The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Reliability & Wait Patterns

Walt Disney Studios Park · Based on 15415 wait-time samples

0.58
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.
35m
Typical (p50) wait
60m
Busy (p90) wait
90m
Worst-case (p99)
130m
All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

35m
Weekday average
32m
Weekend average
0.92×
Weekend multiplier

Lightning Lane sell-out pattern

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror sells out at a median of 20:33 local time, on 10 of 51 observed days (19%).

Downtime by hour

Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).

0
100%
1
100%
2
75%
3
26%
4
0%
5
0%
6
1%
7
0%
8
0%
9
0%
10
0%
11
0%
12
1%
13
2%
14
1%
15
44%
16
68%
17
99%
18
100%
19
100%
20
100%
21
100%
22
100%
23
100%

Best & worst hours by day of week

Average standby wait (minutes). Green = lowest of day, red = highest.

DOW8910111213141516171819202122
Mon 41 38 40 35 31 24 22 9 12 25
Tue 41 45 40 37 35 31 27 19 9
Wed 41 43 48 38 37 30 28 22 11
Thu 41 38 40 45 34 30 26 14 5
Fri 36 40 39 36 35 31 24 10 6
Sat 38 36 41 40 40 30 27 16 5
Sun 35 32 34 32 29 23 24 16 8

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

37m
Clear
31m
Cloudy
35m
Drizzle
36m
Partly Cloudy
41m
Rain

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is reported DOWN:

Avengers Assemble: Flight Force
+7m (37%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

RC Racer
+9m (26%)
Les Tapis Volants - Flying Carpets Over Agrabah®
+6m (16%)
Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop
+6m (16%)

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