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Disneyland (California) · California · typical hours 8 AM–11 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance 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 Fireworks spectacular, typically around 9:30 PM — ride headliners while the crowds watch it and waits drop 30–50%.
Worth it on busy days: Disneyland is compact and its ride capacity is better than Walt Disney World's, so the full Multi Pass is often overkill.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plans38 rides open, 16 closed · average posted wait 8 min, 9 min below typical.
| Attraction | Posted wait |
|---|---|
| Space Mountain 15 below typical | 30 min |
| Peter Pan's Flight 10 below typical | 25 min |
| Astro Orbitor 5 above typical | 20 min |
| Alice in Wonderland 10 below typical | 15 min |
| Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage | 15 min |
| Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin 15 below typical | 15 min |
| Haunted Mansion Holiday 32 below typical | 13 min |
| Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 20 below typical | 10 min |
| Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster 10 below typical | 10 min |
| Dumbo the Flying Elephant 10 below typical | 10 min |
| Jungle Cruise 5 below typical | 10 min |
| Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run 5 below typical | 10 min |
| Mr. Toad's Wild Ride 5 below typical | 10 min |
| Pirates of the Caribbean 10 below typical | 10 min |
| Snow White's Enchanted Wish 5 below typical | 10 min |
| Storybook Land Canal Boats 5 below typical | 10 min |
| "it's a small world" | 5 min |
| Autopia 10 below typical | 5 min |
| Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters 10 below typical | 5 min |
| Casey Jr. Circus Train | 5 min |
| Disneyland Monorail | 5 min |
| Disneyland Railroad | 5 min |
| King Arthur Carrousel | 5 min |
| Mad Tea Party | 5 min |
| Matterhorn Bobsleds 30 below typical | 5 min |
| Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway 25 below typical | 5 min |
| Pinocchio's Daring Journey 5 below typical | 5 min |
| Star Tours - The Adventures Continue 10 below typical | 5 min |
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 5 below typical | 5 min |
| Tiana's Bayou Adventure 20 below typical | 5 min |
| Adventureland Treehouse inspired by Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson | 0 min |
| Donald's Duck Pond | 0 min |
| Frontierland Shootin' Exposition | 0 min |
| Goofy's How-to-Play Yard | 0 min |
| Main Street Cinema | 0 min |
| Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Single Rider | 0 min |
| Tiana's Bayou Adventure Single Rider | 0 min |
| Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | 0 min |
Closed right now: Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, Indiana Jones™ Adventure, Main Street Vehicles, Mark Twain Riverboat, Meet Disney Princesses at Royal Hall, Mickey's House and Meet Mickey Mouse, Minnie's House, Opera House - Walt Disney - A Magical Life, Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, Pixar Short Film Spotlight, Sailing Ship Columbia, Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, The Disney Gallery, Walt Disney - A Magical Life.
Posted waits as of 10:55 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) |
|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct | 9 AM – 10 PM early entry from 8 AM for eligible guests |
| Sat 24 Oct | 9 AM – 10 PM early entry from 8 AM for eligible guests |
| Sun 25 Oct | 9 AM – 10 PM early entry from 8 AM for eligible guests |
| Mon 26 Oct | 9 AM – 10 PM early entry from 8 AM for eligible guests |
| Tue 27 Oct | 9 AM – 10 PM early entry from 8 AM for eligible guests |
| Wed 28 Oct | 9 AM – 10 PM early entry from 8 AM for eligible guests |
| Thu 29 Oct | 9 AM – 10 PM early entry from 8 AM for eligible guests |
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–4 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Disneyland 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 | 51% of the day's peak |
| 10 AM | 69% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 85% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 96% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 98% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 93% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 87% of the day's peak |
| 6 PM | 81% of the day's peak |
| 7 PM | 74% of the day's peak |
| 8 PM | 64% of the day's peak |
| 9 PM | 52% of the day's peak |
| 10 PM | 40% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. Rise has the deepest demand, and Indiana Jones and Peter Pan both have low capacity that never catches up once the park fills.
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 weekends and the Christmas season, when annual passholders and tourists overlap.
The best value for short lines is January and February after New Year, early May, and mid-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, separate ticket, and day guests are asked to leave in the early evening. Its sibling park runs Oogie Boogie Bash on its own nights.
