Rope Dropping

Plan a day at Disneyland

Friday, December 24, 2027

PackedPeak. Expected waits average about 26 minutes, compared with 16 on a typical day here.

What drives it: Christmas and New Year break. Christmas Day.

How to order your day

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

Ride these first

  1. Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, about 56 min around 8 AM
  2. Space Mountain, about 40 min around 8 AM
  3. Haunted Mansion Holiday, about 27 min around 8 AM
  4. Indiana Jones Adventure, about 40 min around 8 AM
  5. Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin, about 8 min around 8 AM
  6. Matterhorn Bobsleds, about 8 min around 8 AM

Plus 6 more in the table below.

Save for the evening

  1. Peter Pan’s Flight, about 32 min around 9 PM
  2. Alice in Wonderland, about 20 min around 9 PM

Fit in anytime

  1. Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, about 8 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 Resistance808 AM
56 min
Space Mountain718 AM
40 min
Haunted Mansion Holiday698 AM
27 min
Indiana Jones Adventure688 AM
40 min
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin498 AM
8 min
Matterhorn Bobsleds478 AM
8 min
Peter Pan’s Flight469 PM
32 min
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway418 AM
9 min
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad398 AM
11 min
Dumbo the Flying Elephant348 AM
14 min
Alice in Wonderland319 PM
20 min
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure318 AM
8 min
Pirates of the Caribbean308 AM
8 min
Astro Orbitor288 AM
8 min
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run271 PM
8 min
Chip 'n' Dale’s GADGETcoaster278 AM
9 min
Autopia258 AM
8 min
Jungle Cruise248 AM
8 min
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters248 AM
8 min
“it’s a small world” Holiday238 AM
8 min
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage228 AM
8 min
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride218 AM
8 min
Storybook Land Canal Boats208 AM
8 min
Snow White’s Enchanted Wish208 AM
12 min
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh198 AM
8 min
Star Tours - The Adventures Continue188 AM
8 min
Mark Twain Riverboat169 AM
16 min
Sailing Ship Columbia1612 PM
16 min
Casey Jr. Circus Train168 AM
8 min
Pinocchio’s Daring Journey148 AM
8 min
Mad Tea Party148 AM
8 min
Disneyland Monorail118 AM
8 min
Disneyland Railroad - Mickey’s Toontown118 AM
8 min
King Arthur Carrousel118 AM
8 min
Disneyland Railroad - New Orleans Square118 AM
8 min
Disneyland Railroad108 AM
8 min
Disneyland Railroad Main Street, U.S.A. Station108 AM
8 min
Disneyland Railroad - Tomorrowland98 AM
8 min
Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes911 AM
8 min
Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island89 AM
8 min