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Lightning Lane Attractions
"it's a small world"
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Haunted Mansion
Jingle Cruise
Jungle Cruise
Mad Tea Party
Mickey's PhilharMagic
Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
Peter Pan's Flight
Pirates of the Caribbean
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
TRON Lightcycle / Run
The Barnstormer
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Tomorrowland Speedway
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid

EPCOT

Lightning Lane Attractions
Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
Frozen Ever After
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Journey Into Imagination With Figment
Living with the Land
Living with the Land – Glimmering Greenhouses
Mission: SPACE
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Soarin' Around the World
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Turtle Talk With Crush

Hollywood Studios

Lightning Lane Attractions
Alien Swirling Saucers
Beauty and the Beast-Live on Stage
Disney Jr. Play and Dance!
Disney Junior Play and Dance!
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Alon…
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Muppet*Vision 3D
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Slinky Dog Dash
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Toy Story Mania!

Animal Kingdom

Lightning Lane Attractions
Avatar Flight of Passage
DINOSAUR
Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Moun…
Feathered Friends in Flight!
Festival of the Lion King
Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond!
It's Tough to be a Bug!
Kali River Rapids
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Na'vi River Journey

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Lightning Lane Earlier Return Time Release Data

As guests make their Lightning Lane selections ahead of their visits, typically the earliest available return time increases from the morning to the afternoon to the evening. If you need or are looking for return times earlier than what is currently being offered, do earlier times ever get released? The tables below present times at which Walt Disney World attractions have repeatedly released Lightning Lane at earlier times relative to what the return time was at the time, at the same time of day and days to trip. An earlier time is considered a drop of more than 2 hours.

The color of the time block indicates whether the earlier times have been released more or less often at the time specified. Most often times are your best bet:

LESS OFTEN

OFTEN

MOST OFTEN

To get started, find the attraction of interest below. Take a look at the Days to Trip column. This indicates when you should look for more earlier return times. If the Days to Trip is -1, you want to look the day before your visit, -2 two days before your visit, and so on. When the proper day arrives, go to modify your pre-booked Lightning Lane selections within My Disney Experience at any of the times listed underneath the Release Times column to check if Disney releases any earlier Lightning Lane availability.

Note: the data tables below are for all data collected since July 2024. Select an option below for more recent data only.