Space Mountain Wait Times
Average that day
20min
Sun, Aug 24
Hours
9am–6pm
Early entry 8:30am–9am · Special ticketed event 7pm–12am
Range
10–40 min
Low 9:58am · high 2:34pm
Typical Sunday
29 min
9 min quieter that day
Photo: Disney
Space Mountain in Magic Kingdom Park’s Tomorrowland offers guests a high-speed, indoor roller coaster that simulates a journey through outer space. The attraction combines thrilling drops and sharp turns with a dark, futuristic atmosphere, appealing to a range of ages from kids to adults. Visitors must be at least 44 inches (113 cm) tall to ride.
Sunday, Aug 24 vs a typical Sunday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Sundays
Average
20 min
Lowest
10 min 9:58am
Highest
40 min 2:34pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 7am, and Sun runs about 11 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 | · | · | 26 | 26 | 42 | 52 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 47 | 41 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 42 | 34 | 26 | 20 |
| Tue | · | 8 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 45 | 55 | 46 | 40 | 41 | 49 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 30 | 24 | 22 |
| Wed | · | · | 23 | 29 | 34 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 40 | 39 | 46 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 34 | 27 | 31 |
| Thu | 16 | · | 23 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 47 | 42 | 30 | 24 | 30 |
| Fri | · | 22 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 45 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 37 | 31 | 29 | 15 |
| Sat | · | · | 21 | 21 | 29 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 43 | 41 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Sun | · | 15 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 25 | 16 | 9 |
Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.
History
Average
36 min
Lowest
8 min Sep 1
Highest
110 min Feb 17
Average
34 min
Lowest
15 min Sep 13
Highest
54 min Dec 28
Average
37 min
Lowest
22 min Sep 2025
Highest
46 min Mar 2025
Average
43 min
Lowest
36 min 2026
Highest
50 min 2023
Ride status
Down twice for 1h 8m in total
- 5:04pm – 5:22pm 17m
- 8:43pm – 9:35pm 51m
Broke down on 20 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.