1-Day Hollywood Studios Itinerary
Our 1-Day Hollywood Studios itinerary is an efficient step-by-step plan & strategy for minimizing time waiting in lines, maximizing rides, and avoiding crowds at Walt Disney World. It covers attractions, restaurants, shows, including Fantasmic, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Toy Story Land, and more. (Updated February 18, 2024.)
This Disney’s Hollywood Studios (DHS) plan has been updated to take into account all of the major changes in the last year-plus. The itinerary factors in current crowd dynamics, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance reliability and popularity, Early Entry, Genie+ Lightning Lanes, the closure of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, return of Fantasmic, debut of Mandalorian and Grogu, and rare character initiative at DHS.
A lot has changed at DHS in the last few years with the opening of major new lands and rides, and disappearance of entertainment. While the new stuff is great news, the loss of shows and atmospheric acts–once thought to be temporary cuts–is a big blow. Aside from the Little Mermaid stage show, which will finally reopen in late 2024, most of the missing entertainment is gone for good. Crowds have been the other big change, as DHS is busier than ever. With all of that in mind, this is our revised 1-day Disney’s Hollywood Studios itinerary for 2024.
This itinerary assumes you will not be buying those line-skipping services nor will you be taking advantage of Early Entry. If you do plan on spending the extra, consult our 1-Day Disney’s Hollywood Studios Itinerary with Genie+ and Lightning Lanes.
If you’re staying on-site and can arrive early, check out our report on Early Entry at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Either of those things will give you a big advantage, but neither are strictly necessary for a productive day in DHS. You’ll just spend more time waiting in standby lines without Early Entry or Genie+ and Lightning Lanes, and you’ll need/want to stay later in the day.
Fortunately, there are still ways to outsmart the crowds without buying Genie+ or being eligible for Early Entry. With that said, if you want to know which of those (and other) approaches is best, see our new Genie+ v. Savvy Standby Strategy at Walt Disney World, which details the best and worst ways to save time in lines.
This post continues our series of Walt Disney World Park Itineraries & Park Plans designed to answer the frequently asked question, “what would you do in an ideal day at the park?” With Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway plus all of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge now open, including both Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, there’s more to do here, and we once again recommend spending a full day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
However, it also can be a very challenging and frustrating day because the attraction lineup is very top heavy, consisting almost largely of highly popular rides. Unlike virtually every other park at Walt Disney World, DHS is lacking in the “supporting players” department. Which is to say there are very few low hassle attractions and shows that are easy to do with minimal wait to round out your day or kill time.
Unlike all of our other WDW plans, our strategy for Disney’s Hollywood Studios starts prior to the day of your visit…
DHS Rope Drop – For an ideal experience at DHS, we recommend arriving to the park about 30 before official opening time, and picking up this itinerary from there.
If you’re staying on-site and are eligible for Early Entry, we’d strongly recommend arriving 45 minutes before the official start time of that.
Start with Second Choices – Unfortunately, if you’re staying off-site and are arriving for official park opening, you’re going to be behind the crowd, making both Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance bad options for starting the day. This leaves you with the “second choice” options.
If you don’t mind criss-crossing the park and also don’t intend to stay all day, that opens up Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run or Toy Story Mania as good options. Those have high average wait times (#3 and #5 at DHS) over the course of the day, but won’t yet have long lines. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is another strong selection (#4 average wait at DHS) on the way into the park, and it also won’t be bad yet.
Normally, our advice is to “zig when they zag” right at the start of the day and head to Sunset Boulevard. During the first hour, wait times for Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror should be relatively low. You can usually start with Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster and you might even be able to do that twice as a walk-on before heading to Tower of Terror.
However, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster is currently closed for a lengthy refurbishment through Summer 2024. This means that starting with Sunset Boulevard will only allow you to do Tower of Terror, which is currently only the 6th highest wait time on average at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In our view, that’s not enough time-savings for this approach to make sense–but it will be once again once Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster reopens.
