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Best Time to Ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
See when Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has the shortest and longest waits at Magic Kingdom — hour by hour, from real wait-time data.
roller coaster40" min heightLightning Lane~4 min ride
Average wait by hour
Hour-by-hour average posted wait while the ride is operating — the same live history ParkCharter schedules your day around.
9 AM
22m
10 AM
30m
11 AM
32m
12 PM
36m
1 PM
34m
2 PM
34m
3 PM
34m
4 PM
36m
5 PM
34m
6 PM
35m
7 PM
37m
8 PM
39m
9 PM
28m
10 PM
22m
Shortest waits Longest waits
When to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad averages its shortest waits around 9 AM (about 22 minutes) and its longest around 8 PM (about 39 minutes).
Shortest: 9 AM (~22m)Longest: 8 PM (~39m)Typical: ~32m
Based on 1,098 wait-time readings from the last 14 days (2026-07-12 – 2026-07-26, America/New_York). Refreshed daily. How we measure
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