Best Time to Ride it's a small world
The classic Fantasyland boat ride past singing dolls of every nation; gentle and high capacity.
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.
When to ride it's a small world
it's a small world averages its shortest waits around 11 PM (about 4 minutes) and its longest around 12 PM (about 22 minutes).
Based on 1,285 wait-time readings from the last 14 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-10-18, 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
it's a small world peaks around 12 PM at a median of 15 minutes. By 11 PM that median is 5 minutes, so riding late rather than at the peak has been worth about 10 minutes in line. Your own day can differ, and this is what the history showed.
How often it goes down
it's a small world was reported temporarily down in about 1.7% 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 7,932 readings taken while it's a small world was operating, 2026-07-20 to 2026-10-18, America/New_York. How we measure
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