Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor

Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor: attraction at Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World — live wait times, operating status, and planning data on MouseHub.

Wait time history

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Visitor sentiment

4.4· 522 Google ratings

The MouseHub take

Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor is an indoor comedy show in Tomorrowland, and it has been running at Magic Kingdom since April 2, 2007. Mike Wazowski is the Monster of Ceremonies, and the premise comes straight out of the Pixar film: Monstropolis runs on laughter, so Mike has opened a club to collect enough of it to keep the city's lights on. A rotating cast of monsters works the room from the screen, reading the crowd and pulling guests into the act, so no two shows land the same way. You text a joke of your own while you wait in the lobby, and Disney's own pitch is that it could end up in the set.

Most trips find room for it in the middle of the afternoon, when a dark, air-conditioned theater is worth about as much as the comedy. There is no height requirement and no reason to split the party at the door. The guests who come out disappointed are usually the ones who wanted sharper writing. The jokes come from the audience, the puns land where you would expect, and a room that will not play along takes the show down with it.

At a glance

Best for
Families with young kids, Pixar fans, and anyone who wants a seated, air-conditioned stretch in the middle of a Magic Kingdom day.
Skip if
You have one day at Magic Kingdom with headliners still to ride, or audience participation is the thing you most want to avoid.
Ride type
Interactive indoor comedy show with live monster hosts
Intensity
Gentle. No motion, bright theater, brief dark moments before the show starts, and loud laughter from a full house.

The good

  • The air conditioning does half the work
    Tomorrowland is pavement and glare for most of the day, and this is one of the few places in it where the whole party sits down in a cold, dark room. The break tends to matter more than the jokes do.
  • Any height gets in the door
    Disney lists the show at any height, so infants, toddlers, and grandparents take the same bench. Rider Switch is one thing you can leave off the plan here.
  • The line clears in one batch
    The theater takes the whole waiting room at once, so a queue spilling toward the Tomorrowland walkway means less than it looks like. You are waiting for the next show to start, not for people ahead of you to trickle through.
  • The monsters talk back to real people
    Disney's own pitch is that the scare-acters engage the audience and that you should not be surprised to become part of the show. Mike Wazowski and the rest answer what guests in the seats say, so two shows in a row do not play out the same.
  • Your joke can end up in the set
    Disney tells guests to text a joke before the lights go down, with the instructions running on Mike Wazowski's video in the waiting room. Submissions get read from the stage during the show.
  • Wheelchair and ECV users stay put
    Disney lists this as a show where guests remain in a wheelchair or ECV, so there is no transfer at the door and no seat to negotiate on the way in.

The bad

  • The waiting room loop wears thin
    Land there a cycle early and you get the same video and the same background track twice through. Adults notice it long before the kids do.
  • The puns are aimed at eight-year-olds
    Guest-submitted riddles and groaners carry much of the set. Anyone hoping for sharper writing spends the show watching their kids laugh instead.
  • The animation looks its age
    The monsters were rendered for a 2007 opening and they show it next to current Pixar work. The concept has held up better than the pictures have.
  • A quiet crowd sinks the show
    The comedy runs on banter with whoever gets picked out of the seats. One-word answers leave the monsters with nothing to build on, and the pace drops.
  • Most of the audience only watches
    A handful of guests end up on the big screen and the rest spectate. Visitors who walk in expecting to be part of it usually are not.

Veteran tips

  • Spend your Multi Pass somewhere else
    The show is on the Lightning Lane Multi Pass list at Magic Kingdom, but standby already moves in show-sized chunks. Put those selections on Space Mountain or Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
  • Text your joke early in the wait
    The instructions play on Mike Wazowski's video in the waiting room, and the cutoff is the moment the lights go down. Send it when you walk in rather than when the doors open.
  • Save it for the worst of the afternoon
    An indoor seated show buys back more of the day at two in the afternoon than it does at rope drop. The first hour of the morning is worth more on a headliner.
  • Catch the Halloween overlay at the party
    Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party puts a seasonal overlay on the show and runs a treat trail stop at the attraction. Both take a separate party ticket.
  • The Christmas party runs its own version
    Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party swaps in the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Holiday Show, one of several Tomorrowland attractions dressed up for the event.
  • Pair it with Carousel of Progress
    Both sit in Tomorrowland and both are long, seated, indoor shows. Back to back they cover the hottest stretch of the day with almost no walking in between.
  • Answer out loud if you get picked
    The performers build the next few minutes out of whatever the chosen guest gives them. A nod gets nothing; a full sentence gets the room laughing.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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