How long is too long to wait?

[rteetz]

We always go in the summer because that's the only time we can go so we have to deal with it depending on the ride or whatever usually I would say our max wait 40 minutes. But for example for something like spaceship earth I wouldn't wait more than 15-20 minutes because that's almost always a walk on I'd rather skip it than wait 20 minutes.

 

[maxiesmom]

I won't wait beyond 50 minutes for any ride.

That is about my limit too. It dose depend on the time of the year. During Spring Break 50 minutes was the cut off while when we go in October or December 30 typically is the limit.

 

[diskev]

Until this whole FP+ fiasco, I've been a once or more per year guest. Once your kids get past elementary taking them out whenever can be more problematic than it's worth. As a result, we stick to the Thanksgiving or Pre-Christmas time. I should clarify (since this came up in another thread) I am well versed in pre-FP, FP and FP+ eras so I'm aware of change and adjustment. FP+ stinks and has ended my run of WDW trips until this travesty is corrected.

Generally speaking, I won't wait more than 30 minutes for any ride.

Big Thunder: 20
Haunted Mansion: 15

Test Track: 30
Living Seas with Nemo: 10

Kilimanjaro Safari: 30
Tough to be a Bug: 10

Toy Story Mania: 30
Great Movie Ride: 10

I will admit this is difficult to answer. I can't imagine waiting this long for many of these given how easy it was to get legacy FP "in the old days".

 

[DisneyDetective]

i would maybe wait no more than 45 minutes depending on the ride, maybe stretch to 60 minutes for Forbidden Journey.

 

[AliceandAriel]

Just curious about this. We recently went with friends who declared many lines we'd have chosen to wait in "too long!"

So what would YOU consider too long? And, to help us put things in perspective, How often to you visits the parks?
Edit: Forgive me, I forgot to ask What time of year you visit?

Lets use these 2 examples per park:
(I tried to choose an E ticket and a usually less-demanded ride - forgive me if I've chosen poorly)

Big Thunder
Haunted Mansion

Test Track
Living Seas with Nemo

Kilimanjaro Safari
Tough to be a Bug

Toy Story Mania
Great Movie Ride (or anyone have a better idea?)

Have visited 3 times total; May 2012, May 2013, and October 2013. (Make a long story short, didn't think I'd love it as much as I did, but now I try to go once a year if not more.)

Any line over 30-40 minutes is 'too long' for me, but depending on the attraction, I may bite the bullet anyway, so to speak. Examples would be the newly renovated Test Track and TSMM. The SO wanted to show me TT, so I obliged never having gone on it, and we waited about 2 1/2 hours total from line entry to getting on the ride. It was awful. However, we waited about 2 hours for TSMM, and I loved it so much that I almost wanted to get right back in line and wait for another two hours. So it really does vary on the person and the level of nightmare they're willing to deal with.

In February, I have planned come hell or high water to meet Anna & Elsa regardless of line time, but have accepted the fact that I'll be in line for a solid two hours. It's definitely 'too long' for me, but I'll do it.

 

[monkistan]

For me it doesn't depend on the time of year as much as the particular ride.

Big Thunder: 45-60 (depending on how bad i need to ride it)
Haunted Mansion: 35 (i like lines. i relax in lines)

Test Track: 30 (though i'll usually do single rider)
Living Seas with Nemo: 10? (not sure i'd wait more than 10 for this, if at all)

Kilimanjaro Safari: 45 (i'm going to ride this. i'll wait for it. it's worth it)
Tough to be a Bug: n/a (i will not wait for this. i may not see it with no wait. i'd rather look at aminals)

Toy Story Mania: 30? (ok, i waited 65 once. only time i've done the ride. wasn't worth it to me)
Great Movie Ride: 10 (max.)

Regarding HS, we're actually skipping it this year. It's our least favorite park. Our favorite thing to do there is the drawing class.

 

[redrosesix]

Until this whole FP+ fiasco, I've been a once or more per year guest. Once your kids get past elementary taking them out whenever can be more problematic than it's worth. As a result, we stick to the Thanksgiving or Pre-Christmas time. I should clarify (since this came up in another thread) I am well versed in pre-FP, FP and FP+ eras so I'm aware of change and adjustment. FP+ stinks and has ended my run of WDW trips until this travesty is corrected.

Generally speaking, I won't wait more than 30 minutes for any ride.

Big Thunder: 20
Haunted Mansion: 15

Test Track: 30
Living Seas with Nemo: 10

Kilimanjaro Safari: 30
Tough to be a Bug: 10

Toy Story Mania: 30
Great Movie Ride: 10

I will admit this is difficult to answer. I can't imagine waiting this long for many of these given how easy it was to get legacy FP "in the old days".

this is us too - and times confirmed by my family members - although for TT we do the single rider line (and usually end up in the same car anyways) and won't wait for more than 5 mins. Tbh I like a bit of a wait, at least a couple of minutes to see the theming in the queue.

if waits are too long - we hop to another park, and we used to use FP efficiently ie. pull one to get a ride in for sure later (we stay late since we stay onsite). We're there around Pres Week, so parks can get pretty busy but we work around the crowds instead of going with the flow.

having said all that, we have all agreed we'd wait up to an hour for Harry Potter Forbidden Journey because hands down it beats anything that WDW has, both in the queue and the ride itself.

Our last 2 trips were all WDW -- next 2 may not even be in Orlando except to go to SW and US, or until they fix the mess they made. Really not looking forward to the Disney part of our trip this year, but we cut back from 14 days (parks and water parks) to 4 so it won't be too bad. Just going to do our FP+ and the walk ons and get out of there fast -- no shopping, no food, no fighting with the crowds.

 

[ariel326]

We waited about an hour for Test Track, and 40 minutes for The Little Mermaid. Those were the two things we waited the longest for. Our 3 year old had pez, a bubble gun, and a light up toy to keep himself occupied in line.

We didn't do ToT or Toy Story because the lines were just too long (both 110 minutes) and we didn't have fast passes for them and they were all gone.

Everything else, we had FP's for or had good timing and either did it right away in the morning, came back later when the line was shorter or had a fast pass.

Having the app on my phone was awesome because we could track wait times and go to things when they had shorter wait times. I didn't have any issues with phone service or app service.

 

[photo_chick]

We won't wait more than about 20 minutes in a line. DS doesn't do well with lines much longer than that so we just don't do it. Luckily we've always been able to find ways to manage that time frame and still ride everything we want.

 

[xie]

30 minutes is about the max normally - if a sign says 30 or less, then we get in line without even discussing it.

If it's more than 30 minutes, we have a conversation about whether everyone wants to go there or not. Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes it's no, depends on peoples' moods and what we have going on afterward.

Beyond an hour, the answer is almost certainly no.

 

[Sparkly]

Not more then about 30ish, maybe 35 mins.

 

[DRDISNEYMD]

Just curious about this. We recently went with friends who declared many lines we'd have chosen to wait in "too long!"

So what would YOU consider too long? And, to help us put things in perspective, How often to you visits the parks?
Edit: Forgive me, I forgot to ask What time of year you visit?

Lets use these 2 examples per park:
(I tried to choose an E ticket and a usually less-demanded ride - forgive me if I've chosen poorly)

Big Thunder
Haunted Mansion

Test Track
Living Seas with Nemo

Kilimanjaro Safari
Tough to be a Bug

Toy Story Mania
Great Movie Ride (or anyone have a better idea?)

~E ticket attractions -- 30-40 minutes standby.

~D ticket attractions -- 20-30 minutes standby.

~C ticket attractions -- 10-20 minutes standby.