Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind to Drop Virtual Queue, Standby Line Begins Late February

Posted: Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced that Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT will transition to a standby queue, eliminating the need for a Virtual Queue, starting February 25, 2025.

A Standby Line will open at Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind on February 25, 2025

Since its debut in May 2022, the popular indoor roller coaster has operated with a Virtual Queue system, requiring guests to secure a boarding group through the My Disney Experience app. Beginning February 25, guests will be able to wait in a traditional standby line instead.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Virtual Queue and Lightning Lane signs

Lightning Lane Single Pass (formerly Individual Lightning Lane) option will remain available for those who want to bypass the standby queue. During Extended Evening Hours, Cosmic Rewind will also be available with a regular standby line.

This change follows a similar transition for TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom, which also moved to a standby queue in September 2024. Disney also today announced that a standby line will soon come to Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom.

Onboard Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind

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valenrandy12 days ago

We came in through IG at about 8:10/8:15am. The line for GOTG was all the way to SSE when we joined it at 8:26am. At 8:30am the line started moving, reached the breezeway at 8:32am then reached the regular standby entrance to GOTG at about and finally getting on the ride at 9:20.

dmc49312 days ago

I think I saw one report, it seems like you need to be fine with the fact that there will probably be a couple hundred people in front of you by the time you get to the breezeway where they hold you (and honestly that seems like a good day). Still seems feasible compared to the wait times the rest of the day

gorillaball13 days ago

What’s the rope drop looking like for Cosmic Rewind coming from International Gateway? Are you just at a natural disadvantage and behind everyone from the front gate?

Purduevian23 days ago

I think this is especially true at EPCOT where most people prefer to be in the countries in the afternoon and evening.

wdwmagic24 days ago

Best Time to Ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT - Wait Time Guide https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/guardians-of-the-galaxy/news/06mar2025-best-time-to-ride-guardians-of-the-galaxy-cosmic-rewind-at-epcot---wait-time-guide.htm

Animaniac93-9829 days ago

Don't wait times usually peak around noon time? It's seems to be when the most people are in the park at once

James Alucobond29 days ago

Maybe Connections runoff or lunch reservation arrival spike? Would be interesting to see if it’s something that just happens more globally at the park.

UNCgolf29 days ago

I wonder why it has those random spikes mid-day. Seems like it's happened all week, where the wait time skyrockets around noon before going back down.

wdwmagic29 days ago

Quite busy midday today

Purduevian31 days ago

frozen is definitely not a people eater

wdwmagic31 days ago

These shows those attractions, but not on the same chart. https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/walt-disney-world-ride-wait-times-%E2%80%93-morning-afternoon-evening-stats.985625/post-11157412

buckeyegator55Feb 26, 2025

once test track re-opens you will have 5 people eaters gotg, rat, frozen, soarin, and test track, should,imo, spread out the lines.

PurduevianFeb 26, 2025

Would adding FOP and/or ROTR make it too busy? I feel like guardians compares closer to those 2 as it is the clear premiere attraction in a non-MK park. (Even though SDD amazingly has almost identical wait times to ROTR)