 48 46 45 53 49 45 45 45 33 28 29 27 30
Sun 15 17 31 48 55 57 53 47 49 51 45 54 47 43 48 · ·

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

8:02am Running Down 9:04pm

Broke down on 9 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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

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