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C-Ticket · standard attractionCPirates of the Caribbean

Magic Kingdom · Adventureland · C-Ticket · standard attraction
Magic Kingdom: Special Ticketed Event · Open until 12:00 AM

Right now

5min standby
Quieter than typical · typical for this attraction is 16 min
refreshes every 30 min

Ride specifications

97.9% Reliability

Operating 97.9% of standard park hours across 19 days (4,760 of 4,864 readings). Early entry and after-hours events are excluded; scheduled refurbishment does not count against it.

Type
Dark ride (boat)
Manufacturer
Walt Disney Imagineering
Opened
1973
Ride time
8:30
Music
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

Specifications from Wikipedia. Fields we could not source are omitted rather than guessed.

Best time to go typical wait by hour in normal park hours · 4510 readings over 20 days

8amShortest waits · ~5 min
12pmLongest waits · ~24 min
16 minTypical overall

Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride (boat) at Magic Kingdom that opened in 1973, built by Walt Disney Imagineering. It runs 8:30. Across 4,510 standby readings over 20 days of operation, the typical posted wait is 16 minutes, ranging from about 5 minutes around 8am to 24 minutes at 12pm. It has been operating 97.9% of standard park hours across 19 days of readings.

Recorded & projected wait times

Solid line: the wait that was posted. Dashed line: our single best estimate of what comes next. Projections run seven days ahead.

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Common questions

What is the average wait for Pirates of the Caribbean?

The typical posted standby wait is about 16 minutes, measured from 4,510 readings over 20 days of operation.

What is the best time of day to ride Pirates of the Caribbean?

8am has the shortest average wait on record, around 5 minutes. The worst hour is 12pm at about 24 minutes.

How long is Pirates of the Caribbean?

The ride itself runs about 8:30.

Does Pirates of the Caribbean break down often?

It has been open 97.9% of standard park hours across 19 days of readings. That figure counts every closure inside published hours except planned refurbishment.

Where is Pirates of the Caribbean?

Pirates of the Caribbean is at Magic Kingdom in Adventureland.

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