Our 1-Day Hollywood Studios itinerary is a good step by step plan & technique for minimizing time ready in traces, maximizing rides, and averting crowds at Walt Disney International. It covers sights, eating places, displays, together with Fantasmic, Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Toy Tale Land, and extra. (Up to date June 14, 2025.)
This Disney’s Hollywood Studios (DHS) plan for 2025 has been up to date to consider the entire main adjustments in the previous couple of years. This comprises the hole of Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After and the Little Mermaid – A Musical Journey, at the side of the everlasting ultimate of MuppetVision and Muppets Courtyard to make means for Monstropolis.
Taking a look down the street to 2026, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is once more prone to be the park with the most important adjustments. At minimal, that can come with the reimagining of Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster and a brand new venture that includes Mandalorian and Child Yoda in Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. Past that, we’re expecting larger image adjustments to Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and probably extra new leisure.
Any other fairly contemporary trade is the advent of Lightning Lane Multi-Move and Unmarried Move, the paid FastPass that changed the Genie+ gadget. Prior to now, we had separate plans with and with out Lightning Lanes. With the brand new gadget, we’re as a substitute recommending you get started with this itinerary because the ‘bones’ to construct your personal plan, and mix it with Disney’s Hollywood Studios Lightning Lane Multi-Move Scores & Technique.
The superb information is that DHS is now the number one park for Lightning Lane Multi-Move (LLMP) at Walt Disney International. It’s now not important to buy LLMP at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, particularly in case you have a complete day within the park and plan on staying overdue. Alternatively, it’ll make traveling such a lot more straightforward, particularly as DHS has the easiest moderate standby wait time of any park at Walt Disney International.
Our large ‘caution’ sooner than you embark on an afternoon at DHS is that crowds height early. It’s now not unusual for all of the most well liked rides to have 60-90 minute wait instances in a while after common rope drop. Those lengthy traces will also be daunting, and lead to visitors ‘hitting a wall’ and leaving DHS previous than the opposite parks.
This could also be why wait instances, on moderate, have a tendency to drop sharper within the afternoon and night time than the opposite parks. Suffice to mention, you’ll actually wish to keep overdue at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, even though it manner arriving overdue or taking a noon ruin. Then again, there are many leisure choices to fill-in the center of your day at DHS (that’s what this plan will incorporate).
If you happen to’re staying on-site and will arrive early, take a look at our Information to Early Access at Walt Disney International. This headstart gives you a large benefit, however could also be now not strictly important for a productive day in DHS. You’ll simply spend extra time ready in standby traces with out Early Access or Lightning Lanes, and also you’ll want/wish to keep later within the day.
Thankfully, there are nonetheless tactics to outsmart the crowds with out purchasing Lightning Lanes or being eligible for Early Access. With that stated, if you wish to know which of the ones (and different) approaches is highest, see our Savvy Standby Technique at Walt Disney International, which main points the most efficient and worst tactics to save lots of time in traces.
This put up continues our collection of Walt Disney International Park Itineraries & Park Plans designed to respond to the regularly requested query, “what would you do in an excellent day on the park?” With Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway plus all of Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge now open, together with each Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, there’s extra to do right here, and we as soon as once more suggest spending a complete day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Alternatively, it additionally could be a very difficult and irritating day since the appeal lineup could be very best heavy, consisting virtually in large part of extremely common rides. In contrast to just about each different park at Walt Disney International, DHS is missing within the “supporting avid gamers” division. Which is to mention there are only a few low trouble sights and displays which can be simple to do with minimum wait to spherical out your day or kill time.
For an excellent day at DHS, we advise arriving to the park about 30 sooner than reputable opening time, and selecting up this itinerary from there. If you happen to’re staying on-site and are eligible for Early Access, we’d strongly suggest arriving 45 mins sooner than the reputable get started time of that. With that out of the best way, let’s roll…
Get started with 2d Alternatives – Sadly, in case you’re staying off-site and are arriving for reputable park opening, you’re going to be in the back of the gang, making each Toy Tale Land and Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance unhealthy choices for beginning the day. This leaves you with the “2d selection” choices.
