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October 16, 2026 · Friday
Very High Crowds Expected

EPCOT expects very high crowds on October 16, 2026, with an average predicted wait of 40 min minutes across 16 rides. The best time to arrive is 9 AM. Peak waits are predicted to reach 122 min minutes.

40 min
Avg Predicted Wait
122 min
Peak Predicted Wait
9 AM
Best Hour to Arrive
16
Rides Tracked

Today's Strategy

  • Arrive by 9 AM for the shortest waits (avg 26 min).
  • Consider Lightning Lane for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind — predicted 122+ min wait.

⏱ Rope Drop Pick

Early Theme Park Entry
Test Track
World Discovery
Also available via Multi Pass — may not need to rope drop
37 min
vs 83 min peak
Save 42 min
Frozen Ever After
World Showcase
Also available via Multi Pass — may not need to rope drop
24 min
vs 65 min peak
Save 32 min
All Guests
Soarin' Across America
World Nature
Also available via Multi Pass — may not need to rope drop
10 min
vs 38 min peak
Save 23 min
Test Track
World Discovery
Also available via Multi Pass — may not need to rope drop
61 min
vs 83 min peak
Save 18 min

⏰ Peak Hours & Hotel Break

Peak Window
5 PM - 8 PM
Avg 66 min waits
Hotel Break
5 PM - 8 PM
Headliner waits average 66 min (5 PM-8 PM) vs 58 min park-wide. Skip the lines — hit the pool.

🍴 Dining Strategy

Eat dinner at 5 PM (headliners typically 67 min), then ride at 8 PM (61 min): about 6 min less per headliner.
Dinner
Eat at
5 PM
67 min headliner avg
→
Then ride at
8 PM
61 min headliner avg
What this saves you:
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure 67 min → 49 min (-18)
Soarin' Across America 37 min → 25 min (-12)
Frozen Ever After 62 min → 53 min (-9)
About 6 min less per headliner ride

📈 Wait Time Escalation

How fast waits climb from park open. Headliners only.
Soarin' Across America MULTIPASS
+28 min in 3h
Park Open
10
min
+1h
29
min
+2h
38
min
+3h
38
min

EPCOT — Predicted Crowd Level by Hour

Ride-by-Ride Predictions

1
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind · 4 min ride
122
min predicted
2
Test Track · 4 min ride
96
min predicted
3
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure · 5 min ride
81
min predicted
4
Frozen Ever After · 5 min ride
77
min predicted
5
Soarin' Across America · 5 min ride
50
min predicted
6
Spaceship Earth · 16 min ride
24
min predicted
7
Mission: SPACE · 4 min ride
23
min predicted
8
The Seas with Nemo & Friends · 4 min ride
23
min predicted
9
Impressions de France · 18 min ride
22
min predicted
10
Living with the Land · 14 min ride
19
min predicted
11
Turtle Talk With Crush · 15 min ride
18
min predicted
12
Reflections of China · 13 min ride
18
min predicted
13
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along · 10 min ride
17
min predicted
14
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros · 8 min ride
16
min predicted
15
Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360 · 10 min ride
16
min predicted
16
Journey Into Imagination With Figment · 11 min ride
14
min predicted

Prediction Accuracy (So Far)

75%
Accurate

Our predictions were 75% accurate so far today at EPCOT, with an average error of 10 minutes across 16 rides tracked.

A prediction is "accurate" when within 10 minutes of the actual average wait.

Daily Average by Ride 16 rides
Ride Predicted Actual Diff
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind 122m 75m 47m off
Test Track 96m 66m 30m off
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure 81m 55m 26m off
Frozen Ever After 77m 63m 14m off
Soarin' Across America 50m 53m ✓
Spaceship Earth 24m 18m ✓
Mission: SPACE 23m 19m ✓
The Seas with Nemo & Friends 23m 18m ✓
Impressions de France 22m 20m ✓
Living with the Land 19m 12m ✓
Turtle Talk With Crush 18m 15m ✓
Reflections of China 18m 15m ✓
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along 17m 15m ✓
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros 16m 14m ✓
Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360 16m 15m ✓
Journey Into Imagination With Figment 14m 10m ✓

Biggest miss: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (predicted 122m, actual 75m).

Hourly Breakdown 13 hours

How accurate were predictions for each hour of the day, averaged across all rides.

