The Disneyland Resort can be a little rough to navigate on really hot summer days. You’ll definitely want to get a lot of cool drinks and treats and find places to cool off. These are the Disneyland rides with air conditioning that are perfect for riding on a hot day.
Best Disneyland Rides for Cooling Off
Snow White’s Enchanted Wish
Snow White’s Enchanted Wish is a beautiful dark ride in Fantasyland in Disneyland. It is completely indoors and climate controlled. The ride queue is outdoors and covered.
Visiting Disneyland with younger kids? You may also want to see our guide to Disneyland rides with no height requirement.
Haunted Mansion
Haunted Mansion is a fun and spooky attraction in New Orleans Square in Disneyland. It is entirely indoors and a great escape from the summer heat in California.
Pinocchio’s Daring Journey
Pinocchio’s Daring Journey is another dark ride in Fantasyland that offers a cool indoor break. It is a slow moving ride that people of all heights can ride.
It’s A Small World
It’s A Small World is easily one of the best rides to go on on a hot day. It has really great air conditioning and it’s a long ride, so you’ll be able to enjoy the AC for a while. The ride time is 15 minutes for this attraction. See all of the longest Disneyland rides here.
Indiana Jones Adventure
Indiana Jones Adventure is a super thrilling ride in Adventureland in Disneyland park. A lot of the ride queue is indoors and the entire ride is indoors too.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean is another great ride for a hot day since it’s a long ride and has nice air conditioning. It is in New Orleans Square in Disneyland.
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run is an indoor attraction with air conditioning in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland park.
Space Mountain
Space Mountain is a dark roller coaster in Tomorrowland in Disneyland. It is completely indoors and air conditioned really well. Some of the ride queue is outdoors though.
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is a mostly indoor attraction in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland.
Peter Pan’s Flight
Peter Pan’s Flight is a dark ride in Fantasyland in Disneyland. It’s a very short ride, but at least it has air conditioning to enjoy while you’re on it.
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters is a fun and interactive game in Tomorrowland in Disneyland. The ride queue is partially indoors and partially outdoors, but the whole ride is indoors and cooled down.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is a super cute ride with a catchy song located in Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland. It has really good air conditioning and the ride queue is indoors.
Star Tours
Star Tours is a Star Wars themed attraction that is located in Tomorrowland in Disneyland park. It has an indoor queue and is also an indoor ride. This is great for cooling off from the heat.
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin is another attraction in Mickey’s Toontown where the queue and the ride are indoors and have air conditioning.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a really cute ride in Bayou Country in Disneyland. It is an air conditioned ride that is indoors except for the loading and unloading zones.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is a newer ride located in Bayou Country in Disneyland. It is a log flume stye ride. A lot of the ride is indoors and air conditioned, but there are also some outdoor parts like the big drop.
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride is an indoor ride that is nice and cool inside. It is in Fantasyland in Disneyland and is such a classic ride.
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is an underwater submarine attraction in Tomorrowland in Disneyland. The submarines you board are air conditioned.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland is mostly indoors with air conditioning. The loading area is outdoors and so is the last bit of the ride though. Also, the queue is completely outdoors.
Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room
Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room is one of the best places to go in the park for air conditioning. It is a show attraction that is really fun. Grab a Dole Whip to eat while you’re in there.
Disney California Adventure Rides With Air Conditioning
Toy Story Midway Mania!
Toy Story Midway Mania feels very hot in the queue on a hot day, but the ride has strong air conditioning that will cool you off quickly. It is in Pixar Pier in California Adventure park.
Soarin’ Around the World
Soarin’ Around the World is a flight simulation attraction that is indoors and a lot of the line for it is indoors too. It’s in Grizzly Peak in California Adventure park.
WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure
WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure is an interactive ride in Avengers Campus in California Adventure park. It’s indoors and cool inside.
The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure
The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure is located in California Adventure park. It’s a nice, relaxing ride that is well air conditioned.
Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!
Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT is a thrilling drop ride in Avengers Campus in California Adventure park. The ride is indoors with air conditioning.
Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue
Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue is a super cute and fun ride based on the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc. The whole ride is indoors with AC. The queue is partially indoors and partially outdoors. It is located in Hollywood Land in California Adventure park.
Heading to Florida too? We also have a guide to the Disney World rides with air conditioning that are great for taking a break from the heat.
Disneyland Air Conditioning FAQ
Pirates of the Caribbean, “it’s a small world,” Haunted Mansion, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, and Star Tours are great choices because they offer a longer indoor experience.
Some are, but many are only partially indoors or completely outside. Consider both the queue and the ride itself when trying to escape the heat.
Yes. Attractions such as The Little Mermaid, Monsters, Inc., Guardians of the Galaxy, WEB SLINGERS, Soarin’, and Toy Story Midway Mania provide indoor, climate controlled portions.