Rope Dropping

Plan a day at Disneyland

Friday, July 30, 2027

PackedPacked. Expected waits average about 21 minutes, compared with 16 on a typical day here.

What drives it: Summer vacation.

How to order your day

Based on when each line has been shortest on Fridays in July (1 Friday recorded).

Ride these first

  1. Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, about 45 min around 8 AM
  2. Space Mountain, about 33 min around 8 AM
  3. Haunted Mansion Holiday, about 22 min around 8 AM
  4. Indiana Jones Adventure, about 32 min around 8 AM
  5. Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin, about 7 min around 8 AM
  6. Matterhorn Bobsleds, about 7 min around 8 AM

Plus 6 more in the table below.

Save for the evening

  1. Peter Pan’s Flight, about 26 min around 9 PM
  2. Alice in Wonderland, about 16 min around 9 PM

Fit in anytime

  1. Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, about 7 min around 1 PM

Expected waits by ride

The bars show each hour from open to close. Taller and redder means a longer line.

RideAvgBestThrough the day
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance668 AM
45 min
Space Mountain588 AM
33 min
Haunted Mansion Holiday568 AM
22 min
Indiana Jones Adventure558 AM
32 min
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin418 AM
7 min
Matterhorn Bobsleds398 AM
7 min
Peter Pan’s Flight389 PM
26 min
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway338 AM
7 min
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad318 AM
9 min
Dumbo the Flying Elephant288 AM
11 min
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure268 AM
7 min
Alice in Wonderland269 PM
16 min
Pirates of the Caribbean258 AM
7 min
Astro Orbitor238 AM
7 min
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run221 PM
7 min
Chip 'n' Dale’s GADGETcoaster228 AM
7 min
Autopia218 AM
7 min
Jungle Cruise208 AM
7 min
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters198 AM
7 min
“it’s a small world” Holiday198 AM
7 min
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage188 AM
7 min
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride178 AM
7 min
Storybook Land Canal Boats178 AM
7 min
Snow White’s Enchanted Wish168 AM
10 min
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh168 AM
7 min
Star Tours - The Adventures Continue158 AM
7 min
Sailing Ship Columbia1312 PM
13 min
Mark Twain Riverboat139 AM
13 min
Casey Jr. Circus Train138 AM
7 min
Pinocchio’s Daring Journey128 AM
7 min
Mad Tea Party118 AM
7 min
Disneyland Monorail98 AM
7 min
King Arthur Carrousel98 AM
7 min
Disneyland Railroad - Mickey’s Toontown98 AM
7 min
Disneyland Railroad - New Orleans Square98 AM
7 min
Disneyland Railroad98 AM
7 min
Disneyland Railroad Main Street, U.S.A. Station88 AM
7 min
Disneyland Railroad - Tomorrowland88 AM
7 min
Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes711 AM
7 min
Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island79 AM
7 min