As an alternative, get started with the most simple way with the Sundown Side road sights close to the entrance of the park. All through the primary hour, wait instances for Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror must be fairly low.
If you happen to arrive early sufficient right here (or it’s a gradual day), you may additionally be capable to do Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster a few instances by way of standby with quick waits. Practice that via doing the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror whilst you’re locally. Our exact waits for those rides early within the day had been underneath 20 mins irrespective of posted wait instances.
Hollywood Goals – By the point you’re achieved along with your first few rides, all sights may have excessive wait instances. That is an unlucky fact at Disney’s Hollywood Studios–wait instances get lengthy previous than every other park. The primary bit of fine information is that it’ll paintings in your benefit later within the day.
The second one bit of fine information is that, lately, personality meet & greets lag in the back of different sights in having lengthy wait instances. Get forward of the crowds via doing Crimson Carpet Goals, which is the Minnie and Mickey Mouse meet & greet. This lately averages a just about hour-long wait time during the day, however must have a real wait time of underneath half-hour while you arrive.
Over on Grand Road, you’ll see extra characters. This comprises the preferred Holiday Goofy and Max Goof as Powerline close to the Megastar Wars Galaxy’s Edge front, amongst others. Those uncommon characters are all highly regarded, and we extremely suggest seeing them as early on as conceivable.
Pass See A Megastar Conflict: Episode I – If you’re completed with the characters, proceed to Megastar Excursions: the Adventures Proceed after which Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Don’t be afraid to decelerate and experience one of the most surroundings on Batuu–it’s the least crowded Galaxy’s Edge might be till the night time hours. Imagine perusing the department stores and market stalls now, as many may have traces later within the day.
We’d additionally strongly suggest prioritizing the free-roaming Mandalorian and Child Yoda characters who seem in Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. This duo is basically mobbed within the afternoon, however their units that get started sooner than 11 am aren’t just about as unhealthy. Now may additionally be a great time to check out your good fortune with a walkup at Oga’s Cantina, the Megastar Wars bar.
If characters aren’t your factor, every other robust choice is Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run after the Sundown Side road sights. (Wherein case, you must skip Megastar Excursions and do it later.) You may stumble upon a quite longer line for Smugglers Run, nevertheless it gained’t be just about as unhealthy as later within the morning or early afternoon. En path to Galaxy’s Edge, you could be tempted to do Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, however don’t–that’s the longest line it’ll have all day.
DHS Morning Run Recap – Right here’s how your morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios may glance sooner than breaking for lunch:
- Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster (probably two times)
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (probably two times)
- Characters (non-compulsory)
- See Mandalorian & Child Yoda (non-compulsory, however they’re cool and free-roaming, so no traces)
- Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run and/or Megastar Excursions: The Adventures Proceed
If you happen to’re in a position to perform all of this, you’ve had a rather productive morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It won’t appear adore it, however consider us. DHS is all about pacing your self. With that stated, we’d suggest a minimum of yet another prevent sooner than lunch (particularly in case you skipped some or the entire above characters).
New Displays – As discussed above, two new displays have debuted for Summer time 2025 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios: The Little Mermaid – A Musical Journey and Villains Unfairly Ever After. Those are incorporated as a separate access in this checklist essentially for the sake of drawing your consideration to them, and the truth that they’re new. The opposite displays at DHS are all a minimum of one decade to twenty years (or extra!) previous.
The Little Mermaid – A Musical Journey is very really useful, and lately has showtimes from 9:20 am till 7:20 pm which can be spaced 40 mins aside (e.g. 9:20 am, 10:00 am, 10:40 am, and many others.). Even if the infrastructure is in position, the Little Mermaid display does now not lately be offering a Lightning Lane. That are meant to trade very quickly.
Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After has showtimes from 10 am till 7 pm, with the primary and final couple of hours being at the hour and center of the day being each part hour. There’s no Lightning Lane for this display, nor will there be at some point.
