What is the best time of day to ride the Rise of the Resistance?
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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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.
Wait times are fairly constant–if not slightly increasing–throughout the morning and early afternoon. There's no lunch lull or other sweet spot to target Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. You either want to do it first thing or wait until much later in the day.
Guests of a Disney Resorts Collection Hotel, Shades of Green®, and Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels are eligible to purchase Individual Lightning Lanes beginning at 7:00 AM. All other guests must wait until the park officially opens to make those purchases.
The standby queue will close when the attraction breaks down, and you can almost certainly plan on it breaking down at some point throughout the day. According to data from thrill-data.com, the average posted wait time for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance so far in 2022 is 130 minutes.
Rise of the Resistance sells out first of all of the ILL attractions, around 11 am. By just after 7 am, the earliest return times are already up to 2 pm. And at 9 am, when off-site guests are eligible to purchase because the park opened, we see an immediate 2-hour jump in available times.
Because of the introduction of Disney Genie+, there are two ways to ride Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland. The first option is to wait in the standby line. We recommend joining the standby queue if you ever see the wait time listed as less than 60 minutes for the best experience.
Rise of the Resistance really has an appeal for everyone, but if you or someone in your group just doesn't care for Star Wars that universe or its characters, then waiting 80-200 minutes for this attraction will not have the pay off for them as it would a Star Wars fan.
Disney Individual Lightning LaneTo get access to the Lightning Lane for Rise of the Resistance, you will have to buy it through the My Disney Experience App. The Lightning Lane for this attraction is only available through the Individual Lightning Lane options in My Disney Experience.
The virtual queue is the sole system for accessing Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. Rather than FastPass or a standby line, you join this virtual line via the My Disney Experience (MDX) app and are notified when it's your turn to ride. The process requires a few clicks in-app, but it's pretty intuitive.
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.
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.
Rise of the Resistance can be scary at times for kids, even ones who love Star Wars. The interactions with Kylo Ren, Stormtroopers, and the First Order can be a bit intimidating. The ride itself can also be too much for some children, since some areas of the ride are dark and there is even a drop.
In summary, if you are short on time, you should consider purchasing the Individual Lightning Lane for Rise of the Resistance. For both Radiator Springs Racers and Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, there are ways to avoid long waits without purchasing Individual Lightning Lanes.
Virtual Queue BasicsBasically, instead of standing in a regular standby line, you'll try to get a spot in a virtual queue that holds your place in a virtual line with other guests. If a ride has a virtual queue setup, that means there will NOT be a “standard” queue you can just stand and wait in.
Lightning Lanes are a newest version of a way for guests to “skip the line” for some top attractions. A Lightning Lane is a secondary queue that gives guests priority placement on popular attractions. Almost all popular Disney World attractions have two types of lines: the regular standby queue and the Lightning Lane.
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance has an individual Lightning Lane available for purchase. Guests of Disney resorts can purchase it at 7AM, while other guests have to wait until the park opens, subject to availability. This is the easiest way to get on the ride, but it comes at a price of about $15 to $25 per person.