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Labor Day Crowds Stay Light at Disney World Despite Peak Lightning Lane Prices

Weekly wait-time data point to demand clustering on marquee rides, with many attractions seeing brief lines.

Overview

  • Midday checks on Sept. 1 found manageable waits across parks, including about 30 minutes for TRON and under an hour for Slinky Dog Dash.
  • At EPCOT, only Test Track topped an hour at noon, aligning with its 75-minute weekly average in AllEars’ report.
  • AllEars’ latest weekly averages still show longer lines for select headliners—Rise of the Resistance 64 minutes, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind 56, TRON Lightcycle / Run 55, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train 44.
  • Many other attractions recorded single-digit or low-teens averages, and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin plus Big Thunder Mountain Railroad remained closed for refurbishment.
  • Lightning Lane prices on Sept. 1 hit the month’s highest so far—Magic Kingdom $29, EPCOT $24, Hollywood Studios $27, Animal Kingdom $19—even as AllEars described parks that felt “pretty empty.”