Because of their reputation and new-ness, we advise being quite extra strategic with either one of those displays. Catching one or each sooner than lunch is in fact preferrred with the intention to beat the noon rush. If you happen to watch both or each between 1 pm and four pm, there’s a powerful risk that you simply’ll be ready in line and now not catching the following display. Call for is prone to stay increased via early 2026.
Early Lunch – All through the center of the day, you’re going to have a while to kill whilst looking ahead to wait instances to drop. Thankfully, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is house to 2 of the Best possible Themed Eating places at Walt Disney International.
Certainly ebook Advance Eating Reservations for proper round midday at 50’s Top Time Cafe or Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater. Overlook the destructive evaluations, because the enjoy at each eating places is the megastar of the display. In my opinion, I feel each serve lovely excellent meals, too. (Word that each are extremely onerous Advance Eating Reservations to attain at this time; Hollywood Brown Derby could also be an excellent pick out if you’ll’t ebook both of the opposite two.)
Extra Displays ‘n’ Stuff – Disney’s Hollywood Studios has a number of displays which can be value seeing. Those come with the Frozen Sing-along, Good looks and the Beast: Continue to exist Degree, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Impressive, and extra.
No technique is needed for seeing those, do exactly them at your recreational round their scheduled showtimes. They seldom have exact waits or traces, and are an effective way to fill the center of the day whilst the rides have lengthy standby queues. They’re all long, therefore this being the only real access between lunch and dinner.
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Impressive could also be a ton of amusing, a blockbuster manufacturing worthy of its “epic” title. Certainly make sure to watch (a minimum of) either one of the ones; those displays are nice tactics to kill instances whilst looking ahead to standby wait instances to drop at the park’s headliner rides.
Early Dinner – If you happen to’ve come what may already labored up an urge for food and now have time to kill, believe doing every other meal. Preferably, whichever of the 2 desk carrier eating places you didn’t do above. If you happen to’re extra in a ingesting and snacking temper, give BaseLine Faucet Area a check out (meals spreads pictured above).
An alternative choice is Docking Bay 7 Meals & Shipment in Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. That’s lately one of the crucial highest counter carrier eating places at Walt Disney International. But every other choice is to caffeinate via heading to Trolley Automobile Cafe (the Starbucks location at Disney’s Hollywood Studios) for espresso. Oh, and whilst you’re there, snatch one of the crucial two Best possible Snacks at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
No matter you do, make sure to’re now not going to wish to consume a complete sit-down meal within the final 4 hours that DHS is open. This plan nearly depends on doing dinner early, which is every other “zig-when-they-zag” piece of making plans recommendation for Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Overdue Educate to Runnamuck Park – Whilst it could be tempting to run(away) to the latest headliner appeal at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to begin your day, the simpler choice is doing Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway about 3 hours sooner than park ultimate.
There are 3 advantages to this way. First, that’s when its line is shortest, so that you’re ready the least period of time. 2d, the queue is most commonly open air, and the solar will also be brutal previous within the day. In spite of everything, this appeal is on the entrance of the park, and has the longest traces whilst visitors are arriving or leaving. The candy spot for brief traces is a couple of hours sooner than park ultimate. You gained’t enjoy the shortest traces of the day, however it is a excellent compromise.
Toy Tale Land Mania – The most well liked a part of Disney’s Hollywood Studios with households is Toy Tale Land. It’s much more common than the larger finances Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with this demographic, and the crowds you’ll enjoy previous within the day undergo this out.
Everybody’s gotta consume, and most of the people dine on a constant and predictable agenda. That is doubly true of households with young children, the core target market of Toy Tale Land. Like clockwork, households will get started doing dinner at round 6 pm, leading to slightly of a lull in Toy Tale Land crowds. That is exactly why we really useful zigging after they zag and consuming an early dinner if in any respect conceivable.
