Cedar Point
vs
Hollywood Studios

On a typical day Cedar Point queues less: about 28 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 13 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.

Cedar Point and Hollywood Studios compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Cedar PointUnited States	Hollywood StudiosUnited States
Average wait per ride	28 min (best of the two)	41 min
Rides with recorded waits	21 (best of the two)	9
Longest typical queue	Siren's Curse74 min	Slinky Dog Dash66 min
Shortest typical queue	Power Tower Shot6 min	Star Tours – The Adventures Continue8 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	85%	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.

Cedar Point and Hollywood Studios compared on live queue times
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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 Cedar Point queues less: about 28 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 13 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 Cedar Point if…

You want shorter queues: Cedar Point averages 28 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios
You want more to do: 21 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Hollywood Studios
Siren's Curse is on your list - it is Cedar Point's longest typical queue at about 74 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Cedar Point'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 28 at Cedar Point - for what Hollywood Studios has that Cedar Point does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Hollywood Studios's rides run 97% of opening hours against 85% at Cedar Point
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.

Cedar Point

Cedar Point is a legendary coaster park on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio. Founded in 1870, it's one of the oldest operating amusement parks in North America and consistently rated as one of the world's best coaster parks. The line-up is staggering: Steel Vengeance, Millennium Force, Magnum XL-200, Maverick, Gatekeeper, Raptor, Top Thrill 2, and many more across the park's 364 acres.

Cedar Point's season runs May to early November, with US summer school holidays, HalloWeekends and weekend days driving the biggest crowds. Midweek days in May, September and early October are dramatically quieter. Check live wait times for Steel Vengeance and Maverick immediately on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a quieter date for marathon coaster days.

Cedar Point 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

Cedar Point or Hollywood Studios?

Which is better, Cedar Point or Hollywood Studios?

If you are judging on queues, Cedar Point: it averages about 28 minutes a ride on a typical day against 41 at Hollywood Studios, roughly 13 minutes back on every queue you join. Cedar Point has 21 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Hollywood Studios. Hollywood Studios also runs its rides more reliably - 97% of opening hours against 85%.

Which has shorter queues, Cedar Point or Hollywood Studios?

Cedar Point, by about 13 minutes a ride. On a typical day Cedar Point averages 28 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 Cedar Point best time to visit and Hollywood Studios best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Cedar Point 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 Cedar Point and Hollywood Studios for the full ride lists.

Is Cedar Point bigger than Hollywood Studios?

By rides we track waits for, Cedar Point is the bigger day out: 21 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 Cedar Point 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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