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Disneyland (California) · California · typical hours 8 AM–10 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Radiator Springs Racers first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. The headline evening show is World of Color, typically around 9 PM — ride headliners while the crowds watch it and waits drop 30–50%.
Worth it on busy days: One ride carries the whole argument.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plans23 rides open, 10 closed · average posted wait 7 min, 17 min below typical.
| Attraction | Posted wait |
|---|---|
| Guardians of the Galaxy - Monsters After Dark 35 below typical | 30 min |
| Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging | 15 min |
| Radiator Springs Racers 55 below typical | 15 min |
| Soarin’ Across America 20 below typical | 15 min |
| Incredicoaster 25 below typical | 10 min |
| Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! 25 below typical | 10 min |
| Golden Zephyr | 5 min |
| Goofy's Sky School 25 below typical | 5 min |
| Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind 10 below typical | 5 min |
| Jessie's Critter Carousel | 5 min |
| Jumpin' Jellyfish | 5 min |
| Luigi's Honkin' Haul-O-Ween 15 below typical | 5 min |
| Mater's Graveyard JamBOOree 15 below typical | 5 min |
| Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging 15 below typical | 5 min |
| Silly Symphony Swings | 5 min |
| The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure 5 below typical | 5 min |
| Toy Story Midway Mania! 35 below typical | 5 min |
| Villains Grove at Oogie Boogie Bash 5 below typical | 5 min |
| WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure 35 below typical | 5 min |
| Incredicoaster Single Rider | 0 min |
| Radiator Springs Racers Single Rider | 0 min |
| Silly Symphony Swings Single Rider | 0 min |
| WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure Single Rider | 0 min |
Closed right now: Animation Academy, Games of Pixar Pier, Grizzly River Run, Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!, Mickey's PhilharMagic, Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, Sorcerer's Workshop, The Bakery Tour, Turtle Talk with Crush, World of Color – ONE.
Posted waits as of 10:57 PM park time, refreshed every few minutes. Posted waits are the park’s own figures via Queue-Times.com. Plan around them in the app →
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| Day | Park hours (local time) |
|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct | 8 AM – 6 PM Special Ticketed Event from 6 PM (separate ticket) |
| Fri 23 Oct | 8 AM – 10 PM |
| Sat 24 Oct | 8 AM – 10 PM |
| Sun 25 Oct | 8 AM – 6 PM Special Ticketed Event from 6 PM (separate ticket) |
| Mon 26 Oct | 8 AM – 9 PM |
| Tue 27 Oct | 8 AM – 6 PM Special Ticketed Event from 6 PM (separate ticket) |
| Wed 28 Oct | 8 AM – 9 PM |
From the park’s published schedule. Hours change, and evening events can close the park to day guests early — check with the park before you go.
Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 1 PM–3 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a California Adventure day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 8 AM | 35% of the day's peak |
| 9 AM | 52% of the day's peak |
| 10 AM | 72% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 88% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 97% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 95% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 90% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 83% of the day's peak |
| 6 PM | 75% of the day's peak |
| 7 PM | 65% of the day's peak |
| 8 PM | 53% of the day's peak |
| 9 PM | 40% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. Radiator Springs Racers is the only line here that reaches Disneyland-park lengths, and it does so within twenty minutes of opening.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during summer, Halloween Time and the winter holidays, plus the Food & Wine Festival in spring.
The best value for short lines is January, February, early May and September weekdays.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.
Separate evening ticket
Selected nights, sells out well in advance, and the park closes to day tickets before it starts.
This year: 33 event nights between 18 August and 31 October.
On a confirmed event night, Mila ends your day plan before day guests are asked to leave.
Worth it on busy days
One ride carries the whole argument. If you can rope drop Radiator Springs Racers or get a Single Pass for it, skip the rest — California Adventure's other lines are manageable without paying.
Price: roughly $15–$35 per person/day. Prices change often and by date — treat this as a range, not a quote.
Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.
Check today's waits before you buyPlanning ahead? The free California Adventure crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up. Or see all the Disneyland Resort parks side by side.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on moderate days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.
We detect long closures automatically from the live feed — a ride reporting closed all day, for three operating days running, is down for something structural. This park's archive is still filling; the list appears here as soon as there is enough history to be sure.
Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Mildlevel 2 | Moderatelevel 3 | Busylevel 4 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiator Springs Racers | 40–5545 typical | 40–6550 typical | 45–7560 typical | 50–8070 typical | 60–10580 typical |
| Guardians of the Galaxy - Monsters After Dark | 25–5035 typical | 20–6045 typical | 30–6545 typical | 30–7055 typical | 50–9070 typical |
| Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! | 20–4025 typical | 25–4030 typical | 25–4535 typical | 35–5545 typical | 40–6550 typical |
| WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure | 15–3530 typical | 20–4030 typical | 25–4535 typical | 25–4535 typical | 35–5545 typical |
| Toy Story Midway Mania! | 20–4030 typical | 20–4035 typical | 25–4535 typical | 25–4535 typical | 30–5545 typical |
| Soarin’ Across America | 15–3525 typical | 15–3525 typical | 20–4030 typical | 25–4535 typical | 30–5040 typical |
| Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! | 10–3020 typical | 10–3525 typical | 20–4030 typical | 15–4530 typical | 25–4540 typical |
| Goofy's Sky School | 10–2015 typical | 10–3020 typical | 10–3020 typical | 15–3525 typical | 20–4535 typical |
| Incredicoaster | 5–2015 typical | 5–2515 typical | 15–3020 typical | 15–4025 typical | 25–4535 typical |
| Grizzly River Run | 5–2510 typical | 5–3010 typical | 5–4020 typical | 5–3510 typical | 5–3010 typical |
| Luigi's Honkin' Haul-O-Ween | 5–1510 typical | 5–2010 typical | 10–2015 typical | 10–2520 typical | 15–3530 typical |
| The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure | 5–105 typical | 5–155 typical | 5–2510 typical | 5–2515 typical | 5–3020 typical |
| Mater's Graveyard JamBOOree | 5–105 typical | 5–155 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–2015 typical | 15–3020 typical |
| Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging | 5–1510 typical | 5–2010 typical | 5–2010 typical | 5–2520 typical | 10–3025 typical |
| Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging | 5–1510 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–2515 typical | 5–3020 typical |
| Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind | 5–105 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–2515 typical |
| Golden Zephyr | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–155 typical |
| Jumpin' Jellyfish | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–155 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 17 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.
Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 8 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
8 AM–9 AM and 9 PM–10 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 1 PM–3 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Radiator Springs Racers, then Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure and Incredicoaster. Radiator Springs Racers is the only line here that reaches Disneyland-park lengths, and it does so within twenty minutes of opening.
January, February, May and September — January, February, early May and September weekdays. Avoid June, July, August, October and December, when summer, Halloween Time and the winter holidays, plus the Food & Wine Festival in spring.
One ride carries the whole argument. If you can rope drop Radiator Springs Racers or get a Single Pass for it, skip the rest — California Adventure's other lines are manageable without paying.
Planning more than one day? These share the resort — and usually the crowd calendar.