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Best Rides at Disney California Adventure

The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time

These are the most popular rides at Disney California Adventure, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.

Top rides by typical wait

17 rides ranked · longest typical queue first

  1. 1
    Radiator Springs Racers
    ~76 min typical wait up to 89 min at peak
  2. 2
    Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!
    ~43 min typical wait up to 49 min at peak
  3. 3
    WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure
    ~37 min typical wait up to 44 min at peak
  4. 4
    Soarin’ Across America
    ~37 min typical wait up to 47 min at peak
  5. 5
    Incredicoaster
    ~33 min typical wait up to 37 min at peak
  6. 6
    Goofy's Sky School
    ~32 min typical wait up to 40 min at peak
  7. 7
    Grizzly River Run
    ~31 min typical wait up to 51 min at peak
  8. 8
    Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
    ~30 min typical wait up to 39 min at peak
  9. 9
    Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging
    ~22 min typical wait up to 27 min at peak
  10. 10
    Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging
    ~17 min typical wait up to 23 min at peak
  11. 11
    Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters
    ~16 min typical wait up to 18 min at peak
  12. 12
    The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure
    ~15 min typical wait up to 22 min at peak
  13. 13
    Mater's Junkyard Jamboree
    ~13 min typical wait up to 21 min at peak
  14. 14
    Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind
    ~12 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
  15. 15
    Jumpin' Jellyfish
    ~9 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
  16. 16
    Golden Zephyr
    ~6 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
  17. 17
    Jessie's Critter Carousel
    ~5 min typical wait up to 7 min at peak

Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy - the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.

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