Mad Tea Party wait times

What it is

The spinning teacups. Turn the wheel in the middle to spin faster, or leave it alone for a gentle ride.

Thrill level: ●●●●● Mild (2/5) · spinning · motion-sickness risk · no height requirement

Opened: 1 October 1971 (55 years ago)

Best time to ride

Quietest: around 8am (typically ~5 min posted). Busiest: around 12pm (~10 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 Mad Tea Party, a posted 60 minutes at 2pm has typically meant about 44 minutes in line, and at 8pm about 36 (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?

An opening-day original; how dizzy you get is entirely up to your own crew.

Ride facts

About 2 minutes including boarding · Seating: one teacup fits the whole party — everyone spins together · Lightning Lane: Tier 2