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Hollywood Studios
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Knott's Berry Farm

On a typical day Knott's Berry Farm queues less: about 19 minutes a ride against 36 at Hollywood Studios, 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.

Hollywood Studios and Knott's Berry Farm compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyHollywood StudiosUnited StatesKnott's Berry FarmUnited States
Average wait per ride 36 min19 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 917 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Slinky Dog Dash60 minGhostRider57 min
Shortest typical queue Star Tours – The Adventures Continue6 minSupreme Scream8 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running96% (best of the two)93%

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 Knott's Berry Farm compared on live queue times
Right nowHollywood StudiosUnited StatesKnott's Berry FarmUnited 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 Knott's Berry Farm queues less: about 19 minutes a ride against 36 at Hollywood Studios, 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 Hollywood Studios if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 36 minutes a ride here against 19 at Knott's Berry Farm - for what Hollywood Studios has that Knott's Berry Farm does not
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Hollywood Studios's rides run 96% of opening hours against 93% at Knott's Berry Farm
  • 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 Knott's Berry Farm if…

  • You want shorter queues: Knott's Berry Farm averages 19 minutes a ride against 36 at Hollywood Studios
  • You want more to do: 17 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Hollywood Studios
  • GhostRider is on your list - it is Knott's Berry Farm's longest typical queue at about 57 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Knott's Berry Farm'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

Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm sits in Buena Park, Orange County, California, with a long history dating back to Walter Knott's original berry farm and boysenberry jam stand from the 1920s. It's now a full theme park famous for its coaster line-up: HangTime, Silver Bullet, Xcelerator (a hydraulic launch coaster), GhostRider (a large wooden coaster), and the classic Timber Mountain Log Ride.

Southern California locals keep Knott's busy all year round, but peak crowds align with US school holidays, the extremely popular Scary Farm Halloween event, and Knott's Merry Farm at Christmas. Check live wait times for Xcelerator and HangTime on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a weekday outside local school breaks for shorter queues.

Knott's Berry Farm live queue times

05 · Questions

Hollywood Studios or Knott's Berry Farm?

Which is better, Hollywood Studios or Knott's Berry Farm?

If you are judging on queues, Knott's Berry Farm: it averages about 19 minutes a ride on a typical day against 36 at Hollywood Studios, roughly 17 minutes back on every queue you join. Hollywood Studios has 9 rides with recorded waits against 17 at Knott's Berry Farm. Hollywood Studios also runs its rides more reliably - 96% of opening hours against 93%.

Which has shorter queues, Hollywood Studios or Knott's Berry Farm?

Knott's Berry Farm, by about 17 minutes a ride. On a typical day Knott's Berry Farm averages 19 minutes against 36 at Hollywood Studios. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Hollywood Studios best time to visit and Knott's Berry Farm best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Hollywood Studios and Knott's Berry Farm 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 Knott's Berry Farm for the full ride lists.

Is Hollywood Studios bigger than Knott's Berry Farm?

By rides we track waits for, Knott's Berry Farm is the bigger day out: 17 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 Knott's Berry Farm 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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