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Best Time to Ride Soarin' Across America

See when Soarin' Across America has the shortest and longest waits at EPCOT, hour by hour, from real wait-time data.

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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
12m
10 AM
33m
11 AM
40m
12 PM
41m
1 PM
36m
2 PM
38m
3 PM
37m
4 PM
38m
5 PM
39m
6 PM
31m
7 PM
28m
8 PM
24m
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When to ride Soarin' Across America

Soarin' Across America averages its shortest waits around 9 AM (about 12 minutes) and its longest around 12 PM (about 41 minutes).

Shortest: 9 AM (~12m)Longest: 12 PM (~41m)Typical: ~33m

Based on 1,079 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.

Quietest day of the week

Across the last 90 days, Soarin' Across America has run its shortest lines on Wednesdays (about 20 minutes) and its longest on Saturdays (about 35 minutes), a difference of roughly 15 minutes.

Sunday
25m
Monday
25m
Tuesday
25m
Wednesday
20m
Thursday
25m
Friday
30m
Saturday
35m

Median posted wait per weekday. Medians, not averages, so one breakdown day does not move the number.

What the end of the day is worth

Soarin' Across America peaks around 11 AM at a median of 35 minutes. By 9 PM that median is 15 minutes, so riding late rather than at the peak has been worth about 20 minutes in line. Your own day can differ, and this is what the history showed.

Based on 6,922 readings taken while Soarin' Across America was operating, 2026-07-29 to 2026-10-27, America/New_York. How we measure

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