Hollywood Studios
vs
Seaworld San Antonio

On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 29 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 Seaworld San Antonio compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Hollywood StudiosUnited States	Seaworld San AntonioUnited States
Average wait per ride	41 min	12 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	9	9
Longest typical queue	Slinky Dog Dash66 min	Rio Loco30 min
Shortest typical queue	Star Tours – The Adventures Continue8 min	Riptide Rescue5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	97% (best of the two)	70%

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 Seaworld San Antonio compared on live queue times
Right now	Hollywood StudiosUnited States	Seaworld San AntonioUnited 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 Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 29 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 - 41 minutes a ride here against 12 at Seaworld San Antonio - for what Hollywood Studios has that Seaworld San Antonio does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Hollywood Studios's rides run 97% of opening hours against 70% at Seaworld San Antonio
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

Pick Seaworld San Antonio if…

You want shorter queues: Seaworld San Antonio averages 12 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios
Rio Loco is on your list - it is Seaworld San Antonio's longest typical queue at about 30 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Seaworld San Antonio'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

Seaworld San Antonio

SeaWorld San Antonio is the largest marine-life theme park in the world by area, sitting on 250 acres in San Antonio, Texas. It combines marine animal shows with a solid coaster line-up: Wave Breaker (a jet-ski themed coaster), Great White (an inverted coaster), Steel Eel (a hyper coaster), Texas Stingray wooden coaster, and the newer Tidal Surge swing ride. A separate Aquatica water park operates next door.

Texas heat drives summer crowds into early mornings and late evenings, with the coolest queue times usually at the start of the day. Halloween Spooktacular, Christmas Celebration and US school holidays are the peak periods. Check live wait times for Texas Stingray and Wave Breaker on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek day for shorter queues.

Seaworld San Antonio live queue times

05 · Questions

Hollywood Studios or Seaworld San Antonio?

Which is better, Hollywood Studios or Seaworld San Antonio?

If you are judging on queues, Seaworld San Antonio: it averages about 12 minutes a ride on a typical day against 41 at Hollywood Studios, roughly 29 minutes back on every queue you join. Hollywood Studios has 9 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Seaworld San Antonio. Hollywood Studios also runs its rides more reliably - 97% of opening hours against 70%.

Which has shorter queues, Hollywood Studios or Seaworld San Antonio?

Seaworld San Antonio, by about 29 minutes a ride. On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio averages 12 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 Hollywood Studios best time to visit and Seaworld San Antonio best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Hollywood Studios and Seaworld San Antonio 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 Seaworld San Antonio for the full ride lists.

Is Hollywood Studios bigger than Seaworld San Antonio?

They track the same number of rides here - 9 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 Seaworld San Antonio 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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