The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror wait times

Disney Adventure World, Disneyland Paris · typical posted waits from our own wait log, updated daily

Disney Adventure World is closed right now — today’s hours 09:30–22:00. Typical waits below.

What it is

A haunted-hotel elevator ride with repeated drops and launches in the dark.

Thrill level: Thrilling (4/5) · drops · mostly in the dark · spooky for little ones · must be 40 in (102 cm) or taller

Opened: 2008 (18 years ago)

Best time to ride

Quietest: around 8am (typically ~5 min posted). Busiest: around 11am (~50 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

8am 5 min 5–20

9am 20 min 10–30

10am 40 min 30–50

11am 50 min 40–60

12pm 45 min 35–60

1pm 40 min 30–50

2pm 35 min 25–55

3pm 40 min 30–50

4pm 40 min 30–50

5pm 35 min 25–50

6pm 30 min 20–45

7pm 35 min 20–50

8pm 25 min 20–35

9pm 15 min 5–25

10pm 5 min 5–5

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

By day of the weekaverage 10am–6pm

Sun 45 min

Mon 43 min

Tue 44 min

Wed 41 min

Thu 39 min

Fri 32 min

Sat 39 min

Ride facts

About 8 minutes including boarding · Height requirement 40 in (102 cm) · Seating: elevator rows of ~3-4

Our Disney Adventure World forecasts have been off by an average of 5.6 min per ride-hour across 9 graded days. Every morning we freeze the forecast and grade it against what happened — see the public scorecard.

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