Busch Gardens Tampa
vs
Hollywood Studios

On a typical day Busch Gardens Tampa queues less: about 22 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 19 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.

Busch Gardens Tampa and Hollywood Studios compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Busch Gardens TampaUnited States	Hollywood StudiosUnited States
Average wait per ride	22 min (best of the two)	41 min
Rides with recorded waits	10 (best of the two)	9
Longest typical queue	Cheetah Hunt46 min	Slinky Dog Dash66 min
Shortest typical queue	Air Grover6 min	Star Tours – The Adventures Continue8 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	62%	97% (best of the two)

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.

Busch Gardens Tampa and Hollywood Studios compared on live queue times
Right now	Busch Gardens TampaUnited States	Hollywood 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 Busch Gardens Tampa queues less: about 22 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 19 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 Busch Gardens Tampa if…

You want shorter queues: Busch Gardens Tampa averages 22 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios
You want more to do: 10 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Hollywood Studios
Cheetah Hunt is on your list - it is Busch Gardens Tampa's longest typical queue at about 46 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Busch Gardens Tampa's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Hollywood Studios if…

You will accept a longer queue - 41 minutes a ride here against 22 at Busch Gardens Tampa - for what Hollywood Studios has that Busch Gardens Tampa does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Hollywood Studios's rides run 97% of opening hours against 62% at Busch Gardens Tampa
Slinky Dog Dash is on your list - it is Hollywood Studios's longest typical queue at about 66 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.

Busch Gardens Tampa

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay combines a full theme park with a 300-acre zoo, making it one of the largest combined attractions in the US. The coaster line-up is exceptional: Iron Gwazi (one of the world's top-rated roller coasters), SheiKra (a 200-foot dive coaster), Kumba, Montu (an inverted coaster), Cobra's Curse spinning coaster, and the classic Python. African animal exhibits include rhinos, giraffes and tigers.

Florida summer heat drives queue times into early mornings, while Howl-O-Scream, Christmas Town and US school holidays are the busiest periods. Weekdays in September, October and January stay dramatically calmer. Check live wait times for Iron Gwazi and SheiKra the moment you arrive, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for marathon coaster days.

Busch Gardens Tampa 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

Busch Gardens Tampa or Hollywood Studios?

Which is better, Busch Gardens Tampa or Hollywood Studios?

If you are judging on queues, Busch Gardens Tampa: it averages about 22 minutes a ride on a typical day against 41 at Hollywood Studios, roughly 19 minutes back on every queue you join. Busch Gardens Tampa has 10 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Hollywood Studios. Hollywood Studios also runs its rides more reliably - 97% of opening hours against 62%.

Which has shorter queues, Busch Gardens Tampa or Hollywood Studios?

Busch Gardens Tampa, by about 19 minutes a ride. On a typical day Busch Gardens Tampa averages 22 minutes against 41 at Hollywood Studios. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Busch Gardens Tampa best time to visit and Hollywood Studios best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Busch Gardens Tampa 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 Busch Gardens Tampa and Hollywood Studios for the full ride lists.

Is Busch Gardens Tampa bigger than Hollywood Studios?

By rides we track waits for, Busch Gardens Tampa is the bigger day out: 10 rides against 9. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Busch Gardens Tampa 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.

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