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The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · Disney's Hollywood Studios

Average that day

53min

Sat, Jan 17

Hours

9am–9pm

Early entry 8:30am–9am

Range

13–130 min

Low 8:49am · high 11:43am

Typical Saturday

42 min

11 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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Saturday, Jan 17 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

53 min

Lowest

13 min 8:49am

Highest

130 min 11:43am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Thu runs about 22 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 · 24 40 56 56 53 47 49 57 61 52 60 45 35 38 23 15
Tue 17 22 37 43 52 48 54 56 55 56 56 60 47 41 37 · ·
Wed · 14 29 43 45 45 44 41 43 38 35 34 36 30 27 27 32
Thu 15 15 24 31 39 41 42 39 39 39 49 48 40 32 22 · ·
Fri · 15 27 56 63 57 50 64 64 61 62 69 65 57 82 · ·
Sat · 21 33 47 52 56 50 56 56 50 50 47 36 32 34 27 30
Sun 16 17 33 48 57 59 60 49 47 51 42 52 47 41 49 · ·

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

22 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

8:31am Running Down 9:01pm

Broke down on 12 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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