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You don’t need to do every ride in EPCOT.
EPCOT
The park is absolutely MASSIVE, and you might struggle to do every ride in one day if you’re also trying to enjoy the shows and entertainment, as well as thoroughly explore the countries of the World Showcase. So, when you have to prioritize rides, which do you choose? Well, today we’re here to tell you about one popular ride that you might be able to SKIP.
Are you ready for BLAST OFF on Disney World’s busiest ride?
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is dominating Disney World. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)-based E-Ticket roller coaster attraction first opened at EPCOT in 2022 and was immediately one of the most popular attractions in Disney World. However, the ride’s renown went into another stratosphere in early 2025 when the line shifted from a virtual queue to a standby line, meaning that it was available to any guest willing to wait. And wait, they did, as the ride has often had the highest average wait of any attraction at the resort’s four theme parks, with times often over an hour.
Let’s be real — Disney World is magical, but the lines? Yeah, not so much….
Magic Kingdom
After way too many trips (and more Mickey pretzels than we’d like to admit), we’ve tested every ride strategy out there. Some flopped. But a few? Total game-changers! Here are the 3 ride hacks that actually work for us every single time — no Lighting Lanes required.
There was a big shift at Disney World this week and with the changes, there will be one mistake you want to avoid.
EPCOT
The days of waking early to be on your phone to grab a Virtual Queue for Disney World rides are over… for now. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom are now using standby lines instead of the Virtual Queue system. This has impacts on how you will do your next Disney World vacation.
A MAJOR change has come to EPCOT’s newest E-Ticket attraction – – Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – – and it will cause a ripple effect that could change your entire EPCOT trip.
EPCOT
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind has been running on Disney’s virtual queue system since the attraction first opened in May of 2022. However, in February of 2025 Disney announced that the ride would be transitioning over to a traditional queue system as of February 25th. This queue change has ramifications not only for riding Cosmic Rewind, but for the park’s other rides, and even which entrance is best to access the park.
It has been an exciting day at Disney World. Both Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom have eliminated virtual queues and now offer standby lines.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
That means there are currently no virtual queues in Disney World (although we will likely see more pop up in the future). Of course, we were in the parks checking things out first-hand, and we have some surprising takeaways to share with you!
Some HUGE changes are taking place in Disney World today! For now, there will be no more virtual queues, although we will likely see them return at some point.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Today is the first official day for standby queues at both Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT. Of course, we will be bringing you full coverage of what the crowds and wait times look like today, but you may be wondering if these attractions will be available during Early Entry?
Well, Disney fans, we can finally hit snooze on that 6:55 AM alarm!
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
For years, 7 AM has been the make-or-break moment for all of us Disney World guests hoping to secure a spot in the Virtual Queue for rides like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, TRON Lightcycle / Run, or Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. If you weren’t up and ready to go, your shot at riding some of Disney’s biggest attractions without a long standby wait could be gone in seconds. But very soon that early morning stress will be officially over. Starting February 25, 2025, Disney World is officially doing away with Virtual Queues (for the time being), meaning you can roll out of bed whenever you want and still have a chance to ride. Let’s break down what this change means for your next Disney World trip.
Things are about to become quite interesting around Disney World — and not just because of all of the construction that’ll make the parks look totally different.
Magic Kingdom
But, Disney just announced that the Virtual Queues for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT will be going away for good on February 25th, and that’s going to be a game-changer for plenty of reasons — especially since that means there will be no more VQs in Disney World. But, we don’t recommend getting used to that just yet…
It may have just felt like a normal Tuesday to most of us, but Disney World decided February 18th was the day to announce some MASSIVE Disney news!
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Disney just announced that as of February 25th, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT will no longer require a Virtual Queue and will instead switch to a standby line. Some guests are excited about this change, but many others? Well, let’s just say they’re not happy.
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