The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
53min
Wed, Feb 18
Hours
8:30am–9pm
Early entry 8am–8:30am
Range
13–130 min
Low 8:02am · high 1:41pm
Typical Wednesday
36 min
17 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, Feb 18 vs a typical Wednesday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Wednesdays
Average
53 min
Lowest
13 min 8:02am
Highest
130 min 1:41pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Thu runs about 29 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 | 75 | 23 | 49 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 77 | 71 | 72 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 21 | 16 |
| Tue | 27 | 27 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 58 | 43 | 34 | · | · |
| Wed | · | 17 | 30 | 41 | 42 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 45 |
| Thu | 13 | 16 | 24 | 38 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 40 | 47 | 46 | 35 | 32 | 16 | · | · |
| Fri | · | 15 | 37 | 61 | 79 | 72 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 73 | 82 | 75 | 60 | 70 | · | · |
| Sat | · | 25 | 44 | 52 | 57 | 72 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 51 | 51 | 55 | 44 | 41 | 47 | 21 | 19 |
| Sun | 14 | 18 | 35 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 67 | 57 | 55 | 63 | 54 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 67 | 126 | 95 |
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
23 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 8 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.