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Mission: SPACE Wait Times

Walt Disney World® Resort · EPCOT

Standby now

15min

Updated 19m ago

Status

Operating

Early entry 8:30am–9am · 9am–9pm

Today's range

15–15 min

Low 8:39am · high 8:39am

Lightning Lane

4:10 PM

Next return time

Mission: SPACE Photo: Disney

Mission: SPACE is a thrilling dark ride located in the World Discovery area of EPCOT at Walt Disney World Resort. This attraction simulates a high-speed journey through outer space, offering two intensity levels: a vigorous ride to Mars and a more moderate Earth orbit experience. Visitors must be at least 40 inches (102 cm) tall to ride.

EPCOT
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Lightning Lane
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Today vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

15 min

Lowest

15 min 8:39am

Highest

15 min 8:39am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 10pm, and Sat runs about 1 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
Mon · 15 16 22 24 21 17 16 16 16 17 15 15 15 15 10
Tue · 15 15 19 20 16 18 18 16 16 16 16 17 15 · ·
Wed · 15 15 17 20 19 17 17 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 ·
Thu 15 15 16 19 22 20 17 18 16 18 18 18 16 16 15 ·
Fri 15 14 14 18 23 24 20 18 16 16 17 17 17 17 15 ·
Sat · 11 11 14 19 19 15 17 17 16 18 17 18 18 15 ·
Sun · 12 15 19 20 19 17 16 15 17 17 16 16 16 15 ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

18 min

Lowest

11 min Jan 28

Highest

55 min Dec 31

Average

18 min

Lowest

13 min Nov 2

Highest

30 min Dec 28

Average

19 min

Lowest

16 min Jul 2025

Highest

27 min Oct 2025

Average

22 min

Lowest

17 min 2026

Highest

26 min 2022

Ride status

No breakdowns so far today

8:31am Running Down Now

Broke down on 3 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

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