Rainforest Cafe® at Disney's Animal Kingdom Walk-Up Waitlist: Best Time to Walk Up

Animal Kingdom · posted walk-up waits by hour, park time

Shortest wait

3 PM–4 PM

avg 10 min · 94 days

Longest wait

10 AM–11 AM

avg 18 min · 86 days

All hours

14 min

avg posted wait · 120 days of data

Posted walk-up wait by hour

Hour	Avg	Median	Days
9 AM–10 AM	15 min	10 min	89
10 AM–11 AM	18 min	10 min	86
11 AM–12 PM	14 min	10 min	87
12 PM–1 PM	15 min	10 min	88
1 PM–2 PM	16 min	10 min	92
2 PM–3 PM	10 min	10 min	91
3 PM–4 PM	10 min	10 min	94
4 PM–5 PM	10 min	10 min	89
5 PM–6 PM	16 min	10 min	78
6 PM–7 PM	16 min	10 min	54
7 PM–8 PM	10 min	10 min	12

By day of the week

Day	Avg posted wait	Days
Monday	14 min	16
Tuesday	12 min	16
Wednesday	13 min	17
Thursday	12 min	16
Friday	13 min	20
Saturday	14 min	18
Sunday	18 min	17

How to read this. Waits are the walk-up waitlist times Disney's app posted for Rainforest Cafe® at Disney's Animal Kingdom (May 7, 2026 to October 16, 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. Hours with fewer than 5 days of data are left out. Mobile Order times are not walk-up waits and are not included.

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