With such a lot of high-profile rides in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, that is actually your highest play in case you aren’t eligible for Early Access and are unwilling to buy Lightning Lanes. The truth is that you simply’re going to need to compromise someplace, because it’s merely now not conceivable to get the entirety achieved with out going towards the grain someplace. You’ll be able to’t have your cake and consume it too at DHS…except you achieve this at 4 pm or 5 pm! 😉
If you’re in Toy Tale Land, you’re going to wish to do each Toy Tale Mania and Slinky Canine Sprint. Which you must do first actually will depend on while you input the land. If you happen to arrive sooner than 6 pm, do Toy Tale Mania first. If after 6 pm, do Slinky Canine Sprint first. Don’t concern an excessive amount of about posted wait instances–they’re reactive slightly than proactive, that means Slinky Canine Sprint’s posted wait time will drop in opposition to the tail finish of the dinner lull…proper as individuals are beginning to soar again into line. (Skip Alien Swirling Saucers.)
An alternative choice right here in case you’re now not up for an early dinner is consuming at Woody’s Lunch Field after each Toy Tale Land sights, after the dinner rush subsides slightly there. If in case you have much more time, you’ll do Toy Tale Roundup Rodeo BBQ Eating place.
Pass See A Megastar Conflict: Episode II — Following Toy Tale Land, we advise backtracking to Batuu as soon as once more. It’s higher to spend the majority of your time in Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge later within the day slightly than within the morning for a few causes. First, crowds are in fact worst within the morning and get gradually higher because the day wears on.
2d, as a result of Megastar Wars Land is solely higher because the day is going on. The lights provides so much to the moody off-planet surroundings, and makes the enjoy much more immersive. If time permits, attempt to knock out each Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance by way of the standby line.
Do the sights in that order, and be expecting Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance to take lower than an hour, even though the posted wait time for the standby line is 90 mins or longer. (Barring a breakdown, it’ll take a long way much less time than the posted wait time suggests.)
Fantasmic – The reimagined Fantasmic is a will have to see. On nights when there’s just one appearing of Fantasmic, that’s the only you’ll do (clearly). Whilst you’ll line as much as see Fantasmic as much as 90 mins upfront, we advise appearing up round half-hour sooner than showtime. You gained’t get as excellent of a seat, however maximum perspectives within the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater are “excellent sufficient.” (Imagine reserving the most cost-effective Fantasmic Eating Bundle to ensure your self an excellent seat that means!)
On nights when there are two showtimes of Fantasmic, it’s commonplace for the second to happen at park ultimate or half-hour after. We’ve controlled to peer the second one appearing of Fantasmic from impressive seats with out arriving greater than 5 mins upfront of showtime. (We propose arriving previous than this.)
This has been the case even on evenings when the primary efficiency was once slightly busy and seats crammed up half-hour sooner than showtime. On those self same busier days, the overdue performances of Fantasmic had more than one whole sections that went unfilled. I used to be in a position to snag the 3rd row of an excellent segment at (actually) 2 mins sooner than showtime, and that was once on a hectic day.
If you happen to’re a Fantasmic enthusiast, you may choose the ‘highest’ view of the reimagined midnight impressive. Once more, we’d suggest reserving the eating package deal if that’s the case. For extra viewing recommendation, see our Information to Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
After that, make the effort for a gradual walk out of the park upon exiting, taking your time to have a look at and {photograph} all of the stunning neon indicators. The excellent news this is that although it’ll be darkish out, the neon is so vibrant that it’s simple to {photograph} at night time.
All in all, it must conclude a gorgeous enjoyable day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This park is such a lot higher than it was once only a few years in the past–it’s now for sure a complete day park and one who is freed from visual development. The added excellent information is that Disney’s Hollywood Studios must additional support over again of the degree displays get started to go back. That has already took place with the Frozen Sing-Alongside, so optimistically the others will observe swimsuit quickly!
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What would you come with to your preferrred day in Disney’s Hollywood Studios? What’s your most popular technique for Toy Tale Land, Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the Sundown Side road duo? What in regards to the first v. 2d appearing of Fantasmic? Do you use a zig-when-they-zag option to DHS, or keep on with typical technique? If you happen to haven’t visited Walt Disney International, what do you intend on doing? Do you settle or disagree with our technique or plan of assault? Any questions? Listening to your comments–even while you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please proportion your ideas underneath within the feedback!
