The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
70min
Wed, Dec 31
Hours
9am–12am
Early entry 8:30am–9am
Range
25–140 min
Low 9:49pm · high 10:36am
Typical Wednesday
30 min
40 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.
Wednesday, Dec 31 vs a typical Wednesday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Wednesdays
Average
70 min
Lowest
25 min 9:49pm
Highest
140 min 10:36am
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Thu runs about 11 min shorter than Tue.
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 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 48 | 57 | 58 | 54 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 31 | · | · |
| Wed | · | 14 | 24 | 45 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 42 | 46 | 38 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 39 | 32 |
| Thu | 17 | 13 | 22 | 32 | 47 | 48 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 36 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 31 | 26 | · | · |
| Fri | · | 14 | 28 | 54 | 64 | 51 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 47 | 46 | 51 | 48 | 44 | 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
Down once for 27m in total
- 8:34am – 9:01am 27m
Broke down on 10 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.