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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.

simulator40" 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
12m
10 AM
25m
11 AM
31m
12 PM
29m
1 PM
26m
2 PM
27m
3 PM
26m
4 PM
24m
5 PM
21m
6 PM
19m
7 PM
20m
8 PM
17m
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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 11 AM (about 31 minutes).

Shortest: 9 AM (~12m)Longest: 11 AM (~31m)Typical: ~23m

Based on 1,059 wait-time readings from the last 14 days (2026-08-28 to 2026-09-11, 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.

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.

How often it goes down

Soarin' Across America was reported temporarily down in about 0.4% 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 6,911 readings taken while Soarin' Across America was operating, 2026-06-13 to 2026-09-11, America/New_York. How we measure

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