The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror Wait Times
Average that day
27min
Wed, Aug 26
Hours
9am–9pm
Early entry 8:30am–9am · Special ticketed event 9:30pm–12:30am
Range
13–55 min
Low 8:31am · high 9:50am
Typical Wednesday
37 min
10 min quieter 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.
Wednesday, Aug 26 vs a typical Wednesday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Wednesdays
Average
27 min
Lowest
13 min 8:31am
Highest
55 min 9:50am
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Sun runs about 13 min shorter than Fri.
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 | · | 20 | 30 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 26 | 35 | 23 |
| Tue | 30 | 16 | 29 | 39 | 51 | 47 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 50 | 50 | 44 | 37 | 32 | · |
| Wed | · | 17 | 33 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 50 | 45 | 35 | 34 | 39 | 41 | 55 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 23 |
| Thu | 18 | 13 | 30 | 42 | 49 | 42 | 39 | 47 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 41 | 35 | 20 | · |
| Fri | · | 14 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 48 | 40 | 41 | 36 | 39 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 46 | 45 | 85 | · |
| Sat | · | 14 | 26 | 35 | 44 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 36 | 28 | 30 | · |
| Sun | · | 13 | 23 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 22 | 22 | · | · |
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
25 min Nov 2026
Highest
57 min Feb 2026
Average
50 min
Lowest
41 min 2025
Highest
67 min 2022
Ride status
Down once for 33m in total
- 5:57pm – 6:30pm 33m
Broke down on 11 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.