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Best Time to Ride Mission: SPACE (Orange Team)

See when Mission: SPACE (Orange Team) has the shortest and longest waits at EPCOT, hour by hour, from real wait-time data.

simulator44" min heightLightning Lane~5 min ride

Average wait by hour

Hour-by-hour average posted wait while the ride is operating. This is the same live history ParkCharter schedules your day around.

9 AM
15m
10 AM
19m
11 AM
22m
12 PM
19m
1 PM
18m
2 PM
17m
3 PM
16m
4 PM
16m
5 PM
18m
6 PM
17m
7 PM
17m
8 PM
17m
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When to ride Mission: SPACE (Orange Team)

Mission: SPACE (Orange Team) averages its shortest waits around 9 AM (about 15 minutes) and its longest around 11 AM (about 22 minutes).

Shortest: 9 AM (~15m)Longest: 11 AM (~22m)Typical: ~18m

Based on 1,058 wait-time readings from the last 14 days (2026-10-13 to 2026-10-27, America/New_York). Refreshed daily. How we measure

What 90 days of history shows

The hourly chart above covers the last two weeks, which is the right window for what today looks like. These three take the long view, where a weekday pattern needs a full season before it means anything.

How often it goes down

Mission: SPACE (Orange Team) was reported temporarily down in about 0.5% of the checks taken while it was scheduled to be running, across the last 90 days. Build a little slack into the day around it.

Measured against the checks taken while the ride was scheduled to be running, not against every check. More than half of all readings on any ride are taken overnight while the park is closed.

Based on 6,960 readings taken while Mission: SPACE (Orange Team) was operating, 2026-07-29 to 2026-10-27, America/New_York. How we measure

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