Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Lightning Lane sold out quickly on opening day

May 27, 2022 in "Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind"

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Virtual Queue and Lightning Lane signs
Posted: Friday May 27, 2022 7:20am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The $17 Lighting Lane access at EPCOT's new Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind sold out by 7:20am on opening day.

Most guests' first attempt to secure a ride on Cosmic Rewind was via the free Virtual Queue, which reached capacity almost instantly at its 7am opening.

Return times for the Lightning Lane purchase varied wildly during the 20 minutes that they were available, form very late into the night, through to early morning. Each refresh of the screen appeared to show different results.

The next opportunity for guests to secure a ride will be at the 1pm Virtual Queue opening.

Visit our "Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind" FAQ for more answers to common questions including Virtual Queues and Lightning Lane.


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    Purduevian21 hours ago

    frozen is definitely not a people eater

    wdwmagic22 hours 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

    buckeyegator5522 hours ago

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

    Purduevian23 hours ago

    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)

    wdwmagic1 day ago

    Here are the 10 am to 1pm wait times

    Epcot82Guy1 day ago

    I can speak to crowds only yesterday. (I forgot to look at the CR lines.) The park from about 6:30-9:00pm was on the mid-lower end of average for a weekday. I typically go on Tuesday evenings. Comparing over the past year or so - it seemed a little slower than during a Festival, but also not slow. Parking lot was quite full when we arrived, but with lots of open spots in the sections they had filled earlier in the day. That seems to be a trend these days.

    Disstevefan11 day ago

    1PM to 5PM is looking like about 1 hour standby. That’s not too bad for the most popular attraction in EPCOT while TT is closed. Right now was historically considered an off peak time. I just checked the ticket price for one day at EPCOT and it’s $164 and if I remember correctly that is not the lowest price (unless prices went up more than I thought), so now is no longer considered off peak?

    lentesta1 day ago

    Here are the actual wait times (green dots) we captured at Guardians yesterday. Very even.

    lentesta1 day ago

    It averages around 1,750 per hour as we've counted, with a peak of 1,890/hour. So yeah, it can get through a lot of people.

    DisneyDreamer081 day ago

    Maybe people were saving it for their last ride of the day and then going back to change 😂

    DisneyCane1 day ago

    I prefer Tron because I don't feel sick when I get off. Also, the seating position is unique and fun. As an overall ride, I think CR is a better ride but it is less enjoyable for me due to the motion sickness.

    TheMaxRebo1 day ago

    if you didn't see the next post it did drop a lot right after this chart

    Mr. Sullivan1 day ago

    Fascinated by Tiana's wait times peaking later in the day vs. earlier. You'd think it'd be the other way around for a water ride in February.