Best Time to Ride at Disneyland Resort
58 attractions ranked by peak-vs-best spread. Bigger spread = bigger reward for timing it right.
Why this matters: our optimizer saves a median +70 minutes per Disney day with an 84% win rate — and timing each ride to its best hour is the single biggest lever. Click any attraction for the full hour-by-hour wait curve.
| Ride | Park | Best hour | Worst hour | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly River Run | California Adventure | 23:00 5 min |
16:00 87 min |
82 min |
| Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! | California Adventure | 11:00 48 min |
00:00 130 min |
81 min |
| Radiator Springs Racers | California Adventure | 01:00 42 min |
19:00 122 min |
79 min |
| Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
19:00 82 min |
77 min |
| Soarin' Over California | California Adventure | 11:00 30 min |
19:00 98 min |
67 min |
| Incredicoaster | California Adventure | 11:00 26 min |
00:00 90 min |
63 min |
| Space Mountain | Disneyland | 03:00 12 min |
22:00 76 min |
63 min |
| Toy Story Midway Mania! | California Adventure | 00:00 16 min |
20:00 77 min |
60 min |
| Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run | Disneyland | 03:00 5 min |
17:00 61 min |
56 min |
| Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
15:00 58 min |
53 min |
| Goofy's Sky School | California Adventure | 11:00 8 min |
19:00 61 min |
53 min |
| Matterhorn Bobsleds | Disneyland | 02:00 8 min |
17:00 62 min |
53 min |
| Indiana Jones™ Adventure | Disneyland | 03:00 15 min |
17:00 66 min |
50 min |
| WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure | California Adventure | 11:00 21 min |
16:00 70 min |
48 min |
| Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
15:00 53 min |
48 min |
| Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
15:00 52 min |
47 min |
| Star Tours - The Adventures Continue | Disneyland | 02:00 5 min |
15:00 51 min |
46 min |
| Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | Disneyland | 03:00 5 min |
18:00 50 min |
45 min |
| Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland | 00:00 35 min |
15:00 78 min |
42 min |
| Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
22:00 46 min |
41 min |
| Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
21:00 44 min |
39 min |
| Dumbo the Flying Elephant | Disneyland | 02:00 5 min |
14:00 40 min |
35 min |
| Astro Orbitor | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
14:00 39 min |
34 min |
| Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters | California Adventure | 11:00 7 min |
14:00 41 min |
34 min |
| The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
14:00 39 min |
34 min |
| Haunted Mansion | Disneyland | 02:00 13 min |
16:00 47 min |
34 min |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland | 03:00 5 min |
16:00 38 min |
33 min |
| Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster | Disneyland | 00:00 5 min |
19:00 37 min |
32 min |
| Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
15:00 36 min |
31 min |
| Mater's Junkyard Jamboree | California Adventure | 00:00 5 min |
14:00 35 min |
30 min |
| "it's a small world" | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
17:00 34 min |
29 min |
| Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
17:00 33 min |
28 min |
| Jumpin' Jellyfish | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
18:00 32 min |
27 min |
| Autopia | Disneyland | 03:00 5 min |
21:00 31 min |
26 min |
| Peter Pan's Flight | Disneyland | 03:00 15 min |
11:00 40 min |
25 min |
| Alice in Wonderland | Disneyland | 02:00 9 min |
16:00 34 min |
24 min |
| Golden Zephyr | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
00:00 28 min |
23 min |
| Mr. Toad's Wild Ride | Disneyland | 00:00 5 min |
18:00 26 min |
21 min |
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Disneyland | 02:00 5 min |
16:00 25 min |
20 min |
| Snow White's Enchanted Wish | Disneyland | 02:00 5 min |
15:00 23 min |
18 min |
| Silly Symphony Swings | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
14:00 22 min |
17 min |
| Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes | Disneyland | 13:00 5 min |
16:00 22 min |
17 min |
| Storybook Land Canal Boats | Disneyland | 03:00 5 min |
14:00 22 min |
17 min |
| Disneyland Monorail | Disneyland | 00:00 5 min |
22:00 20 min |
15 min |
| Pinocchio's Daring Journey | Disneyland | 00:00 5 min |
16:00 20 min |
15 min |
| Mad Tea Party | Disneyland | 02:00 5 min |
15:00 19 min |
14 min |
| Casey Jr. Circus Train | Disneyland | 02:00 5 min |
22:00 18 min |
13 min |
| Disneyland Railroad | Disneyland | 11:00 5 min |
02:00 15 min |
10 min |
| Jessie's Critter Carousel | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
00:00 13 min |
8 min |
| King Arthur Carrousel | Disneyland | 02:00 5 min |
15:00 13 min |
8 min |
| Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | Disneyland | 01:00 13 min |
13:00 20 min |
6 min |
| Games of Pixar Pier | California Adventure | 11:00 5 min |
12:00 10 min |
5 min |
| Sailing Ship Columbia | Disneyland | 14:00 5 min |
14:00 10 min |
4 min |
| Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island | Disneyland | 12:00 5 min |
15:00 5 min |
0 min |
| Mark Twain Riverboat | Disneyland | 12:00 9 min |
12:00 10 min |
0 min |
| Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind | California Adventure | 17:00 30 min |
17:00 30 min |
0 min |
| Mickey's PhilharMagic | California Adventure | 12:00 10 min |
12:00 10 min |
0 min |
| Redwood Creek Challenge Trail | California Adventure | 13:00 5 min |
13:00 5 min |
0 min |