The Seas with Nemo & Friends wait times

What it is

A gentle clamshell ride through scenes from Finding Nemo that ends at one of the largest saltwater aquariums in the world, with sharks, rays and turtles to explore afterwards.

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

Opened: 2007 (19 years ago)

Best time to ride

Quietest: around 8am (typically ~5 min posted). Busiest: around 11am (~20 min). In the first 15 minutes after the park opens it typically posts ~5 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 The Seas with Nemo & Friends, a posted 60 minutes at 2pm has typically meant about 32 minutes in line, and at 8pm about 23 (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 aquarium holds about 5.7 million gallons of water.

Ride facts

About 5 minutes including boarding · Seating: clamobiles, 2 (small 3rd) per shell · Lightning Lane: Tier 2