Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid wait times

What it is

A gentle ride in clamshells through the story of The Little Mermaid, with Ariel's songs and Ursula's lair. Short lines most of the day.

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

Opened: 6 December 2012 (14 years ago)

Best time to ride

Quietest: around 8am (typically ~5 min posted). Busiest: around 1pm (~15 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 Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid, 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?

It opened as part of the New Fantasyland expansion; the clamshells move on a continuous chain, so the line keeps moving.

Ride facts

About 7 minutes including boarding · Seating: clamshells, 2 (small 3rd) per shell · Lightning Lane: Tier 2