When is the line shortest for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind?

EPCOT · World Discovery

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

A long line all day.

Lightning Lane Single Pass42 in (107 cm) or tallerOpen for Early Entry

73minOpening hour

73minTwo hours in

78minLongest, 9 hours in

Typical posted wait, Feb 25, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind · The short answer

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind has a long line all day: typical posted wait is 73 min in the opening hour and 73 min two hours in. Posted waits, Feb 25, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026.

Updated Nov 12, 2026Data through Nov 11, 2026How we calculate

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind · Through the day

Posted wait by hour after opening

592 days of posted waits, counted from the park’s published opening.

Typical posted wait by hour after opening, Feb 25, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026

Bar and large number: typical wait (min)Line and small numbers: middle half of daysLighter bars: before the Lightning Lane rule’s window

45+ min

Open7362–89+1 hr7061–84+2 hrs7363–85+3 hrs7263–83+4 hrs6959–83+5 hrs7061–82+6 hrs7363–88+7 hrs7566–88+8 hrs7767–90+9 hrs7868–91

Minutes are the median of each day’s hourly average posted wait, Feb 25, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026, 539 to 592 days per hour. Later hours that too few days reach aren’t shown. Posted waits are what Disney displays, not the time a guest actually waited.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind · Early Entry

Early Entry vs later in the morning

Early Entry figures cover the last 30 days, Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026; the hourly chart covers Feb 25, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026. That’s why its opening-hour number differs.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind18 min shorter49 min during Early Entry vs 67 min two to four hours after opening

10+ min head start on 7 in 10 days

What this meansMost matched days gave a 10+ minute head start. If you have Early Theme Park Entry, ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind first.Matched days compare the same date’s Early Entry wait with its wait two to four hours after opening. Each ride needs at least 8 matched days.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind · Lightning Lane

Is a Lightning Lane worth it here?

A Lightning Lane is worth it when the typical posted wait stays at 45+ min in every hour we can measure from 2 hours after opening.

Yes, by this rule

Its lowest typical wait from 2 hours after opening is 69 min (middle half 59–83 min), 4 hours after opening, Feb 25, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026.

Based on standby posted waits only. We don’t show Lightning Lane return-time availability or sellout times; that data isn’t logged yet. Every headliner, by park

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind · Facts

Ride facts

Park	EPCOT
Land	World Discovery
Height requirement	42 in (107 cm) or taller
Lightning Lane	Single Pass

From Disney: the attraction page ↗ and Disney: Lightning Lane passes ↗, checked Oct 29, 2026. Disney sets these and can change them, including refurbishment closures; check the attraction page before you go.

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Method

How we calculate

We take Disney’s posted standby wait for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, average it within each hour after the park’s published opening, then take the median and the middle half across days. Hours without enough readings that day are left out. Figures are rounded once, when shown. Full method

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