How long does the Rise of the Resistance ride last?

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is an attraction at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland. The attraction—a combined trackless dark ride, walk-through, motion simulator, and drop ride system—puts guests into the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the First Order.





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It's complicated to understand because it's new and different, but once you experience it in person, it's really not that difficult. Moreover, as we write in our spoiler-free Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Ride Review, this is one of Walt Disney World's best attractions ever. It's absolutely worth the effort.

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For those who want to ride Rise of the Resistance multiple times, a Park Hopper ticket gives you the most flexibility during your vacation. Although you're only able to purchase an individual Lightning Lane selection once per day, you can always wait in the standby line if you'd like to ride it again.

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If you do nothing else but ride Rise of the Resistance during Disney After Hours, you can probably expect to ride 6-8 times. At an average cost of $20 to $22 per Individual Lightning Lane during daily operation, you can probably get pretty close to making back your money on the Disney After Hours ticket.

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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney World originally required joining a virtual queue, but you can now more easily ride the popular attraction through waiting in a regular standby line or paying to bypass the standby line with an individual Lightning Lane selection during regular theme park hours.

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As a general rule of thumb, the fastest way to ride Rise of the Resistance will almost always be to use one of the Disney Genie individual lightning lanes.

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The bottom line. But I've experienced RotR several times, all without incident and I'm glad I did. It's totally immersive and unlike anything else at Disney World. So yes, it's true: Rise of the Resistance is not to be missed!

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Many other attraction lines in Hollywood Studios have short standby lines in the morning. It's a better use of your time to ride them and save Rise for when lines are longer for everything later in the day (11:00am or later at least!).

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Lighter crowds tend to contribute to fewer ride breakdowns. From May to December 2021, ride breakdowns increased from 37 minutes a day to 120 minutes a day. In April 2022, a year after Disneyland reopened, Rise of the Resistance averaged 145 minutes of downtime per day.

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So if you are going to the park today you may not be able to get on. Whenever ROTR shuts down, I immediately walk over and get in line. It takes about an hour to reset the ride since it has so many moving parts. Ride shutting down is just about the only way to get a less than 30 min wait to get on the ride.

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Disney World Individual Lightning Lane Prices Here's how much Individual Lightning Lanes costs at Disney World: TRON Lightcycle / Run = $20. Rise of the Resistance = $15 to $25. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind = $14 to $17.

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Rise of the Resistance is much smoother, with a small drop at the end when your escape pod jettisons from the Imperial Cruiser. Most of the ride is a trackless vehicle on a smooth concrete floor.

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Disney After Hours tickets are around the same price as regular, full-day theme park tickets. Expensive: Since the event is typically 3 hours long, then the cost per hour is much high compared to normal tickets. Disney After Hours is only available on select dates (see below) Not all rides are open.

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Rise of the Resistance But if you do get to ride the attraction, the best seat is the very front seat in the first car. This puts you in front and gets you some one-on-one time with the Probe Droid (depending on which of the two cars you're seated in, you get a slightly different ride experience.

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