To make a long story short, we recommend starting with Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway between now and July 2024. Maybe Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run if you love Star Wars, want to see Galaxy’s Edge while it’s still quiet, and don’t mind extra walking. After your first ride or two, it’s time for a contrarian approach…
Hollywood Dreams – By the time you’re done with your first ride or two, all attractions will have high wait times. This is an unfortunate reality at Disney’s Hollywood Studios–wait times get long earlier than any other park. The first bit of good news is that it’ll work to your advantage later in the day.
The second bit of good news is that, currently, character meet & greets lag behind other attractions in having long wait times. Get ahead of the crowds by doing Red Carpet Dreams, which is the Minnie and Mickey Mouse meet & greet. This currently averages a 61 minute wait time throughout the day, but should have an actual wait time of under 30 minutes when you arrive.
Rare Characters – There are a bunch of rare characters now appearing at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Most of these are permanent, but are still subject to change.
In particular, we want to draw your attention to the Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers meet & greet at the Adventure Outpost by Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular starting at 10:15 am daily. Following that, Vacation Goofy and Max Goof as Powerline appear on Grand Avenue near the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge entrance starting at 10:45 am. These rare characters are all very popular, and we highly recommend seeing them as early on as possible. Depending upon the time, you may either want to do this or the next step first.
Go See A Star War: Episode I – Once you’re finished with the characters, continue to Star Tours: the Adventures Continue and then Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Don’t be afraid to slow down and enjoy some of the atmosphere on Batuu–it’s the least crowded Galaxy’s Edge will be until the evening hours. Consider perusing the shops and marketplace stalls now, as many will have lines later in the day.
We’d also strongly recommend prioritizing the free-roaming Mandalorian and Baby Yoda characters who appear in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. This duo is absolutely mobbed in the afternoon, but their sets that start before 11 am are not nearly as bad. Now might also be a good time to try your luck with a walkup at Oga’s Cantina, the Star Wars bar.
If characters aren’t your thing, another strong option is doing Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway first and Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run second. (In which case, you should skip Star Tours and do it later.) You might encounter a slightly longer line for Smugglers Run, but it won’t be nearly as bad as later in the morning or early afternoon.
Early Lunch – During the middle of the day, you’re going to have some time to kill while waiting for wait times to drop. Fortunately, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is home to two of the Best Themed Restaurants at Walt Disney World.
Definitely book Advance Dining Reservations for right around noon at 50’s Prime Time Cafe or Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater. Disregard the negative reviews, as the experience at both restaurants is the star of the show. Personally, I think both serve pretty good food, too. (Note that both are incredibly hard Advance Dining Reservations to score right now; Hollywood Brown Derby is also a great pick if you can’t book either of the other two.)
Shows & Stuff – Disney’s Hollywood Studios has a bunch of shows that are worth seeing. These include the Frozen Sing-along, Beauty and the Beast: Live on Stage, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, and MuppetVision 3D.
No strategy is required for seeing these, just do them at your leisure around their scheduled showtimes. They seldom have actual waits or lines, and are a good way to fill the middle of the day while the rides have long standby queues.
In particular, we highly recommend MuppetVision 3D–to skip it would be distinctly unpatriotic. Consider spending some time in the pre-show area and overflow queue at MuppetVision, as there are some hilarious Easter Eggs all around.
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular is also a ton of fun, a blockbuster production worthy of its “epic” name. Definitely make sure you watch (at least) both of those; these shows are great ways to kill times while waiting for standby wait times to drop on the park’s headliner rides.
Early Dinner – If you’ve somehow already worked up an appetite and still have time to kill, consider doing another meal. Ideally, whichever of the two table service restaurants you didn’t do above. If you’re more in a drinking and snacking mood, give BaseLine Tap House a try (food spreads pictured above).
Another option is Docking Bay 7 Food & Cargo in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. That’s currently one of the best counter service restaurants at Walt Disney World. Yet another alternative is to caffeinate by heading to Trolley Car Cafe (the Starbucks location at Disney’s Hollywood Studios) for coffee. Oh, and while you’re there, grab one of the two Best Snacks at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Whatever you do, make sure you’re not going to need to eat a full sit-down meal in the last 4 hours that DHS is open. This plan practically relies on doing dinner early, which is another “zig-when-they-zag” piece of planning advice for Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Sunset at Sunset – At this point, it’s a good idea to do Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway or the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, which you didn’t do to start the day.
