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Adventureland
vs
Hollywood Studios

On a typical day Adventureland queues less: about 29 minutes a ride against 39 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 10 minutes on every queue you join.

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01 · On a typical day

What you would normally queue.

Averages across recent weeks, so one broken ride or one wet Tuesday cannot decide it. This is the comparison to plan a trip on; the live figures below are the one to act on today.

Adventureland and Hollywood Studios compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyAdventurelandUnited StatesHollywood StudiosUnited States
Average wait per ride 29 min (best of the two)39 min
Rides with recorded waits 69 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Phoenix36 minSlinky Dog Dash61 min
Shortest typical queue Storm Chaser18 minStar Tours – The Adventures Continue14 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is runningNot recorded96%

Averaged across every ride at each park with recorded waits. A ride that never opened is left out, so a park is not flattered by counting a shut ride as a queue of zero.

02 · Right now

Both parks, this minute.

Live queue times at both parks. These fill in as soon as the page loads, and keep updating while you are here.

Adventureland and Hollywood Studios compared on live queue times
Right nowAdventurelandUnited StatesHollywood StudiosUnited States
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These keep refreshing while this page is open. A closed park posts no waits, so its rows read as dashes rather than zeroes.

Verdict, on a typical day On a typical day Adventureland queues less: about 29 minutes a ride against 39 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 10 minutes on every queue you join.

03 · Choosing

Which one is your day out.

Every line here is earned by one of the figures above - nothing is a generic sentence with a park name dropped into it.

Pick Adventureland if…

  • You want shorter queues: Adventureland averages 29 minutes a ride against 39 at Hollywood Studios
  • Phoenix is on your list - it is Adventureland's longest typical queue at about 36 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Adventureland's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Hollywood Studios if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 39 minutes a ride here against 29 at Adventureland - for what Hollywood Studios has that Adventureland does not
  • You want more to do: 9 rides here have recorded wait data against 6 at Adventureland
  • Slinky Dog Dash is on your list - it is Hollywood Studios's longest typical queue at about 61 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Hollywood Studios's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Adventureland

Adventureland in Altoona, just outside Des Moines, has been open since 1974 and is Iowa's largest amusement park. Monster is the steel coaster with the beyond-vertical drop, Outlaw and Tornado are the wooden coasters, and Phoenix, Storm Chaser and Draken Falls add more variety, with a large section of family rides. In the autumn it runs Halloween haunts on select dates.

Summer weekends and the weeks around the Fourth of July are the busiest. Weekdays early and late in the season are usually much quieter. Check the live queue times before you go and use the crowd calendar to find a good day.

Adventureland live queue times

Hollywood Studios

Disney's Hollywood Studios is the movie-themed park at Walt Disney World, opened in 1989. Its major attractions are some of Disney's most technically ambitious rides: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Slinky Dog Dash, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, Tower of Terror, and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Galaxy's Edge and Toy Story Land are the two most popular themed lands.

Hollywood Studios often posts the longest queue times of any Disney park, with Rise of the Resistance and Slinky Dog Dash routinely over 90 minutes. US school holidays and special events drive the biggest crowds. Check live wait times immediately on arrival and head for Rise of the Resistance first. Use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd date for your visit.

Hollywood Studios live queue times

05 · Questions

Adventureland or Hollywood Studios?

Which is better, Adventureland or Hollywood Studios?

If you are judging on queues, Adventureland: it averages about 29 minutes a ride on a typical day against 39 at Hollywood Studios, roughly 10 minutes back on every queue you join. Adventureland has 6 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Hollywood Studios.

Which has shorter queues, Adventureland or Hollywood Studios?

Adventureland, by about 10 minutes a ride. On a typical day Adventureland averages 29 minutes against 39 at Hollywood Studios. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Adventureland best time to visit and Hollywood Studios best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Adventureland and Hollywood Studios in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in United States, so a two-park trip is realistic over a long weekend. Split the days so you start at whichever opens earliest and drive to the other in the evening.

How many rides does each park have?

See the tables above for ride counts - or jump to Adventureland and Hollywood Studios for the full ride lists.

Is Adventureland bigger than Hollywood Studios?

By rides we track waits for, Hollywood Studios is the bigger day out: 9 rides against 6. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Adventureland is the quicker park.

Then pick
the quiet day.

Both parks have a crowd calendar with six weeks of forecast and the best day left to go.

Hollywood Studios calendar