The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · Disney's Hollywood Studios

Average that day

30min

Sun, Jul 26

Hours

9am–9pm

Early entry 8:30am–9am

Range

13–55 min

Low 8:46am · high 12:37pm

Typical Sunday

32 min

2 min quieter that day

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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

Standby

Lightning Lane

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Sunday, Jul 26 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

30 min

Lowest

13 min 8:46am

Highest

55 min 12:37pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Sun runs about 10 min shorter than Thu.

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	·	19	28	38	40	39	43	42	35	38	37	38	36	32	25	35	23
Tue	30	19	30	38	53	48	40	40	41	36	36	43	37	35	30	30	·
Wed	·	17	30	40	42	47	50	38	38	37	42	43	52	38	18	19	25
Thu	18	15	33	43	50	44	43	49	41	46	50	49	57	43	39	53	·
Fri	·	14	30	39	47	39	41	44	43	42	42	46	48	42	39	39	·
Sat	·	16	22	32	41	38	44	40	37	37	39	36	36	30	31	35	32
Sun	38	17	22	39	47	43	40	40	33	31	36	33	34	22	22	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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:31am Running Down 9:00pm

Broke down on 10 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.

The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times

Sunday, Jul 26 vs a typical Sunday

Best times to go

History

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	12am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm	10pm	11pm
Mon	·	19	28	38	40	39	43	42	35	38	37	38	36	32	25	35	23
Tue	30	19	30	38	53	48	40	40	41	36	36	43	37	35	30	30	·
Wed	·	17	30	40	42	47	50	38	38	37	42	43	52	38	18	19	25
Thu	18	15	33	43	50	44	43	49	41	46	50	49	57	43	39	53	·
Fri	·	14	30	39	47	39	41	44	43	42	42	46	48	42	39	39	·
Sat	·	16	22	32	41	38	44	40	37	37	39	36	36	30	31	35	32
Sun	38	17	22	39	47	43	40	40	33	31	36	33	34	22	22	13	·

	12am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm	10pm	11pm
Mon	·	19	28	38	40	39	43	42	35	38	37	38	36	32	25	35	23
Tue	30	19	30	38	53	48	40	40	41	36	36	43	37	35	30	30	·
Wed	·	17	30	40	42	47	50	38	38	37	42	43	52	38	18	19	25
Thu	18	15	33	43	50	44	43	49	41	46	50	49	57	43	39	53	·
Fri	·	14	30	39	47	39	41	44	43	42	42	46	48	42	39	39	·
Sat	·	16	22	32	41	38	44	40	37	37	39	36	36	30	31	35	32
Sun	38	17	22	39	47	43	40	40	33	31	36	33	34	22	22	13	·

	12am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm	10pm	11pm
Mon	·	19	28	38	40	39	43	42	35	38	37	38	36	32	25	35	23
Tue	30	19	30	38	53	48	40	40	41	36	36	43	37	35	30	30	·
Wed	·	17	30	40	42	47	50	38	38	37	42	43	52	38	18	19	25
Thu	18	15	33	43	50	44	43	49	41	46	50	49	57	43	39	53	·
Fri	·	14	30	39	47	39	41	44	43	42	42	46	48	42	39	39	·
Sat	·	16	22	32	41	38	44	40	37	37	39	36	36	30	31	35	32
Sun	38	17	22	39	47	43	40	40	33	31	36	33	34	22	22	13	·