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Disney World March 2025 Wait Time Comparisons


Now that March has come and gone, lets take a look at the wait time data across Walt Disney World, and see how it compared to 2024 and other years. March is home to the beginning of Spring Break season, which generally means higher crowds (at times).

The Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom wait times in March continued to trend below previous years, including almost 12% than March 2024. Going back to 2014, average wait times were some of their lowest of the period (which has been the trend for most of the year too).

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  • March 2025 vs:
    • Average Wait: Difference of -2.0 min / -7.2%
    • March 2019: Difference of -12.3 min / -34.6%
    • March 2021: Difference of -3.5 min / -12.4%
    • March 2022: Difference of -9.4 min / -28.0%
    • March 2023: Difference of -3.8 min / -14.2%
    • March 2024: Difference of -3.0 min / -11.6%

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Most Magic Kingdom attractions, across the board, had lower wait times this March (red) compared to last year (2024, blue). TRON Lightcycle / Run and Tiana's Bayou Adventure did not have standby times last March to compare.

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Disney's Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios wait times in March were 10% lower than 2024. Going back to 2014, wait times were near the average for all years in the period.

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  • March 2025 vs:
    • Average Wait: Difference of -3.2 min / -7.6%
    • March 2019: Difference of -1.6 min / -4.4%
    • March 2021: Difference of 2.6 min / 7.2%
    • March 2022: Difference of -18.4 min / -32.8%
    • March 2023: Difference of -6.2 min / -15.2%
    • March 2024: Difference of -3.9 min / -10.2%

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Attraction wise, Slinky Dog Dash, Rise of the Resistance, and Smuggler's Run saw the the biggest decreases in wait times compared to March of 2024.

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EPCOT

Even with Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind becoming a standby attraction, the EPCOT average wait time was 3.6% lower in 2025 than 2024. Wait times were up over 5% compared to 2023 though.

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  • March 2025 vs:
    • Average Wait: Difference of 2.4 min / 8.2%
    • March 2019: Difference of 0.0 min / 0.0%
    • March 2021: Difference of 3.7 min / 13.2%
    • March 2022: Difference of -0.9 min / -2.8%
    • March 2023: Difference of 1.6 min / 5.4%
    • March 2024: Difference of -1.1 min / -3.6%

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With Test Track down for refurbishment, but Cosmic Rewind open for standby, both Frozen Ever After and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure saw 20+ minute drops in their average wait times compared to March 2024.

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Disney's Animal Kingdom

With fewer attractions operating this March, the average wait time at Disney's Animal Kingdom grew by 2% compared to last year, and nearly 4% compared to 2023.

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  • March 2025 vs:
    • Average Wait: Difference of 2.2 min / 6.2%
    • March 2019: Difference of -13.5 min / -27.8%
    • March 2021: Difference of 4.2 min / 12.8%
    • March 2022: Difference of -4.5 min / -11.0%
    • March 2023: Difference of 1.4 min / 3.8%
    • March 2024: Difference of 0.7 min / 2.2%

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Avatar Flight of Passage saw its March average wait time drop by over 20 minutes, but wait times increased for Kilimanjaro Safaris and Dinosaur.

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Resort wide, wait times were highest the 4th and 5th weeks of the month. The 4th week was the local Orlando spring break. The week of March 23rd saw the highest wait times at the resort in 2025 (outside of New Years week), tied with President's Day week.

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Looking forward, the two weeks prior to Easter in late April are likely going to build upon these numbers.

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