Best Time to Ride at Disneyland

36 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
Tiana's Bayou Adventure	Disneyland	11:00 5 min	19:00 82 min	77 min
Space Mountain	Disneyland	03:00 12 min	22:00 76 min	63 min
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run	Disneyland	03:00 5 min	17:00 61 min	56 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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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