Our 1-Day Hollywood Studios itinerary is a good step by step plan & technique for minimizing time ready in traces, maximizing rides, and averting crowds at Walt Disney International. It covers sights, eating places, displays, together with Fantasmic, Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Toy Tale Land, and extra. (Up to date June 14, 2025.)
This Disney’s Hollywood Studios (DHS) plan for 2025 has been up to date to consider the entire main adjustments in the previous couple of years. This comprises the hole of Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After and the Little Mermaid – A Musical Journey, at the side of the everlasting ultimate of MuppetVision and Muppets Courtyard to make means for Monstropolis.
Taking a look down the street to 2026, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is once more prone to be the park with the most important adjustments. At minimal, that can come with the reimagining of Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster and a brand new venture that includes Mandalorian and Child Yoda in Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. Past that, we’re expecting larger image adjustments to Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and probably extra new leisure.
Any other fairly contemporary trade is the advent of Lightning Lane Multi-Move and Unmarried Move, the paid FastPass that changed the Genie+ gadget. Prior to now, we had separate plans with and with out Lightning Lanes. With the brand new gadget, we’re as a substitute recommending you get started with this itinerary because the ‘bones’ to construct your personal plan, and mix it with Disney’s Hollywood Studios Lightning Lane Multi-Move Scores & Technique.
The superb information is that DHS is now the number one park for Lightning Lane Multi-Move (LLMP) at Walt Disney International. It’s now not important to buy LLMP at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, particularly in case you have a complete day within the park and plan on staying overdue. Alternatively, it’ll make traveling such a lot more straightforward, particularly as DHS has the easiest moderate standby wait time of any park at Walt Disney International.
Our large ‘caution’ sooner than you embark on an afternoon at DHS is that crowds height early. It’s now not unusual for all of the most well liked rides to have 60-90 minute wait instances in a while after common rope drop. Those lengthy traces will also be daunting, and lead to visitors ‘hitting a wall’ and leaving DHS previous than the opposite parks.
This could also be why wait instances, on moderate, have a tendency to drop sharper within the afternoon and night time than the opposite parks. Suffice to mention, you’ll actually wish to keep overdue at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, even though it manner arriving overdue or taking a noon ruin. Then again, there are many leisure choices to fill-in the center of your day at DHS (that’s what this plan will incorporate).
If you happen to’re staying on-site and will arrive early, take a look at our Information to Early Access at Walt Disney International. This headstart gives you a large benefit, however could also be now not strictly important for a productive day in DHS. You’ll simply spend extra time ready in standby traces with out Early Access or Lightning Lanes, and also you’ll want/wish to keep later within the day.
Thankfully, there are nonetheless tactics to outsmart the crowds with out purchasing Lightning Lanes or being eligible for Early Access. With that stated, if you wish to know which of the ones (and different) approaches is highest, see our Savvy Standby Technique at Walt Disney International, which main points the most efficient and worst tactics to save lots of time in traces.
This put up continues our collection of Walt Disney International Park Itineraries & Park Plans designed to respond to the regularly requested query, “what would you do in an excellent day on the park?” With Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway plus all of Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge now open, together with each Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, there’s extra to do right here, and we as soon as once more suggest spending a complete day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Alternatively, it additionally could be a very difficult and irritating day since the appeal lineup could be very best heavy, consisting virtually in large part of extremely common rides. In contrast to just about each different park at Walt Disney International, DHS is missing within the “supporting avid gamers” division. Which is to mention there are only a few low trouble sights and displays which can be simple to do with minimum wait to spherical out your day or kill time.
For an excellent day at DHS, we advise arriving to the park about 30 sooner than reputable opening time, and selecting up this itinerary from there. If you happen to’re staying on-site and are eligible for Early Access, we’d strongly suggest arriving 45 mins sooner than the reputable get started time of that. With that out of the best way, let’s roll…
Get started with 2d Alternatives – Sadly, in case you’re staying off-site and are arriving for reputable park opening, you’re going to be in the back of the gang, making each Toy Tale Land and Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance unhealthy choices for beginning the day. This leaves you with the “2d selection” choices.
