Hollywood Studios
vs
Silver Dollar City

On a typical day Silver Dollar City queues less: about 22 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 19 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 Silver Dollar City compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Hollywood StudiosUnited States	Silver Dollar CityUnited States
Average wait per ride	41 min	22 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	9	28 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Slinky Dog Dash66 min	Hugo & Mary's Carousel95 min
Shortest typical queue	Star Tours – The Adventures Continue8 min	Fireman's Flyers9 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	97% (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 Silver Dollar City compared on live queue times
Right now	Hollywood StudiosUnited States	Silver Dollar CityUnited 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 Silver Dollar City queues less: about 22 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios, a difference of roughly 19 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 22 at Silver Dollar City - for what Hollywood Studios has that Silver Dollar City does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Hollywood Studios's rides run 97% of opening hours against 93% at Silver Dollar City
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 Silver Dollar City if…

You want shorter queues: Silver Dollar City averages 22 minutes a ride against 41 at Hollywood Studios
You want more to do: 28 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Hollywood Studios
Hugo & Mary's Carousel is on your list - it is Silver Dollar City's longest typical queue at about 95 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Silver Dollar City'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

Silver Dollar City

Silver Dollar City is a 1880s-themed park in Branson, Missouri, sitting above the famous Marvel Cave. It mixes a traditional craftsmen village with a strong modern coaster line-up: Outlaw Run (one of the world's best wooden coasters), Time Traveler (a record-breaking spinning coaster), Powder Keg, and the newer Wildfire and Mystic River Falls. Live music and period crafts are core to the park's identity.

Silver Dollar City's peak periods are the US summer break, the extremely popular Pumpkin Nights and Old Time Christmas events, and weekend visits from Branson tourists. Weekdays in May, September and early December stay calmer. Check live queue times for Time Traveler and Outlaw Run first thing, and use our crowd calendar to plan around peak event weekends.

Silver Dollar City live queue times

05 · Questions

Hollywood Studios or Silver Dollar City?

Which is better, Hollywood Studios or Silver Dollar City?

If you are judging on queues, Silver Dollar City: it averages about 22 minutes a ride on a typical day against 41 at Hollywood Studios, roughly 19 minutes back on every queue you join. Hollywood Studios has 9 rides with recorded waits against 28 at Silver Dollar City. Hollywood Studios also runs its rides more reliably - 97% of opening hours against 93%.

Which has shorter queues, Hollywood Studios or Silver Dollar City?

Silver Dollar City, by about 19 minutes a ride. On a typical day Silver Dollar City averages 22 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 Silver Dollar City best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Hollywood Studios and Silver Dollar City 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 Silver Dollar City for the full ride lists.

Is Hollywood Studios bigger than Silver Dollar City?

By rides we track waits for, Silver Dollar City is the bigger day out: 28 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 Silver Dollar City 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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