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Hollywood Studios
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Kings Island

Hollywood Studios and Kings Island queue about the same on a typical day - 36 minutes against 35 minutes across 9 and 24 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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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.

Hollywood Studios and Kings Island compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyHollywood StudiosUnited StatesKings IslandUnited States
Average wait per ride 36 min35 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 924 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Slinky Dog Dash60 minFlight of Fear57 min
Shortest typical queue Star Tours – The Adventures Continue6 minThe Racer (Red)14 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running96% (best of the two)60%

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.

Hollywood Studios and Kings Island compared on live queue times
Right nowHollywood StudiosUnited StatesKings IslandUnited 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 Hollywood Studios and Kings Island queue about the same on a typical day - 36 minutes against 35 minutes across 9 and 24 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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 Hollywood Studios if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 36 minutes a ride
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Hollywood Studios's rides run 96% of opening hours against 60% at Kings Island
  • Slinky Dog Dash is on your list - it is Hollywood Studios's longest typical queue at about 60 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Hollywood Studios's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Kings Island if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 35 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 24 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Hollywood Studios
  • Flight of Fear is on your list - it is Kings Island's longest typical queue at about 57 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Kings Island's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

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

Kings Island

Kings Island is a huge theme park in Mason, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. It's one of the Cedar Fair (now Six Flags) parks and runs a strong coaster line-up: The Beast (the world's longest wooden coaster, opened 1979), Diamondback, Mystic Timbers, Orion (a giga coaster), Banshee (the world's longest inverted coaster), and Racer. A full water park operates on the same site during summer.

The Ohio summer school break and Halloween Haunt event drive Kings Island's busiest periods, with weekend queue times on Orion and The Beast often exceeding 90 minutes. Weekdays in May, September and October are dramatically quieter. Check live wait times on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit if you want to ride everything in a day.

Kings Island live queue times

05 · Questions

Hollywood Studios or Kings Island?

Which is better, Hollywood Studios or Kings Island?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 35 minutes a ride on a typical day. Hollywood Studios has 9 rides with recorded waits against 24 at Kings Island. Hollywood Studios also runs its rides more reliably - 96% of opening hours against 60%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Hollywood Studios or Kings Island?

They are level. Hollywood Studios averages 36 minutes a ride on a typical day and Kings Island averages 35 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Hollywood Studios best time to visit and Kings Island best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Hollywood Studios and Kings Island 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 Hollywood Studios and Kings Island for the full ride lists.

Is Hollywood Studios bigger than Kings Island?

By rides we track waits for, Kings Island is the bigger day out: 24 rides against 9. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours.

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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