As an alternative, get started with the most simple way with the Sundown Side road sights close to the entrance of the park. All through the primary hour, wait instances for Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror must be fairly low.
If you happen to arrive early sufficient right here (or it’s a gradual day), you may additionally be capable to do Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster a few instances by way of standby with quick waits. Practice that via doing the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror whilst you’re locally. Our exact waits for those rides early within the day had been underneath 20 mins irrespective of posted wait instances.
Hollywood Goals – By the point you’re achieved along with your first few rides, all sights may have excessive wait instances. That is an unlucky fact at Disney’s Hollywood Studios–wait instances get lengthy previous than every other park. The primary bit of fine information is that it’ll paintings in your benefit later within the day.
The second one bit of fine information is that, lately, personality meet & greets lag in the back of different sights in having lengthy wait instances. Get forward of the crowds via doing Crimson Carpet Goals, which is the Minnie and Mickey Mouse meet & greet. This lately averages a just about hour-long wait time during the day, however must have a real wait time of underneath half-hour while you arrive.
Over on Grand Road, you’ll see extra characters. This comprises the preferred Holiday Goofy and Max Goof as Powerline close to the Megastar Wars Galaxy’s Edge front, amongst others. Those uncommon characters are all highly regarded, and we extremely suggest seeing them as early on as conceivable.
Pass See A Megastar Conflict: Episode I – If you’re completed with the characters, proceed to Megastar Excursions: the Adventures Proceed after which Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Don’t be afraid to decelerate and experience one of the most surroundings on Batuu–it’s the least crowded Galaxy’s Edge might be till the night time hours. Imagine perusing the department stores and market stalls now, as many may have traces later within the day.
We’d additionally strongly suggest prioritizing the free-roaming Mandalorian and Child Yoda characters who seem in Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. This duo is basically mobbed within the afternoon, however their units that get started sooner than 11 am aren’t just about as unhealthy. Now may additionally be a great time to check out your good fortune with a walkup at Oga’s Cantina, the Megastar Wars bar.
If characters aren’t your factor, every other robust choice is Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run after the Sundown Side road sights. (Wherein case, you must skip Megastar Excursions and do it later.) You may stumble upon a quite longer line for Smugglers Run, nevertheless it gained’t be just about as unhealthy as later within the morning or early afternoon. En path to Galaxy’s Edge, you could be tempted to do Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, however don’t–that’s the longest line it’ll have all day.
DHS Morning Run Recap – Right here’s how your morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios may glance sooner than breaking for lunch:
- Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster (probably two times)
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (probably two times)
- Characters (non-compulsory)
- See Mandalorian & Child Yoda (non-compulsory, however they’re cool and free-roaming, so no traces)
- Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run and/or Megastar Excursions: The Adventures Proceed
If you happen to’re in a position to perform all of this, you’ve had a rather productive morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It won’t appear adore it, however consider us. DHS is all about pacing your self. With that stated, we’d suggest a minimum of yet another prevent sooner than lunch (particularly in case you skipped some or the entire above characters).
New Displays – As discussed above, two new displays have debuted for Summer time 2025 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios: The Little Mermaid – A Musical Journey and Villains Unfairly Ever After. Those are incorporated as a separate access in this checklist essentially for the sake of drawing your consideration to them, and the truth that they’re new. The opposite displays at DHS are all a minimum of one decade to twenty years (or extra!) previous.
The Little Mermaid – A Musical Journey is very really useful, and lately has showtimes from 9:20 am till 7:20 pm which can be spaced 40 mins aside (e.g. 9:20 am, 10:00 am, 10:40 am, and many others.). Even if the infrastructure is in position, the Little Mermaid display does now not lately be offering a Lightning Lane. That are meant to trade very quickly.
Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After has showtimes from 10 am till 7 pm, with the primary and final couple of hours being at the hour and center of the day being each part hour. There’s no Lightning Lane for this display, nor will there be at some point.
