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Ride reliability

Over the last 90 days, Busy Bees went down more than any other tracked ride, up about 5% of the operating day.

  • Busy Bees 5% up
  • Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana 35% up
  • Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room 56% up
  • NightFlight Expedition 63% up
  • Disneyland Monorail 66% up
  • Sky Rider 68% up

Cite Rope Drop News Ride Reliability Tracker (ropedropnews.com/reliability) Download CSV

Lightning Lane prices

A single ride Lightning Lane for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance typically runs $29.55, the priciest we track, and prices move by the day and the hour.

  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance $29.55 typical
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance $22.77 typical
  • Radiator Springs Racers $22.61 typical
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run $20.99 typical
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind $19.98 typical
  • Revenge of the Mummy $17.27 typical

Cite Rope Drop News Lightning Lane Prices (ropedropnews.com/lightning-lane-prices) Download CSV

Best time to ride

At Magic Kingdom, TRON Lightcycle / Run draws the longest waits and is quietest around 8 AM.

  • TRON Lightcycle / Runquietest 8 AM avg 58 min
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Trainquietest 8 AM avg 44 min
  • Peter Pan's Flightquietest 8 AM avg 39 min
  • Jingle Cruisequietest 8 AM avg 39 min
  • Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spinquietest 8 AM avg 33 min
  • Jungle Cruisequietest 8 AM avg 31 min

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Crowd patterns

Magic Kingdom is typically quietest on Thursday and busiest on Saturday.

  • Sun 19 min
  • Mon 24 min
  • Tue 19 min
  • Wed 24 min
  • Thu 17 min
  • Fri 19 min
  • Sat 25 min

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Permit filings

We index Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board-agenda filings against named Walt Disney World construction projects, a queryable record no one else publishes.

  • Beyond Big Thunder Expansion2 filings · latest Jun 26, 2026

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About the desk

Rope Drop News is written and built by Michael Burns, a Disney Vacation Club member who plans real three-generation family trips. For a quote, a custom data cut, or more detail on a number, reach the desk through the contact page.