The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
47min
Sun, Jul 19
Hours
9am–9pm
Early entry 8:30am–9am
Range
13–105 min
Low 8:30am · high 2:17pm
Typical Sunday
31 min
16 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, Jul 19 vs a typical Sunday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Sundays
Average
47 min
Lowest
13 min 8:30am
Highest
105 min 2:17pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Sun runs about 10 min shorter than Thu.
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 | · | · | 18 | 27 | 38 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 27 | · |
| Tue | · | 13 | 17 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 34 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 20 | · |
| Wed | · | · | 17 | 28 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 48 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 42 | 43 | 49 | 38 | 19 | 21 | 23 |
| Thu | 16 | · | 15 | 31 | 44 | 50 | 44 | 43 | 50 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 57 | 45 | 37 | 53 | · |
| Fri | · | · | 14 | 32 | 42 | 48 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 38 | 39 | · |
| Sat | · | · | 16 | 23 | 34 | 41 | 35 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 32 |
| Sun | 38 | · | 17 | 23 | 39 | 47 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 32 | 34 | 21 | 19 | 13 | · |
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 2m in total
- 5:59pm – 6:02pm 2m
Broke down on 11 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.