Because of their reputation and new-ness, we advise being quite extra strategic with either one of those displays. Catching one or each sooner than lunch is in fact preferrred with the intention to beat the noon rush. If you happen to watch both or each between 1 pm and four pm, there’s a powerful risk that you simply’ll be ready in line and now not catching the following display. Call for is prone to stay increased via early 2026.
Early Lunch – All through the center of the day, you’re going to have a while to kill whilst looking ahead to wait instances to drop. Thankfully, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is house to 2 of the Best possible Themed Eating places at Walt Disney International.
Certainly ebook Advance Eating Reservations for proper round midday at 50’s Top Time Cafe or Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater. Overlook the destructive evaluations, because the enjoy at each eating places is the megastar of the display. In my opinion, I feel each serve lovely excellent meals, too. (Word that each are extremely onerous Advance Eating Reservations to attain at this time; Hollywood Brown Derby could also be an excellent pick out if you’ll’t ebook both of the opposite two.)
Extra Displays ‘n’ Stuff – Disney’s Hollywood Studios has a number of displays which can be value seeing. Those come with the Frozen Sing-along, Good looks and the Beast: Continue to exist Degree, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Impressive, and extra.
No technique is needed for seeing those, do exactly them at your recreational round their scheduled showtimes. They seldom have exact waits or traces, and are an effective way to fill the center of the day whilst the rides have lengthy standby queues. They’re all long, therefore this being the only real access between lunch and dinner.
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Impressive could also be a ton of amusing, a blockbuster manufacturing worthy of its “epic” title. Certainly make sure to watch (a minimum of) either one of the ones; those displays are nice tactics to kill instances whilst looking ahead to standby wait instances to drop at the park’s headliner rides.
Early Dinner – If you happen to’ve come what may already labored up an urge for food and now have time to kill, believe doing every other meal. Preferably, whichever of the 2 desk carrier eating places you didn’t do above. If you happen to’re extra in a ingesting and snacking temper, give BaseLine Faucet Area a check out (meals spreads pictured above).
An alternative choice is Docking Bay 7 Meals & Shipment in Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. That’s lately one of the crucial highest counter carrier eating places at Walt Disney International. But every other choice is to caffeinate via heading to Trolley Automobile Cafe (the Starbucks location at Disney’s Hollywood Studios) for espresso. Oh, and whilst you’re there, snatch one of the crucial two Best possible Snacks at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
No matter you do, make sure to’re now not going to wish to consume a complete sit-down meal within the final 4 hours that DHS is open. This plan nearly depends on doing dinner early, which is every other “zig-when-they-zag” piece of making plans recommendation for Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Overdue Educate to Runnamuck Park – Whilst it could be tempting to run(away) to the latest headliner appeal at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to begin your day, the simpler choice is doing Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway about 3 hours sooner than park ultimate.
There are 3 advantages to this way. First, that’s when its line is shortest, so that you’re ready the least period of time. 2d, the queue is most commonly open air, and the solar will also be brutal previous within the day. In spite of everything, this appeal is on the entrance of the park, and has the longest traces whilst visitors are arriving or leaving. The candy spot for brief traces is a couple of hours sooner than park ultimate. You gained’t enjoy the shortest traces of the day, however it is a excellent compromise.
Toy Tale Land Mania – The most well liked a part of Disney’s Hollywood Studios with households is Toy Tale Land. It’s much more common than the larger finances Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with this demographic, and the crowds you’ll enjoy previous within the day undergo this out.
Everybody’s gotta consume, and most of the people dine on a constant and predictable agenda. That is doubly true of households with young children, the core target market of Toy Tale Land. Like clockwork, households will get started doing dinner at round 6 pm, leading to slightly of a lull in Toy Tale Land crowds. That is exactly why we really useful zigging after they zag and consuming an early dinner if in any respect conceivable.
