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Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid

Magic Kingdom · Fantasyland

Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid

Go early. The line builds fast after opening.

Lightning Lane Multi PassAny height
5minOpening hour
17minTwo hours in
28minLongest, 8 hours in

Typical posted wait, Mar 13, 2023 to Nov 11, 2026

Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid · The short answer

Ride Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid in the first hour: typical posted wait is 5 min in the opening hour and 17 min two hours in. Posted waits, Mar 13, 2023 to Nov 11, 2026.

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

Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid · Through the day

Posted wait by hour after opening

1,307 days of posted waits, counted from the park’s published opening.

Typical posted wait by hour after opening, Mar 13, 2023 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
Open55–5+1 hr75–11+2 hrs179–25+3 hrs2113–30+4 hrs2315–32+5 hrs2514–34+6 hrs2111–33+7 hrs2615–35+8 hrs2818–36+9 hrs2515–34+10 hrs2012–30

Minutes are the median of each day’s hourly average posted wait, Mar 13, 2023 to Nov 11, 2026, 1,028 to 1,307 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.

Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid · 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.

Not by this rule

It drops to 17 min (middle half 9–25 min) 2 hours after opening, Mar 13, 2023 to Nov 11, 2026. Standby at that time is the cheaper option.

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

Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid · Facts

Ride facts

ParkMagic Kingdom
LandFantasyland
Height requirementAny height
Lightning LaneMulti Pass, other group

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 Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid, 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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