With both attractions, there are benefits to going earlier or later. First, that’s when its line is shortest, so you’re waiting the least amount of time. Second, the queue is mostly outdoors, and the sun can be brutal earlier in the day. Finally, they’re near the front of the park, and has the longest lines while guests are arriving or leaving. The sweet spot for short lines is about 5 pm or so. You won’t experience the shortest lines of the day, but this is a good compromise.
Toy Story Land Mania – The most popular part of Disney’s Hollywood Studios with families is Toy Story Land. It’s even more popular than the bigger budget Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with this demographic, and the crowds you’ll experience earlier in the day bear this out.
Everyone’s gotta eat, and most people dine on a consistent and predictable schedule. This is doubly true of families with small children, the core audience of Toy Story Land. Like clockwork, families will start doing dinner at around 6 pm, resulting in a bit of a lull in Toy Story Land crowds. This is precisely why we recommended zigging when they zag and eating an early dinner if at all possible.
With so many high-profile rides in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, this is really your best play if you aren’t eligible for Early Entry and are unwilling to purchase Genie+ access to Lightning Lanes. The reality is that you’re going to have to compromise somewhere, as it’s simply not possible to get everything done without going against the grain somewhere. You can’t have your cake and eat it too at DHS…unless you do so at 4 pm or 5 pm! 😉
Once you’re in Toy Story Land, you’re going to want to do both Toy Story Mania and Slinky Dog Dash. Which you should do first really depends on when you enter the land. If you arrive before 6 pm, do Toy Story Mania first. If after 6 pm, do Slinky Dog Dash first. Don’t worry too much about posted wait times–they are reactive rather than proactive, meaning Slinky Dog Dash’s posted wait time will drop towards the tail end of the dinner lull…right as people are starting to jump back into line. (Skip Alien Swirling Saucers.)
Another option here if you’re not up for an early dinner is eating at Woody’s Lunch Box after both Toy Story Land attractions, after the dinner rush subsides a bit there. If you have even more time, you can do the new Toy Story Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant. However, that typically requires ADRs or getting really lucky with Walk-up Waitlist!
Go See A Star War: Episode II — Following Toy Story Land, we recommend backtracking to Batuu once again. It’s better to spend the bulk of your time in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge later in the day rather than in the morning for a couple of reasons. First, crowds are actually worst in the morning and get progressively better as the day wears on.
Second, because Star Wars Land is simply better as the day goes on. The lighting adds a lot to the moody off-planet atmosphere, and makes the experience even more immersive. If time allows, try to knock out both Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance via the standby line.
Do the attractions in that order, and expect Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance to take less than an hour, even if the posted wait time for the standby line is 90 minutes or longer. (Barring a breakdown, it’ll take far less time than the posted wait time suggests.)
Fantasmic – Returning after a nearly 3 year hiatus in reimagined form, Fantasmic is a must see. On nights when there’s only one showing of Fantasmic, that’s the one you’ll do (obviously). While you can line up to see Fantasmic up to 90 minutes in advance, we recommend showing up around 30 minutes in advance. You won’t get as good of a seat, but most views in the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater are “good enough.” (Consider booking the cheapest Fantasmic Dining Package to guarantee yourself a great seat that way!)
On nights when there are two showtimes of Fantasmic, it’s common for the second one to occur at park closing or 30 minutes after. We’ve managed to see the second showing of Fantasmic from spectacular seats without arriving more than 5 minutes in advance of showtime.
This has been the case even on evenings when the first performance was quite busy and seats filled up 30 minutes before showtime. On those same busier days, the late performances of Fantasmic had multiple entire sections that went unfilled. I was able to snag the third row of a great section at (literally) 2 minutes before showtime, and that was on a busy day.
If you’re a Fantasmic fanatic, you might prefer the ‘perfect’ view of the newly-reimagined nighttime spectacular. Again, we’d recommend booking the dining package in that case. For more viewing advice, see our Guide to Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
After that, take the time for a slow stroll out of the park upon exiting, taking your time to look at and photograph all the beautiful neon signs. The good news here is that even though it’ll be dark out, the neon is so bright that it’s easy to photograph at night.
