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Walt Disney World · Florida · typical hours 9 AM–9 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Rise of the Resistance first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. The headline evening show is Fantasmic!, typically around 8:30 PM — ride headliners while the crowds watch it and waits drop 30–50%.
Usually worth it: This is the park where paying is most defensible.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plans5 rides open, 18 closed · average posted wait 0 min.
| Attraction | Posted wait |
|---|---|
| Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage | 0 min |
| Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live! | 0 min |
| For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration | 0 min |
| Indiana Jones™ Epic Stunt Spectacular! | 0 min |
| The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure | 0 min |
Closed right now: Alien Swirling Saucers, Meet Ariel at Walt Disney Presents, Meet Disney Stars at Red Carpet Dreams, Meet Edna Mode at the Edna Mode Experience, Meet Olaf at Celebrity Spotlight, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Single Rider, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith Single Rider, Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets, Slinky Dog Dash, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Single Rider, The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror, Toy Story Mania!, Vacation Fun - An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie, Walt Disney Presents.
Posted waits as of 1:55 AM park time, refreshed every few minutes. Posted waits are the park’s own figures via Queue-Times.com. Plan around them in the app →
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| Day | Park hours (local time) |
|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct | 9 AM – 9 PM Early Entry from 8:30 AM (separate ticket) |
| Sat 24 Oct | 9 AM – 9 PM Early Entry from 8:30 AM (separate ticket) |
| Sun 25 Oct | 9 AM – 9 PM Early Entry from 8:30 AM (separate ticket) |
| Mon 26 Oct | 9 AM – 9 PM Early Entry from 8:30 AM (separate ticket) |
| Tue 27 Oct | 9 AM – 9 PM Early Entry from 8:30 AM (separate ticket) |
| Wed 28 Oct | 9 AM – 9 PM Early Entry from 8:30 AM (separate ticket); Extended Evening from 9 PM (separate ticket) |
| Thu 29 Oct | 9 AM – 9 PM Early Entry from 8:30 AM (separate ticket) |
From the park’s published schedule. Hours change, and evening events can close the park to day guests early — check with the park before you go.
Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 1 PM–3 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Hollywood Studios day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 9 AM | 35% of the day's peak |
| 10 AM | 55% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 80% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 95% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 95% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 88% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 80% of the day's peak |
| 6 PM | 70% of the day's peak |
| 7 PM | 55% of the day's peak |
| 8 PM | 40% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. Rise and Slinky Dog are the two worst standby lines on Disney property; whichever you skip at opening will cost you an hour later.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during spring break, summer, and the Christmas fortnight.
The best value for short lines is late January, early February and September weekdays.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.
Usually worth it
This is the park where paying is most defensible. Hollywood Studios has the worst ride-to-guest ratio at Walt Disney World, and Lightning Lane Multi Pass reliably saves a family two to three hours on any moderate or busy day. If you buy it for exactly one day of your trip, buy it for this one.
Price: roughly $15–$45 per person/day · top headliners sold separately. Prices change often and by date — treat this as a range, not a quote.
Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.
Check today's waits before you buy| Attraction | Typical midday wait |
|---|---|
| Slinky Dog Dash | 90 min |
| Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | 85 min |
| Rock 'n' Roller Coaster | 70 min |
| Tower of Terror | 55 min |
| Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run | 45 min |
| Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway | 45 min |
| Toy Story Mania! | 40 min |
| Star Tours | 20 min |
| Alien Swirling Saucers | 25 min |
Typical midday standby waits on a moderate day. See today's live waits →
Planning ahead? The free Hollywood Studios crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up. Or see all the Walt Disney World parks side by side.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on moderate days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.
Nothing is down long-term right now. Every attraction we track at Hollywood Studios has reported open at some point in the last few days. Observed through October 23, 2026.
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Vacation Fun - An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie | August 27, 2026 | 31 operating days |
| Slinky Dog Dash | August 31, 2026 | 3 operating days |
Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.
Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Mildlevel 2 | Moderatelevel 3 | Busylevel 4 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slinky Dog Dash | 40–5550 typical | 50–6555 typical | 50–7060 typical | 55–7565 typical | 65–9075 typical |
| Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets | 30–4540 typical | 40–5545 typical | 40–5545 typical | 45–6555 typical | 55–7065 typical |
| Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | 25–4535 typical | 35–5045 typical | 35–5550 typical | 45–6050 typical | 50–7060 typical |
| Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway | 20–4030 typical | 35–4540 typical | 35–5040 typical | 40–5045 typical | 45–6050 typical |
| The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror | 13–3025 typical | 20–3530 typical | 25–4530 typical | 30–5040 typical | 35–6045 typical |
| Toy Story Mania! | 20–4030 typical | 30–4535 typical | 30–4540 typical | 35–5040 typical | 40–5550 typical |
| Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run | 10–2015 typical | 15–3020 typical | 15–3525 typical | 15–4030 typical | 25–5035 typical |
| Alien Swirling Saucers | 5–2015 typical | 15–3020 typical | 15–3525 typical | 20–3525 typical | 25–4035 typical |
| Meet Disney Stars at Red Carpet Dreams | 20–3525 typical | 20–3530 typical | 25–4035 typical | 25–4035 typical | 25–4035 typical |
| Meet Olaf at Celebrity Spotlight | 10–2015 typical | 10–2015 typical | 10–2520 typical | 15–2520 typical | 15–2520 typical |
| Star Tours – The Adventures Continue | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–155 typical |
| Meet Edna Mode at the Edna Mode Experience | 0–1515 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–1515 typical | 0–1515 typical | 15–1515 typical |
| Vacation Fun - An Original Animated Short with Mickey & Minnie | 10–1010 typical | 10–1010 typical | 10–1010 typical | 10–1010 typical | 10–1010 typical |
| Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live! | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical |
| The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical |
| For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical |
| Indiana Jones™ Epic Stunt Spectacular! | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical |
| Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 18 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.
Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 9 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
9 AM–10 AM and 8 PM–9 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 1 PM–3 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Rise of the Resistance, then Slinky Dog Dash and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. Rise and Slinky Dog are the two worst standby lines on Disney property; whichever you skip at opening will cost you an hour later.
January, February and September — late January, early February and September weekdays. Avoid March, April, June, July and December, when spring break, summer, and the Christmas fortnight.
This is the park where paying is most defensible. Hollywood Studios has the worst ride-to-guest ratio at Walt Disney World, and Lightning Lane Multi Pass reliably saves a family two to three hours on any moderate or busy day. If you buy it for exactly one day of your trip, buy it for this one.
Planning more than one day? These share the resort — and usually the crowd calendar. All Disney World wait times on one page →