Disneyland Park
vs
Universal Studios Florida Park

On a typical day Disneyland Park queues less: about 18 minutes a ride against 35 at Universal Studios Florida Park, a difference of roughly 17 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.

Disneyland Park and Universal Studios Florida Park compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Disneyland ParkUnited States	Universal Studios Florida ParkUnited States
Average wait per ride	18 min (best of the two)	35 min
Rides with recorded waits	34	34
Longest typical queue	Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance43 min	H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular! Accessibility Return Time110 min
Shortest typical queue	Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes5 min	Ollivanders™ Experience in Diagon Alley™5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	89% (best of the two)	59%

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.

Disneyland Park and Universal Studios Florida Park 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 Disneyland Park queues less: about 18 minutes a ride against 35 at Universal Studios Florida Park, a difference of roughly 17 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 Disneyland Park if…

You want shorter queues: Disneyland Park averages 18 minutes a ride against 35 at Universal Studios Florida Park
You would rather not find rides shut: Disneyland Park's rides run 89% of opening hours against 59% at Universal Studios Florida Park
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is on your list - it is Disneyland Park's longest typical queue at about 43 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Disneyland Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Universal Studios Florida Park if…

You will accept a longer queue - 35 minutes a ride here against 18 at Disneyland Park - for what Universal Studios Florida Park has that Disneyland Park does not
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular! Accessibility Return Time is on your list - it is Universal Studios Florida Park's longest typical queue at about 110 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Universal Studios Florida Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Disneyland Park

Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California is the original Disney park, opened in 1955 and still built around the hub-and-spoke layout every later castle park copied. It is compact by Disney standards, which means a lot of classic rides in a small space: Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Indiana Jones Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and the Matterhorn Bobsleds are all within a few minutes' walk of each other. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge added Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, and Tiana's Bayou Adventure took over the old Splash Mountain flume.

Because locals visit on annual passes as well as tourists, weekends and school holidays fill the park quickly and queue times at the headline rides can pass an hour by late morning. Check the live wait times before you set off and use the crowd calendar to find the quieter weekdays.

Disneyland Park live queue times

Universal Studios Florida Park

Universal Studios Florida is one of two major parks at the Universal Orlando Resort, themed around film and TV. Highlights include Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Revenge of the Mummy, Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, Fast and Furious, and Transformers: The Ride. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's Diagon Alley connects to Universal's Islands of Adventure via the Hogwarts Express.

Universal Studios Florida is busy year-round, with peak crowds during US school holidays, Halloween Horror Nights, and the Christmas season. Mid-January and early September are the quietest periods. Check live wait times across both parks on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd date - the extensive Wizarding World areas regularly top 60-minute queues.

Universal Studios Florida Park live queue times

05 · Questions

Disneyland Park or Universal Studios Florida Park?

Which is better, Disneyland Park or Universal Studios Florida Park?

If you are judging on queues, Disneyland Park: it averages about 18 minutes a ride on a typical day against 35 at Universal Studios Florida Park, roughly 17 minutes back on every queue you join. Disneyland Park has 34 rides with recorded waits against 34 at Universal Studios Florida Park. Disneyland Park also runs its rides more reliably - 89% of opening hours against 59%.

Which has shorter queues, Disneyland Park or Universal Studios Florida Park?

Disneyland Park, by about 17 minutes a ride. On a typical day Disneyland Park averages 18 minutes against 35 at Universal Studios Florida Park. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Disneyland Park best time to visit and Universal Studios Florida Park best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Disneyland Park and Universal Studios Florida Park 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 Disneyland Park and Universal Studios Florida Park for the full ride lists.

Is Disneyland Park bigger than Universal Studios Florida Park?

They track the same number of rides here - 34 each. Acreage matters less than how many of those you can actually get on in a day, which comes down to queues and opening hours, and there Disneyland Park is ahead.

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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