All in all, it should conclude a pretty satisfying day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This park is so much better than it was just a few years ago–it’s now unquestionably a full day park and one that is free of visible construction. The added good news is that Disney’s Hollywood Studios should further improve once more of the stage shows start to return. That has already happened with the Frozen Sing-Along, so hopefully the others will follow suit soon!
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Your Thoughts
What would you include in your ideal day in Disney’s Hollywood Studios? What’s your preferred strategy for Toy Story Land, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the Sunset Boulevard duo? What about the first v. second showing of Fantasmic? Do you utilize a zig-when-they-zag approach to DHS, or stick with conventional strategy? If you haven’t visited Walt Disney World, what do you plan on doing? Do you agree or disagree with our strategy or plan of attack? Any questions? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
I followed your strategy to score a spot in the virtual line and was fortunate to get into Board Group #3. It was totally worth it for us, we LOVED IT!
Thanks!!!
We are taking our first trip to Disney in December. We will probably only be able to do one park. Husband and kids are huge Star Wars fans, so I was thinking our one park would be HS. However, I’m kinda nervous about this whole race to get into the queue. Is it worth it, or should we just try for Magic Kingdom since this is our first Disney trip? (Kids are 11, 15, and 17).
Does anyone know if you can you can use a DAS pass for ROTR? We get one for my son when we go to Disney, but we are only planning one day at Hollywood Studios. I would love for him to ride it once when we go.
Just pieced together the Arrested Development reference! Go see a Star War indeed haha
Absolutely agree! Need two days to try for ROTR and get an opportunity to explore and ride the best rides. We park hopped to Epcot each evening. Staying at the Epcot resorts was a HUGE advantage for HS.
Would you still recommend making 2 days of reservations during this time when it isn’t possible to switch parks the morning of since everything is fully booked?
If you have an older iPhone (7S!) will that impact getting a boarding pass?
Also, failed attempt at RoR virtual queue. Did well with practice attempts at home. Today refreshed join page a half a sec too early. Second refresh they were gone. Good luck.
Tried to get to Studios early this morning via Uber as we stayed a Skyliner resort. They held all vehicles at parking entrance until 8:10 and then a VERY slow sheriff-led motorcade to drop off point, putting us way behind bus and Skyliner traffic. Park was already open so walked right in and up to a 30 min posted Slinky Dog wait. I’ve never had that happen with an Uber at any park in years past.
This plan worked great! We were a bit slow to get in and waited about 60 minutes for Slinky’s ride, but it was the lowest wait time all day! Thank you! This was so helpful!
Again, your advice spot-on…rope-dropping Slinky’s Dog Dash allowed us to ride with about a 10 minute wait, and lines were no shorter than 45-50 all day. We enjoyed Hollywood & Vine lunch, but as a character meal was our least favorite and more expensive than Chef Mickey’s & Topolino’s Terrace. Your Rise of the Resistance advice – especially to practice at home – got us in, and my star wars-loving boys & husband thank you for that 🙂 Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway was a HUGE hit with our whole family, too! We loved it! And were able to get in with short waits twice! Thank you, January crowds! As someone mentioned elsewhere, the sun exposure in that queue is a bit intense, so be prepared with sunscreen!
Also, I was wondering if rider swap would work across the parks and specifically Rise of the Resistance. And it worked beautifully everywhere. My boys have no idea how lucky they are to ride it twice within an hour on the first day we tried!! For those doing rider swap, we learned you don’t have to ride it right away, but if you do rider swap somewhere else, it will cancel the first one. for example, we set up a rider swap at splash mountain, I took my toddler back to nap, and when we reentered the park, went straight to splash mountain to redeem the rider swap. Faster than a normal fastpass…
Could you help me understand what you mean by try at home? I’m terrified the rise of Resistance ride will fill up and my two star wars fanatic husband and son will be so disappointed as that is the only reason they want to do hollywood studios. Any tips l, tricks you can offer would be great.
