Animal Kingdom

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Last 2 hours before close

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≤ 45 min

Waits climb fast after opening and stay long, holding between 65 and 70 minutes through late morning and early afternoon. The softest window comes in the last two hours before close, when the median drops to 35 minutes, so it's worth saving Flight of Passage for then instead of the midday peak.

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Rope drop

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≤ 33 min

The wait barely registers in the first hour after an 8am open, a median near 10 minutes, then builds to about 30 by 9am and 45 to 50 by late morning, and holds there into the afternoon. Ride it first thing, before the rest of Pandora catches up to it.

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Rope drop

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≤ 30 min

The coaster is close to a walk-on in the first hour, a median around 5 minutes rising to about 20 by 9am, then builds to 35 to 45 minutes by late morning and stays elevated most of the afternoon. Ride it in the first hour and you'll beat nearly all of that climb.

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After 3pm

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≤ 33 min

The safari trucks peak near 50 minutes by mid-morning and stay busy into early afternoon, then the wait collapses, dropping to a median of 10 minutes by mid-afternoon. Push this one back and ride Kilimanjaro Safaris after 3 instead of during the morning rush.

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Rope drop

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≤ 33 min

The rapids start near empty at open, a median of 5 minutes, then climb to 45 to 50 minutes by early afternoon and stay there into the evening. Get wet early, since the wait only gets longer as the day heats up.