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The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · Disney's Hollywood Studios

Average that day

51min

Sat, Mar 28

Hours

8:30am–9:30pm

Early entry 8am–8:30am

Range

13–115 min

Low 8:02am · high 11:46am

Typical Saturday

51 min

Right on a usual 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, Mar 28 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

51 min

Lowest

13 min 8:02am

Highest

115 min 11:46am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Wed runs about 18 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 49 18 47 69 70 77 64 63 59 63 66 53 47 43 63 · ·
Tue · 16 38 53 62 55 66 57 57 43 54 54 45 33 27 · ·
Wed · 15 31 42 48 54 48 48 44 40 42 42 41 32 20 · ·
Thu 13 16 36 57 58 58 61 56 49 53 51 49 43 35 42 · ·
Fri · 16 39 53 65 61 55 62 58 57 61 66 57 42 36 · ·
Sat · 20 42 53 61 66 61 60 59 56 58 57 51 38 32 · ·
Sun 25 16 32 56 51 54 53 54 48 49 60 42 47 41 55 109 85

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

42 min

Lowest

15 min Aug 31

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

8:01am Running Down 9:30pm

Broke down on 8 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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