Warner Bros. Movie World · Australia · typical hours 10 AM–5 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride DC Rivals HyperCoaster first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. There is no headline evening show, so the final operating hour is usually the quietest time to ride.
Worth it on busy days: On a school-holiday day Fast Track can decide whether you get through your must-ride list at all.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plans16 rides open, 2 closed · average posted wait 11 min, 7 min below typical.
| Attraction | Posted wait |
|---|---|
| SUPERMAN Escape | 30 min |
| Marvin the Martian: Cosmic Boom 5 above typical | 20 min |
| Road Runner Rollercoaster 5 above typical | 20 min |
| SCOOBY-DOO! Spooky Coaster 25 below typical | 20 min |
| DC Rivals HyperCoaster 20 below typical | 15 min |
| Junior Driving School | 15 min |
| Wild West Falls Adventure Ride 15 below typical | 10 min |
| BATWING Spaceshot 10 below typical | 5 min |
| Flight of the Wicked Witch 20 below typical | 5 min |
| GREEN LANTERN Coaster 10 below typical | 5 min |
| Kansas Twister 5 below typical | 5 min |
| Looney Tunes Carousel | 5 min |
| Ride It Backwards - DC Rivals Hypercoaster | 5 min |
| Speedy Gonzales' Tijuana Taxis 5 below typical | 5 min |
| Sylvester & Tweety Cages | 5 min |
| The Flash: Speed Force 10 below typical | 5 min |
Closed right now: JUSTICE LEAGUE 3D - The Ride, Yosemite Sam Railroad.
Posted waits as of 12:39 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) |
|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct | 10:30 AM – 4 PM |
| Thu 22 Oct | 10:30 AM – 4 PM |
| Fri 23 Oct | 10:30 AM – 5 PM |
| Sat 24 Oct | 10 AM – 5 PM |
| Sun 25 Oct | 10 AM – 5 PM |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10:30 AM – 4 PM |
| Tue 27 Oct | 10:30 AM – 4 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–2 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Warner Bros. Movie World 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 |
|---|---|
| 10 AM | 30% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 62% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 91% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 87% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 57% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 30% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. DC Rivals HyperCoaster and The Flash: Speed Force are the headline coasters, and their lines grow through the day. Ride both in the first hour and the afternoon is for shows and everything else.
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 the Queensland school holidays: Easter, late June to mid July, late September to early October, and the long summer break from mid-December.
The best value for short lines is school-term weekdays, though rides close in turn for maintenance through the year, so check the park's maintenance page before you go.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. 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.
Worth it on busy days
On a school-holiday day Fast Track can decide whether you get through your must-ride list at all. On a term-time weekday the queues are usually short enough to go without it.
Price: roughly A$80–A$150 per person · an add-on to entry, one priority ride on each Fast Track ride · price varies by date. 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 Warner Bros. Movie World crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
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.
Nothing is down long-term right now. Every attraction we track at Warner Bros. Movie World has reported open at some point in the last few days. Observed through October 20, 2026.
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Yosemite Sam Railroad | October 13, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE 3D - The Ride | October 17, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOOBY-DOO! Spooky Coaster | 15–3530 typical | 15–6045 typical | 30–6045 typical | 40–6060 typical | 50–9060 typical |
| DC Rivals HyperCoaster | 10–3015 typical | 15–5035 typical | 30–4035 typical | 20–4530 typical | 45–7060 typical |
| Flight of the Wicked Witch | 10–2010 typical | 20–2525 typical | 25–3525 typical | 20–3530 typical | 30–6045 typical |
| SUPERMAN Escape | 10–2515 typical | 30–5035 typical | 15–3520 typical | — | 35–6045 typical |
| Wild West Falls Adventure Ride | 10–2525 typical | 10–2520 typical | 10–4525 typical | 10–4530 typical | 25–6045 typical |
| GREEN LANTERN Coaster | 5–105 typical | 15–3020 typical | 10–1510 typical | 10–3015 typical | 25–4535 typical |
| The Flash: Speed Force | 5–1010 typical | 10–2015 typical | 5–1510 typical | 15–3020 typical | 20–4030 typical |
| BATWING Spaceshot | 5–1510 typical | 10–2010 typical | 10–2015 typical | 10–2015 typical | 25–3525 typical |
| Junior Driving School | 5–1010 typical | 10–1515 typical | 10–1515 typical | 10–2020 typical | 15–3530 typical |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE 3D - The Ride | — | — | — | — | 10–3025 typical |
| Road Runner Rollercoaster | 5–1510 typical | 5–1010 typical | 10–2010 typical | 15–2015 typical | 15–3020 typical |
| Marvin the Martian: Cosmic Boom | 5–155 typical | 5–1510 typical | 10–2010 typical | 10–2020 typical | 15–2525 typical |
| Yosemite Sam Railroad | — | — | 10–1510 typical | — | 5–2010 typical |
| Kansas Twister | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–1010 typical | 5–1515 typical | 10–1510 typical |
| Sylvester & Tweety Cages | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–1510 typical |
| Looney Tunes Carousel | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–1010 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical |
| Speedy Gonzales' Tijuana Taxis | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–1010 typical | 10–1010 typical |
| Ride It Backwards - DC Rivals Hypercoaster | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–1010 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 4 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 10 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
10 AM–11 AM and 4 PM–5 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 1 PM–2 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
DC Rivals HyperCoaster, then The Flash: Speed Force. DC Rivals HyperCoaster and The Flash: Speed Force are the headline coasters, and their lines grow through the day. Ride both in the first hour and the afternoon is for shows and everything else.
February, March, May, August and November — school-term weekdays, though rides close in turn for maintenance through the year, so check the park's maintenance page before you go. Avoid January, April, June, July, September, October and December, when the Queensland school holidays: Easter, late June to mid July, late September to early October, and the long summer break from mid-December.
On a school-holiday day Fast Track can decide whether you get through your must-ride list at all. On a term-time weekday the queues are usually short enough to go without it.