The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
58min
Sun, May 31
Hours
9am–10pm
Early entry 8:30am–9am
Range
25–140 min
Low 9:31am · high 11:55am
Typical Sunday
39 min
19 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.
Sunday, May 31 vs a typical Sunday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Sundays
Average
58 min
Lowest
25 min 9:31am
Highest
140 min 11:55am
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Wed runs about 8 min shorter than Mon.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 12am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | · | 16 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 47 | 36 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 42 | 46 | 39 | 45 | 52 | 110 |
| Tue | 130 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 44 | 39 | 37 | 43 | 45 | 51 | 39 | 35 | 39 | · | · |
| Wed | · | · | 19 | 33 | 50 | 54 | 55 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 23 |
| Thu | 14 | · | 15 | 33 | 42 | 47 | 52 | 47 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 43 | 24 | · | · |
| Fri | 13 | · | 15 | 39 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 48 | 46 | 42 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 39 | 50 | · |
| Sat | · | · | 16 | 37 | 54 | 54 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 46 | 34 | 40 | 30 | 32 |
| Sun | 38 | · | 16 | 27 | 48 | 55 | 54 | 59 | 55 | 43 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 27 | 26 | · | · |
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
41 min
Lowest
26 min Nov 2026
Highest
57 min Feb 2026
Average
50 min
Lowest
41 min 2025
Highest
67 min 2022
Ride status
Down once for 32m in total
- 8:58am – 9:30am 32m
Broke down on 7 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.