Danielle, Tom has a whole post dedicated to Rise of the Resistance that was really helpful. I was in the same boat as you 🙂 To practice, just get on the disney app any morning around 6:58 and practice joining the queue. It will stop you from actually doing it, but you can learn the right buttons to push and make sure you don’t have extra people on your friends & family list that would slow you down.
Thank you so much I’m terrified we won’t get on but I’m just going to work on my practice skills and do some prayers
Mickey and Minnie’s Railway is not worth waiting in line for. There’s nothing special about it. I’ve been going to Disney since the late 70’s. If this was in the Magic Kingdom, it would have already been replaced.
ON another post you said to do DHS on a weekend because currently it is the most regularly crowded park. Then you can do the other parks when they tend to be less crowded. This post says Friday specifically. What do you recommend? We only have 1 day for DHS and were doing 2 days in MK. So we have DHS for a Saturday and MK for Friday and Tuesday. So which way would you recommend? Weekday for DHS or MK? Thanks!(this is for a trip in Feb, not Presidents day, fyi)
Hello- Thanks all! I love reading the suggestions and questions!
I am going to HS on 1/1/21 with park opening at 10a. From what I can read it is best to get there at 9am. I am staying at The Grand Floridian, what’s the best way to get there early? Uber or Disney buses? Is there a best way?
Good morning Aimee!
I am not Tom, but my boyfriend and I just went to HWS on November 09 following his and other Disney blogger’s advice.
We were staying at a skyliner resort. We got in line around 7:45, or 1 hr 15 minutes earlier than the skyliner would open. This ended up making a big difference though as we were close to the front of the line for temperature screenings/ security when they started allowing guests in, so one option for you all could be to uber to Caribbean Beach. However, we were not first in line. We probably could have gotten their sooner if we had ubered to the boardwalk area for breakfast and then walked over to the line. It just depends on what your priorities are for the day! Being close to the front allowed us to get to Mickey and Minnie’s quickly. They started the ride right when guests were let in around 9:15. We waited about 15 minutes and were back off again at 9:35. This allowed us to then go and do the Sunset blvd area (we were worried about potential weather related closures at the Tower of Terror). We did the Toy Story area later in the afternoon which had us waiting for Slinky around 25 minutes, and we walked on to Toy Story Mania and alien swirling saucers. The only lengthy line we waited in was for Smuggler’s Run–and even that was only about 45 minutes.
Hope this helps!
Tom’s advice also ensured that we got boarding group 12 for Rise of the Resistance!
Do you have any updated information? Do you know what to expect in December? Thanks!
Morning Report for Tuesday, October 27! We attempted to arrive early-early, not realizing that the parking lot doesn’t open until 9:00 a.m. Oops! When we returned it was past 9:00 but we were still able to pay for parking, park, get through temp check, security, ticket window, and gate by 9:25. We headed straight to Slinky Dog Dash. Posted wait was 50 minutes and it was probably close to that. We scored Rise of the Resistance boarding passes while on line and a few minutes later had boarded the gem of a coaster. Headed straight to Toy Story Mania with an accurate 25 minute wait, then to Alien Swirling Saucers with the same. After a bathroom break we headed for Rise of the Resistance. What a blast! Glad we avoided the spoilers. Enjoyed our packed lunch in a rare shady spot. Headed back toward the parking lot and noticed on the way out that Toy Story Mania was down to a 20 minute wait and decided to go for it. Out of the park by 12:45 p.m.
Afternoon report! We returned to the Studios around 5:00 p.m. The wait estimates were much more lower than earlier in the day. We hoped on Star Tours (10 minute wait) first. Heading back to Galaxy’s Edge we noticed that the line for Slinky Dog Dash was much shorter than it had been in the a.m., so we took a chance on it despite the posted wait time of 50 minutes. Well, it ended up being 50 minutes. (The ride shut down twice, once for cleaning and once for a reason not shared with us. Sigh.) The kids wanted to repeat Toy Story Mania (10 minute wait). We had hoped to have time for Millennium Falcon before getting on line for Mickey & Minnie, but I didn’t trust our ability to hustle. Instead we took a break, got some snacks, and reached the Mickey & Minnie line at 6:55. The posted wait was 60 minutes, which ended up being only 35 or 40. The sun exposure is WICKED in that line so even if it had truly been 60 minutes, it would have been worth it just to have had the wait time occurring after sunset.