With such a lot of high-profile rides in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, that is actually your highest play in case you aren’t eligible for Early Access and are unwilling to buy Lightning Lanes. The truth is that you simply’re going to need to compromise someplace, because it’s merely now not conceivable to get the entirety achieved with out going towards the grain someplace. You’ll be able to’t have your cake and consume it too at DHS…except you achieve this at 4 pm or 5 pm! 😉
If you’re in Toy Tale Land, you’re going to wish to do each Toy Tale Mania and Slinky Canine Sprint. Which you must do first actually will depend on while you input the land. If you happen to arrive sooner than 6 pm, do Toy Tale Mania first. If after 6 pm, do Slinky Canine Sprint first. Don’t concern an excessive amount of about posted wait instances–they’re reactive slightly than proactive, that means Slinky Canine Sprint’s posted wait time will drop in opposition to the tail finish of the dinner lull…proper as individuals are beginning to soar again into line. (Skip Alien Swirling Saucers.)
An alternative choice right here in case you’re now not up for an early dinner is consuming at Woody’s Lunch Field after each Toy Tale Land sights, after the dinner rush subsides slightly there. If in case you have much more time, you’ll do Toy Tale Roundup Rodeo BBQ Eating place.
Pass See A Megastar Conflict: Episode II — Following Toy Tale Land, we advise backtracking to Batuu as soon as once more. It’s higher to spend the majority of your time in Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge later within the day slightly than within the morning for a few causes. First, crowds are in fact worst within the morning and get gradually higher because the day wears on.
2d, as a result of Megastar Wars Land is solely higher because the day is going on. The lights provides so much to the moody off-planet surroundings, and makes the enjoy much more immersive. If time permits, attempt to knock out each Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance by way of the standby line.
Do the sights in that order, and be expecting Megastar Wars: Upward push of the Resistance to take lower than an hour, even though the posted wait time for the standby line is 90 mins or longer. (Barring a breakdown, it’ll take a long way much less time than the posted wait time suggests.)
Fantasmic – The reimagined Fantasmic is a will have to see. On nights when there’s just one appearing of Fantasmic, that’s the only you’ll do (clearly). Whilst you’ll line as much as see Fantasmic as much as 90 mins upfront, we advise appearing up round half-hour sooner than showtime. You gained’t get as excellent of a seat, however maximum perspectives within the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater are “excellent sufficient.” (Imagine reserving the most cost-effective Fantasmic Eating Bundle to ensure your self an excellent seat that means!)
On nights when there are two showtimes of Fantasmic, it’s commonplace for the second to happen at park ultimate or half-hour after. We’ve controlled to peer the second one appearing of Fantasmic from impressive seats with out arriving greater than 5 mins upfront of showtime. (We propose arriving previous than this.)
This has been the case even on evenings when the primary efficiency was once slightly busy and seats crammed up half-hour sooner than showtime. On those self same busier days, the overdue performances of Fantasmic had more than one whole sections that went unfilled. I used to be in a position to snag the 3rd row of an excellent segment at (actually) 2 mins sooner than showtime, and that was once on a hectic day.
If you happen to’re a Fantasmic enthusiast, you may choose the ‘highest’ view of the reimagined midnight impressive. Once more, we’d suggest reserving the eating package deal if that’s the case. For extra viewing recommendation, see our Information to Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
After that, make the effort for a gradual walk out of the park upon exiting, taking your time to have a look at and {photograph} all of the stunning neon indicators. The excellent news this is that although it’ll be darkish out, the neon is so vibrant that it’s simple to {photograph} at night time.
All in all, it must conclude a gorgeous enjoyable day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This park is such a lot higher than it was once only a few years in the past–it’s now for sure a complete day park and one who is freed from visual development. The added excellent information is that Disney’s Hollywood Studios must additional support over again of the degree displays get started to go back. That has already took place with the Frozen Sing-Alongside, so optimistically the others will observe swimsuit quickly!
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What would you come with to your preferrred day in Disney’s Hollywood Studios? What’s your most popular technique for Toy Tale Land, Megastar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the Sundown Side road duo? What in regards to the first v. 2d appearing of Fantasmic? Do you use a zig-when-they-zag option to DHS, or keep on with typical technique? If you happen to haven’t visited Walt Disney International, what do you intend on doing? Do you settle or disagree with our technique or plan of assault? Any questions? Listening to your comments–even while you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please proportion your ideas underneath within the feedback!
