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.

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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	–	–	–	–	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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	–	–	–	–	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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	–	–	–	–	–	–