RopeDrop Disney Wait Index: October 2026
In October 2026, Tokyo DisneySea had the longest average posted standby wait of the 12 Disney parks we track, 36 minutes, and Disneyland Paris the shortest, 18 minutes.
The index is each park's average posted standby wait across every attraction we logged that month, weighted by readings (we log every 5 minutes), from the RopeDrop wait-time log. Days are park-local. Posted waits are the times the parks display, which often run longer than the real wait.
Average posted wait by park, October 2026
| Park | Average | vs month before | Busiest day | Calmest day | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo DisneySea | 36 min | -1.0 min | Sun, Oct 11 (50 min) | Sat, Oct 31 (25 min) | 31 |
| Hollywood Studios | 32 min | +0.4 min | Mon, Oct 12 (46 min) | Tue, Oct 20 (20 min) | 31 |
| Disney Adventure World | 30 min | -2.5 min | Tue, Oct 13 (36 min) | Sat, Oct 31 (22 min) | 31 |
| EPCOT | 27 min | +0.1 min | Mon, Oct 12 (35 min) | Wed, Oct 28 (20 min) | 31 |
| Shanghai Disneyland | 27 min | +2.8 min | Mon, Oct 5 (42 min) | Fri, Oct 23 (17 min) | 31 |
| Hong Kong Disneyland | 23 min | +2.0 min | Sat, Oct 31 (38 min) | Wed, Oct 7 (13 min) | 31 |
| California Adventure | 22 min | +2.2 min | Sat, Oct 10 (35 min) | Tue, Oct 6 (13 min) | 31 |
| Tokyo Disneyland | 22 min | +3.9 min | Sat, Oct 3 (33 min) | Fri, Oct 30 (15 min) | 31 |
| Animal Kingdom | 22 min | -0.3 min | Mon, Oct 12 (38 min) | Wed, Oct 28 (12 min) | 31 |
| Magic Kingdom | 19 min | +0.2 min | Wed, Oct 14 (35 min) | Thu, Oct 1 (12 min) | 31 |
| Disneyland | 19 min | +0.4 min | Sat, Oct 10 (26 min) | Wed, Oct 7 (13 min) | 31 |
| Disneyland Paris | 18 min | +1.6 min | Tue, Oct 27 (20 min) | Wed, Oct 7 (14 min) | 31 |
Longest average posted waits, October 2026
Other months
Daily numbers for every ride are in the open data CSVs (CC BY 4.0). To cite the index: "Source: RopeDrop Disney Wait Index, ropedropplanner.com", linking this page.