Carnation Café Walk-Up Waitlist: Best Time to Walk Up

Disneyland · posted walk-up waits by hour, park time

Shortest wait

3 PM–4 PM

avg 36 min · 12 days

Longest wait

9 AM–10 AM

avg 52 min · 13 days

All hours

44 min

avg posted wait · 14 days of data

List open

48%

of checks in the hours shown

Posted walk-up wait by hour

Hour	Avg	Median	List open	Days
9 AM–10 AM	52 min	53 min	31%	13
10 AM–11 AM	48 min	48 min	8%	6
11 AM–12 PM	50 min	52 min	14%	9
12 PM–1 PM	41 min	45 min	57%	13
1 PM–2 PM	45 min	50 min	57%	12
2 PM–3 PM	39 min	43 min	69%	12
3 PM–4 PM	36 min	36 min	76%	12
4 PM–5 PM	36 min	41 min	81%	13
5 PM–6 PM	47 min	49 min	64%	12
6 PM–7 PM	47 min	51 min	26%	8

How to read this. Waits are the walk-up waitlist times Disney's app posted for Carnation Café (October 14, 2026 to October 27, 2026), averaged per day and hour in park time. They only count when the walk-up list was open, so a short average can still mean the list was often closed; "List open" is the share of the app's checks in that hour with the list open. Hours with fewer than 5 days of data are left out. Mobile Order times are not walk-up waits and are not included.

Walk-Ups Here Run Long

Carnation Café averages 44 min on the walk-up list, and the list was open in 48% of checks. A reservation is the safer bet — a free dining alert tells you when a table opens.

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