Na'vi River Journey wait times

What it is

A slow boat ride through a glowing bioluminescent rainforest on Pandora, ending with the Shaman of Songs. Calm, beautiful and short.

Thrill level: ●●●●● Gentle (1/5) · mostly in the dark · no height requirement

Opened: 27 May 2017 (9 years ago)

Best time to ride

Quietest: around 8pm (typically ~10 min posted). Busiest: around 10am (~45 min). In the first 15 minutes after the park opens it typically posts ~15 min.

Typical means the median posted wait across every day in our log at that hour; crowd level, weather and breakdowns move it. For a specific date, the planner adjusts for that day’s forecast crowd.

Typical posted wait by hour

Bar = median; numbers on the right = typical range (middle half of days).

By day of the weekaverage 10am–6pm

Through the year2015–2021 history

Average posted wait by month from 2015–2021 records. Waits ran higher before the current Lightning Lane system, so read this for the seasonal shape — which months are busiest — not for today’s numbers; the hourly table above is current.

Posted vs real wait

Disney’s posted waits run high. For Na'vi River Journey, a posted 60 minutes at 2pm has typically meant about 48 minutes in line, and at 8pm about 32 (from timed waits people recorded, 2015–2021 — before today’s Lightning Lane system, so treat it as an estimate). DisneyIQ shows both numbers on the live board.

Did you know?

The Shaman of Songs is one of the most advanced Audio-Animatronics Disney has ever built.

Ride facts

About 5 minutes including boarding · Seating: reed boats, 2 rows of 4 · Lightning Lane: Tier 1