Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind wait times

What it is

An indoor roller coaster that starts with a backwards launch, then whips through space in cars that rotate to point you at the action, all set to an 80s hit. One of the most popular rides at Walt Disney World.

Thrill level: ●●●●● Thrilling (4/5) · launched start · spinning · mostly in the dark · indoors · must be 42 in (107 cm) or taller

Opened: 27 May 2022 (4 years ago)

Best time to ride

Quietest: around 10pm (typically ~50 min posted). Busiest: around 7pm (~80 min). In the first 15 minutes after the park opens it typically posts ~55 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

Posted vs real wait

Disney’s posted waits run high. For Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, a posted 60 minutes at 2pm has typically meant about 44 minutes in line, and at 8pm about 40 (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?

It was Disney's first roller coaster with a reverse launch.

Each ride plays one of several 80s songs, picked at random, so you may not get the same soundtrack twice.

It is one of the longest fully enclosed roller coasters in the world.

Ride facts

About 5 minutes including boarding · Height requirement 42 in (107 cm) · Seating: spinning omnicoaster pairs · Lightning Lane: Single Pass