Great question!
I didn't know this one off the top of my head, but I was so curious that I did some digging.
I think the answer is 11.45.
Normally I wouldn't answer one I didn't know, but I just had to share the source for this answer, because it is really cool!
Good guesses everyone, keep them coming!
Stroke of genius with the Fantasyland poster, but according to my source that's not the right time for the clock in the ride. Love the poster though!
I need to get better at managing that file cabinet in my brain.....
I don't think it was 'on the hour' and for some reason 10-ish is sounding familiar....
Well, I'm pretty sure it's 10:30 PM in the movie. Big Ben is chiming, which would make it either on the quarter or half (I don't remember it tolling multiple times). Plus, when Peter Pan and the Darling children land on the (what I think is) hour hand, it nudges down to 9. Knowing the Disney way of being a stickler for detail, I'm going with 10:30.
Here's my next blast from the Disney past wrong guess, complete with another great piece of nostalgia....
Looks like 11.47 to me.
In any case, I re-iterate.... great question. It's driving me nuts looking for the answer!
Okay I finally found the answer. But this is after some SERIOUS cheating, so I don't want to step on anyone's toes. I'll reserve it until I'm sure nobody minds.....
By the way, it is NOT in the first edition. Yeah, I actually checked. These are some of the useless skills I've learned from a life as a scholar....
Yeah I don't know if the text makes a reference to the time on the clock. I think my sanity draws the line at searching through it for such a reference.
There's also the chance that they took the time off of one of the props from the original play. The 100th anniversary edition has a different time on it.
I'm guessing that the choice of time is more or less arbitrary. I'd be surprised if the makers of the film didn't just select a time out of thin air!
But Disney is being consistent in some respect. The time on the mural at the loading bay corresponds with that on the clock in the ride itself....
So we've got 2 people who know the answer..........and no one answering.
Guess we'll have to just wait for the next person to go to Disney and ride the ride to find out!
(Even though I think the next person going is me, I start my College Program in 2 weeks, and really I just wanted to brag about it some! Yaaaaaay! )