Here’s what we accomplished today 10/23.
Left on foot from the swan at 8:30am arrived at the line at 8:48. They moved us up to temp check at 8:50. Around 9:05 they opened the gate. We briskly walked to Mickey and Minnie’s runaway rail. We got all the way to the building before we were stopped. They started the attraction early and we were off it at 9:26. We booked it over to slinky and got in line at 9:34. Our ride ended at 9:57 and we got into our spot to try for Rise of the Resistance. 10am got my wife snagged boarding group 2. We head over there next. Got off ROTR at 10:40am.
After those 3 big hitters we decided to grab Starbucks and chill for a bit. We had an ADR for Sci-Fi at 12:35 so we decided to squeeze in Tower of Terror. Posted wait was 40 mins. It broke down while we were in line. Only a 15 downtime so we got on it. Got off and went over to Sci-Fi.
After lunch we decided to head back to Swan VIA the Skyliner arrive we’ve never tried it. We took it to EPCOT walked back to Swan. Got to our room around 3ish. 4:30 grab our car and drive to Hollywood Studios. Our target was Aerosmith but it was down so we high tailed it over to Star Tours 20 min wait. Got off that at 5:06 walked fast to Aerosmith. Posted wait was 55 mins. Ended up being 40. While in line I grabbed a pumpkin cake taramisu which was good. Now we were hoping for some luck to get on slinky and Mickey and Minnie once more. We get in line for Slinky at 6:01 with a 50 min wait time posted… Oh boy this will be close!!!! Projected boarding time is 6:51 lol. They even pause the attraction for cleaning. As we get ready to board here comes tons of rain ponchos out time!!! We get off Slinky at 6:55 street getting pelted in the face by rain we’re almost running to Mickey and Minnie!!!!! Did we make it??? YES! We get in line at 7:01 shhhhhh!!! The Cast member was right behind us and we were the last ones on it today!
Kevin! What was your strategy for getting ROTR boarding passes? This is highly impressive!
Hi Tom — I don’t quite follow your example 1-day itinerary. Going left to Galaxy’s Edge, Right to Toy Story and straight to Mickey&Minnie’s railway.
This is our first time to HS. So where is the entrance to the park ? We’ll be walking over from Beach Club resort. Thanks!!
Kelly, Hollywood Studios entrance is at the front of the park. When you go down its “main street,” it will open up to the central plaza. From the central plaza is where you head left to Galaxys Edge after walking past some stores and through a tunnel (And past the turn to Mama Melrose, my wife and I’s favorite restaurant at HS), straight into Runaway Railroad in the Chinese Theater, or left to Toy Story Land. You can go through Toy Story Land to get to Galaxy’s edge as well. Hope this helps!
Hi! We have a trip planned during Thanksgiving week and were not able to get a reservation to Hollywood Studios. Any idea if more will open up or how they manage that? To be honest, it is still a lot of money to miss out on our favorite park (which is already running at half-options). Thanks!!!
Hi Megan. I just looked at the park pass availability and HS is available on M, T, W and F the week of THGV. All parks are available on 11/23, 11/24, 11/25, and 11/27. Not sure why you weren’t able to get a park pass for HS during that week. I’d try again.
Hi Tom,
I had tried to ask this question before, but think I messed up sending it.
Could you give your opinion on the safety of being dropped off at the Speedway gas station by uber at about 8:30 am and walk to HS?
I had seen this suggestion on another blog as a way to shorten the walk if you are dropped off somewhere except the rideshare stop at HS. But I was questioning the safety of walking along side the road, are there walkways?
Thank you
Hi Cynthia, there is a walkway. Pull up your favorite map program and zoom in, you’ll be able to see it. When walking along the path, you’ll get to a fork, the left path heads towards the road and goes over the river/crescent lake area, go right and it’ll take you to the river, turn left and you’ll go under the road on your way to HS.
Eriik, thank you so much!
We’ll be there next week and I am trying to get us in reasonably early, but also decreas walking time!