Longest you have ever waited in line?

[princessesandpascal]

Two hours for Rapunzel and Flynn Rider back in April 2011. Got there a few minutes after RD because Mom wanted to stop and take pictures on Main Street and just missed their first set for the day. (I wasn't happy then, but now I can see why she wanted to stop, even though I wished we'd stopped after instead!)

That's followed closely by 90 minutes for TSMM in March 2009: it was really hot out and we didn't have anywhere better to go. It was nice to get get out of the heat with a drink and then at the end have a ride to go on. This was also when crowds were heavy, FPs were gone, and everything had a huge wait.

 

[sweetnjmom]

I really don't remember ... though I think we waited around 30-45 minutes to meet Minnie Mouse at Hollywood Studios because my son was dying to meet her and we weren't having any character meals with her. It was well worth it, though, to see the look of happiness on his face. I want to say that the longest I waited for a ride ever was an hour and that was before kids.

 

[ammag]

35 min for Merida and it was worth it!

 

[starsweeper]

About 60 minutes for Space Mountain when I was in high school (30 minutes at entry but ride broke down, had to turn on lights to fix it).

With young kids now, I avoid lines over 30 minutes.

 

[clambert1273]

Anna & Elsa in Disneyland (no fastpasses - they weren't accepted lol) ... 2.5hours and we got there at 9:05am in the line LOL

 

[PrincessNelly]

We waited 45 minutes for Pooh, we had never done it before and were trying to kill time before wishes.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Usually nothing over 20 minutes. We go during the offseason

One of our first trips I was walking by Peter Pan and thought "hmmmm we haven't riden this yet, we should ride it." The line was about 45-60 minutes. I have NO idea what I was thinking. DD actually fell asleep and XH held her for most of that wait. Fun times. lol

 

[LSUfan4444]

Just got back and saw 150 minute wait for Soarin and that got me thinking what is the longest you have waited in line for something you think is worth it?

2 hours and 15 minutes for Anna & Elsa in January of 2014 while they were still over in Epcot.

Besides that, maybe 45 minutes.

 

[kaetra]

90 minutes for Toy Story. A couple times we wanted to leave the queue, but didn't feel there was much else to do in Hollywood Studios, so why bother. At least there was air conditioning, lots to look at and the joy of each others company.

 

[PeculiarMadmoiselle]

This trip I saw more parents groan over the wait for elsa and Anna line in MK. At least the longest I saw was 90 min.

 

[LSUfan4444]

This trip I saw more parents groan over the wait for elsa and Anna line in MK.

The wait over at Epcot honestly wasn't that bad, but our daughter wasn't with us while we were waiting. My mother had her back at the resort until about the last 20 minutes or so.

We were behind two other couple as well who were waiting without their kids and we all took turns going to buy food/drinks, etc. I think I had three Tipsy Ducks in Love while I wanted lol.

 

[ttintagel]

I once waited 45 minutes in the FP line for Soarin', but that was an outlier. I generally don't get in a line unless the posted wait time if 20 minutes or less, which sometimes stretches out to 30.

 

[chelseabun76]

I'd say 45 minutes. On this last trip our limit was 30 minutes though. lol

 

[Cyrano]

This just isn't true. Maybe if you don't get to the park til noon and leave before 9. I don't care how crowded it is. You can knock out all the E and D ticket rides on one half of the park in the first 2-3 hours, and have FP+ reserve 3 more E ticket rides on the other side of the park during the afternoon when it's most busy. Take a long relaxing lunch, experience the things you mentioned, visit TSI, ride the people mover, Philharmagic, Monsters Inc during the afternoon/early evening. And if you're willing, you can probably get in several D-E ticket rides after Wishes.

Ditto

 

[momimouse27]

Several years ago, we went(against all our better judgement) during the middle of spring break-smack dab in the middle when everyone and his brother was there. Well, we have some dear friends who had never been to Disney and a close relative of theirs had just moved to Orlando, so they wanted to go to MK with us. We were so excited since their kids had never been before. Well, it was packed of course, and we got to Peter Pan and all the FP's were gone(back in the olden days when there was paper FP's) So we decided to wait it out. There was a posted wait of about 120 minutes, I think. We probably waited almost 3 hours. At one point, for about an hour, it didn't move at all. But once we hit the 1 1/2 hour point, we decided if we bailed then it would all have been for nothing so we toughed it out. My husband and my friend's husband kept walking by the line and making fun of us, because they were off riding stuff.

I'll never do it again. I love PP but a 10 minute ride is not worth waiting even an hour for. Its why I hate crowds and busy times. My strategy with PP is always try late at night or during a parade.

Oh, almost forgot, I did wait once for TSM for 2 hours. Ugh.

 

[GWhitten98]

We have waited around 60-90 min several times for characters and rides....90 min is our drop dead. We will not wait any longer then that and really prefer to keep it at an hour or less.

 

[Stacey Stewart]

2 hours for Splash Mountain because it got shut down due to weather while we were in line.

 

[dsneygirl]

2 hours 25 minutes for Anna and Elsa when they were in WS . DH got in line at 9 but the meet/ greet didn't start until 11 - met them at 11:25. Well worth the wait (although to be fair DH (and many other dads) did the majority of standing in line.

Something similar to that but DH and I traded off and my little one had a nap in the stroller while we waited.

Opening week of Carsland at DL about 90min for Radiator Springs Racers.

Average trip in off season (Aug, Sept) we won't wait more than 20-30 min max.

 

[DisneyParkLover]

I've actually had the shortest waits at WDW out of all the theme parks we've been to. We've waited an hour at Six Flags and Dollywood, and over 2 hrs at Cedar Point. I think our longest wait at Disney was about 30 minutes. We always go at slow times and take advantage of FP/FP+ and RD so we can usually do everything without any long waits. My mom and dad went to Disney as teenagers and I think she said they waited three hours for Space Mtn!!! They loved it so much, though, that after riding they got right back in that super long line to ride again!

 

[SadieDawn90]

Count me in the camp that won't wait more than 20 minutes. There's nothing that urgent. If I can't fastpass it or find it with a 20 minute wait or less, it can wait for another day