Usually runs in August, September and October — check the park's calendar for this year's dates.
Visiting by day on an event night? Plan to finish by late afternoon, and check which nights are event nights.
Worth it on busy days
Disneyland is compact and its ride capacity is better than Walt Disney World's, so the full Multi Pass is often overkill. The sharper play is a single Lightning Lane Single Pass for Rise of the Resistance plus a genuine rope drop — that combination beats paying for everything on all but the busiest dates.
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 Disneyland 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.
Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through October 23, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Pixar Short Film Spotlight | August 27, 2026 | 58 operating days |
| Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough | August 27, 2026 | 58 operating days |
| Indiana Jones™ Adventure | September 9, 2026 | 45 operating days |
| Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes | October 19, 2026 | 5 operating days |
| Sailing Ship Columbia | October 19, 2026 | 5 operating days |
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Mad Tea Party | September 15, 2026 | 31 operating days |
| Frontierland Shootin' Exposition | August 27, 2026 | 15 operating days |
| Mark Twain Riverboat | September 9, 2026 | 3 operating days |
Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haunted Mansion Holiday | 20–3530 typical | 30–4540 typical | 35–5045 typical | 40–5545 typical | 45–6555 typical |
| Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | 25–4030 typical | 35–4540 typical | 35–5545 typical | 40–6050 typical | 45–6555 typical |
| Space Mountain | 25–4030 typical | 30–4540 typical | 35–5545 typical | 35–5045 typical | 45–6555 typical |
| Matterhorn Bobsleds | 10–2015 typical | 20–3025 typical | 20–3530 typical | 25–4035 typical | 25–5040 typical |
| Indiana Jones™ Adventure | 15–3020 typical | 25–4035 typical | — | — | 35–4545 typical |
| Tiana's Bayou Adventure | 10–4025 typical | 5–4025 typical | 10–4530 typical | 10–4530 typical | 20–4535 typical |
| Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | 5–2015 typical | 15–2520 typical | 20–3525 typical | 20–3530 typical | 25–4535 typical |
| Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway | 10–2515 typical | 15–3025 typical | 20–3530 typical | 20–4030 typical | 20–4535 typical |
| Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin | 15–3525 typical | 25–4035 typical | 20–4030 typical | 20–4535 typical | 25–4540 typical |
| Meet Disney Princesses at Royal Hall | 15–4530 typical | 15–3030 typical | 30–4530 typical | 30–4530 typical | 30–4530 typical |
| Peter Pan's Flight | 20–3025 typical | 25–3530 typical | 25–3530 typical | 25–3530 typical | 30–4035 typical |
| Mickey's House and Meet Mickey Mouse | 10–2515 typical | 15–3020 typical | 15–3020 typical | 15–4030 typical | 15–4025 typical |
| Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster | 5–2010 typical | 5–2015 typical | 10–2520 typical | 15–2520 typical | 15–3525 typical |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | 5–1510 typical | 10–2515 typical | 15–2520 typical | 15–3025 typical | 15–3525 typical |
| Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run | 5–105 typical | 10–1515 typical | 5–2515 typical | 10–3015 typical | 15–3525 typical |
| Jungle Cruise | 5–1010 typical | 5–1510 typical | 10–2015 typical | 10–2015 typical | 10–3020 typical |
| Alice in Wonderland | 10–2015 typical | 15–2020 typical | 15–2520 typical | 20–2520 typical | 20–3025 typical |
| Dumbo the Flying Elephant | 10–2010 typical | 10–2015 typical | 15–2520 typical | 15–2520 typical | 15–3025 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 22 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 10 PM–11 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 1 PM–4 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, then Indiana Jones Adventure and Space Mountain. Rise has the deepest demand, and Indiana Jones and Peter Pan both have low capacity that never catches up once the park fills.
January, February, May and September — January and February after New Year, early May, and mid-September weekdays. Avoid June, July, August, October and December, when summer, Halloween Time weekends and the Christmas season, when annual passholders and tourists overlap.
Disneyland is compact and its ride capacity is better than Walt Disney World's, so the full Multi Pass is often overkill. The sharper play is a single Lightning Lane Single Pass for Rise of the Resistance plus a genuine rope drop — that combination beats paying for everything on all but the busiest dates.
Planning more than one day? These share the resort — and usually the crowd calendar.