Animal Kingdom wait time statistics

Avatar Flight of Passage has the longest average wait at Animal Kingdom, at 80 minutes, followed by Na'vi River Journey (45 minutes) and Kilimanjaro Safaris (38 minutes). 3 of the 10 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.

Avatar Flight of Passage sees the longest peak waits at Animal Kingdom, with its daily maximum averaging 115 minutes, ahead of Kilimanjaro Safaris (73 minutes) and Na'vi River Journey (68 minutes).

Animal Kingdom is usually quietest in September, when crowd levels average as low as 28%. The busiest month tends to be March, at around 65%.

Wednesday is typically the quietest day of the week at Animal Kingdom, averaging 44% compared with 58% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 6 percentage points quieter than weekends.

So far in 2026, Animal Kingdom is running 4 percentage points quieter than at the same point in 2025 (40% compared with 44%). Of the full years on record, 2018 was the busiest, averaging 74%. 2020 and 2021 are left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels in those years.