Hour Accuracy Avg Error Rides
8 AM 100% 2m 7
9 AM 77% 6m 13
10 AM 71% 7m 14
11 AM 71% 7m 14
12 PM 79% 6m 14
1 PM 79% 6m 14
2 PM 79% 7m 14
3 PM 86% 5m 14
4 PM 86% 8m 14
8 PM 71% 8m 14
9 PM 73% 7m 11
10 PM 33% 20m 12
11 PM 42% 16m 12
Per-Ride Hourly Detail expand each ride
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind 47m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
8 AM 70m 67m ✓
9 AM 88m 101m 13m
10 AM 79m 82m ✓
11 AM 85m 73m 12m
12 PM 87m 75m 12m
1 PM 83m 72m 11m
2 PM 82m 82m ✓
3 PM 81m 84m ✓
4 PM 89m 79m ✓
8 PM 114m 90m 24m
10 PM 0m 53m 53m
11 PM 0m 36m 36m
Test Track 30m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
8 AM 40m 40m ✓
9 AM 67m 80m 13m
10 AM 70m 89m 19m
11 AM 85m 72m 13m
12 PM 81m 81m ✓
1 PM 79m 77m ✓
2 PM 79m 65m 14m
3 PM 77m 68m ✓
4 PM 91m 55m 36m
8 PM 80m 64m 16m
9 PM 82m 55m 27m
10 PM 0m 38m 38m
11 PM 0m 36m 36m
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure 26m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
8 AM 47m 53m ✓
9 AM 36m 69m 33m
10 AM 43m 54m 11m
11 AM 49m 51m ✓
12 PM 49m 50m ✓
1 PM 56m 58m ✓
2 PM 62m 61m ✓
3 PM 65m 64m ✓
4 PM 69m 79m ✓
8 PM 53m 45m ✓
9 PM 51m 42m ✓
10 PM 0m 23m 23m
11 PM 0m 10m ✓
Frozen Ever After 14m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
10 AM 48m 49m ✓
11 AM 54m 75m 21m
12 PM 62m 73m 11m
1 PM 65m 82m 17m
2 PM 70m 77m ✓
3 PM 71m 78m ✓
4 PM 67m 72m ✓
8 PM 58m 58m ✓
9 PM 37m 42m ✓
10 PM 0m 36m 36m
11 PM 0m 15m 15m
Soarin' Across America 3m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
8 AM 7m 5m ✓
9 AM 11m 15m ✓
10 AM 32m 58m 26m
11 AM 42m 69m 27m
12 PM 42m 74m 32m
1 PM 38m 68m 30m
2 PM 39m 90m 51m
3 PM 40m 54m 14m
4 PM 39m 54m 15m
8 PM 27m 60m 33m
9 PM 18m 20m ✓
10 PM 0m 19m 19m
11 PM 0m 20m 20m
Spaceship Earth 6m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
8 AM 6m 5m ✓
9 AM 10m 10m ✓
10 AM 25m 32m ✓
11 AM 28m 27m ✓
12 PM 22m 25m ✓
1 PM 17m 21m ✓
2 PM 16m 16m ✓
3 PM 15m 17m ✓
4 PM 17m 22m ✓
8 PM 13m 20m ✓
9 PM 8m 5m ✓
10 PM 0m 5m ✓
11 PM 0m 5m ✓
Mission: SPACE 4m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
8 AM 15m 15m ✓
9 AM 15m 15m ✓
10 AM 19m 28m ✓
11 AM 23m 29m ✓
12 PM 24m 15m ✓
1 PM 20m 17m ✓
2 PM 20m 20m ✓
3 PM 18m 17m ✓
4 PM 17m 15m ✓
8 PM 18m 15m ✓
9 PM 16m 15m ✓
10 PM 0m 15m 15m
11 PM 0m 15m 15m
The Seas with Nemo & Friends 5m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
8 AM 6m 5m ✓
9 AM 6m 5m ✓
10 AM 16m 27m 11m
11 AM 26m 28m ✓
12 PM 25m 30m ✓
1 PM 19m 23m ✓
2 PM 11m 14m ✓
3 PM 12m 28m 16m
4 PM 11m 10m ✓
8 PM 8m 15m ✓
9 PM 7m 5m ✓
10 PM 0m 5m ✓
11 PM 0m 5m ✓
Impressions de France 2m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
9 AM 23m 20m ✓
Living with the Land 7m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
9 AM 6m 5m ✓
10 AM 18m 22m ✓
11 AM 24m 20m ✓
12 PM 21m 18m ✓
1 PM 19m 13m ✓
2 PM 14m 17m ✓
3 PM 14m 8m ✓
4 PM 14m 7m ✓
8 PM 6m 5m ✓
9 PM 6m 5m ✓
10 PM 0m 5m ✓
11 PM 0m 5m ✓
Turtle Talk With Crush 3m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
10 AM 16m 15m ✓
11 AM 17m 15m ✓
12 PM 17m 15m ✓
1 PM 18m 15m ✓
2 PM 17m 15m ✓
3 PM 16m 15m ✓
4 PM 16m 15m ✓
8 PM 16m 15m ✓
Reflections of China 3m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
9 AM 22m 15m ✓
10 AM 18m 15m ✓
11 AM 18m 15m ✓
12 PM 18m 15m ✓
1 PM 18m 15m ✓
2 PM 18m 15m ✓
3 PM 18m 15m ✓
4 PM 18m 15m ✓
8 PM 17m 15m ✓
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along 2m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
9 PM 0m 15m 15m
10 PM 0m 15m 15m
11 PM 0m 15m 15m
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros 2m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
9 AM 6m 5m ✓
10 AM 6m 5m ✓
11 AM 6m 5m ✓
12 PM 8m 5m ✓
1 PM 11m 12m ✓
2 PM 14m 29m 15m
3 PM 13m 16m ✓
4 PM 11m 20m ✓
8 PM 7m 20m 13m
9 PM 6m 20m 14m
10 PM 0m 20m 20m
11 PM 0m 20m 20m
Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360 1m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
9 AM 16m 15m ✓
10 AM 16m 15m ✓
11 AM 16m 15m ✓
12 PM 16m 15m ✓
1 PM 16m 15m ✓
2 PM 16m 15m ✓
3 PM 16m 15m ✓
4 PM 16m 15m ✓
8 PM 16m 15m ✓
Journey Into Imagination With Figment 4m off
Hour Pred Actual Diff
9 AM 6m 5m ✓
10 AM 9m 16m ✓
11 AM 17m 17m ✓
12 PM 13m 12m ✓
1 PM 11m 9m ✓
2 PM 10m 12m ✓
3 PM 9m 8m ✓
4 PM 12m 9m ✓
8 PM 6m 5m ✓
9 PM 6m 5m ✓
10 PM 0m 5m ✓
11 PM 0m 5m ✓
Based on 98,346 data points collected every 5 minutes. Last updated: 04:51 PM ET.

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