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The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · Disney's Hollywood Studios

Average that day

41min

Mon, Feb 23

Hours

9am–9pm

Early entry 8:30am–9am

Range

13–85 min

Low 8:31am · high 3:51pm

Typical Monday

64 min

23 min quieter 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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Monday, Feb 23 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

41 min

Lowest

13 min 8:31am

Highest

85 min 3:51pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Wed runs about 24 min shorter than Mon.

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 50 66 68 71 67 68 69 74 67 66 54 54 55 · ·
Tue · 26 46 60 68 61 66 57 61 55 66 62 55 39 34 · ·
Wed · 16 31 43 42 47 46 47 41 41 42 40 40 33 22 27 45
Thu 13 17 27 40 47 52 47 51 46 46 49 51 36 32 16 · ·
Fri · 17 39 60 75 69 60 69 74 64 70 77 70 57 62 · ·
Sat · 24 47 57 59 73 61 64 64 59 54 55 49 46 53 · ·
Sun 25 18 34 53 58 59 66 58 53 63 55 55 55 52 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

8:31am Running Down 9:00pm

Broke down on 7 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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