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 June 20, 2025.)
This Disney’s Hollywood Studios (DHS) plan for 2025 has been updated to take into account all of the major changes in the last few years. This includes the opening of Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After and the Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure, along with the permanent closing of MuppetVision and Muppets Courtyard to make way for Monstropolis.
Looking down the road to 2026, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is again likely to be the park with the biggest changes. At minimum, that will include the reimagining of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and a new mission featuring Mandalorian and Baby Yoda in Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. Beyond that, we’re anticipating bigger picture changes to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and potentially more new entertainment.
Another relatively recent change is the introduction of Lightning Lane Multi-Pass and Single Pass, the paid FastPass that replaced the Genie+ system. Previously, we had separate plans with and without Lightning Lanes. With the new system, we’re instead recommending you start with this itinerary as the ‘bones’ to build your own plan, and combine it with Disney’s Hollywood Studios Lightning Lane Multi-Pass Rankings & Strategy.
The very good news is that DHS is now the #1 park for Lightning Lane Multi-Pass (LLMP) at Walt Disney World. It’s not necessary to purchase LLMP at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, especially if you have a full day in the park and plan on staying late. However, it’ll make touring so much easier, especially as DHS has the highest average standby wait time of any park at Walt Disney World.
Our big ‘warning’ before you embark on a day at DHS is that crowds peak early. It’s not uncommon for all of the most popular rides to have 60-90 minute wait times shortly after regular rope drop. These long lines can be daunting, and result in guests ‘hitting a wall’ and leaving DHS earlier than the other parks.
DHS can be a very challenging and frustrating 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” rides department. Which is to say there are very few low hassle attractions that are easy to do with minimal wait to round out your day or kill time. Instead, they’re stage shows–and most guests don’t have the tolerance to do 4-6 stage shows in one day.
This is also why wait times, on average, tend to drop sharper in the afternoon and evening than the other parks. Suffice to say, you’ll really want to stay late at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, even if it means arriving late or taking a midday break. Alternatively, there are plenty of entertainment options to fill-in the middle of your day at DHS (that’s what this plan will incorporate).
If you’re staying on-site and can arrive early, check out our Guide to Early Entry at Walt Disney World. This headstart will give you a big advantage, but is also not strictly necessary for a productive day in DHS. You’ll just spend more time waiting in standby lines without Early Entry or Lightning Lanes, and you’ll need/want to stay later in the day.
For a recent look at the first ~90 minutes of the day, check out our new Early Entry at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Report: What Worked & Went Wrong. That’s not a perfect Early Entry and rope drop run (hence the ‘what went wrong’ part of the title), but it’s often the case that you’re going to need to call an audible at DHS due to ride downtime and the dreaded delayed openings. So that’s worth checking out to form your plan-of-attack and set expectations at a reasonable level.
Fortunately, there are still ways to outsmart the crowds without buying Lightning Lanes or being eligible for Early Entry. For an ideal day 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. With that out of the way, let’s roll…
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.
Instead, start with the simplest approach with the Sunset Boulevard attractions near the front of the park. During the first hour, wait times for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror should be relatively low.
If you arrive early enough here (or it’s a slow day), you might also be able to do Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster a couple of times via standby with short waits. Follow that by doing the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror while you’re in the neighborhood. Our actual waits for these rides early in the day have been under 20 minutes regardless of posted wait times.
Hollywood Dreams – By the time you’re done with your first few rides, 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 nearly hour-long wait time throughout the day, but should have an actual wait time of under 30 minutes when you arrive.
Over on Grand Avenue, you can see more characters. This includes the popular Vacation Goofy and Max Goof as Powerline near the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge entrance, among others. These rare characters are all very popular, and we highly recommend seeing them as early on as possible.
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 Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run after the Sunset Boulevard attractions. (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. En route to Galaxy’s Edge, you might be tempted to do Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, but don’t–that’s the longest line it’ll have all day.
DHS Morning Run Recap – Here’s how your morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios might look before breaking for lunch:
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster (potentially twice)
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (potentially twice)
- Characters (optional)
- See Mandalorian & Baby Yoda (optional, but they’re cool and free-roaming, so no lines)
- Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run and/or Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
If you’re able to accomplish all of this, you’ve had a reasonably productive morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It may not seem like it, but trust us. DHS is all about pacing yourself. With that said, we’d recommend at least one more stop before lunch (especially if you skipped some or all of the above characters).
New Shows – As mentioned above, two new shows have debuted for Summer 2025 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios: The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure and Villains Unfairly Ever After. These are included as a separate entry on this list primarily for the sake of drawing your attention to them, and the fact that they’re new. The other shows at DHS are all at least one decade to two decades (or more!) old.
The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure is highly recommended, and currently has showtimes from 9:20 am until 7:20 pm that are spaced 40 minutes apart (e.g. 9:20 am, 10:00 am, 10:40 am, etc.). Although the infrastructure is in place, the Little Mermaid show does not currently offer a Lightning Lane. That should change very soon.
Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After has showtimes from 10 am until 7 pm, with the first and last couple of hours being on the hour and middle of the day being every half hour. There is no Lightning Lane for this show, nor will there be in the future.
Due to their popularity and new-ness, we recommend being slightly more strategic with both of these shows. Catching one or both before lunch is actually ideal in order to beat the midday rush. If you watch either or both between 1 pm and 4 pm, there’s a strong possibility that you’ll be waiting in line and not catching the next show. Demand is likely to remain elevated through early 2026.
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.)
More Shows ‘n’ 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 more.
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. They are all lengthy, hence this being the sole entry between lunch and dinner.
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.
Late Train to Runnamuck Park – While it might be tempting to run(away) to the newest headliner attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to start your day, the better option is doing Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway about 3 hours before park closing.
There are three benefits to this approach. 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, this attraction is at the front of the park, and has the longest lines while guests are arriving or leaving. The sweet spot for short lines is a few hours before park closing. 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 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 Toy Story Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant.
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 – The reimagined 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 before showtime. 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. (We recommend arriving earlier than this.)
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 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!
Thank you for the update! My only fear is holding off on the Star Wars rides until later since I’ve heard the tend to break down.
I agree Lisa, while the breakdowns are less common, the ride did break twice when we were there. If you DON’T use a LL for Rise, only have ONE day at the studios and the ride is a must, I would not take any chances and rope drop it even if the queue will already be quite long.
My thoughts on the risk of Rise breaking down is this… It breaks down a lot, so would it upset you more of you waited 1-2 hours in the sun, or have it happen in the evening? Keep on mind the evening waits are a lot lower than first thing in the morning too. The break downs always happen regardless of time of day.
No Fair!! The hilarious photo of Sulley completely enveloping Sarah in a hug only appears in the email announcement and not the main essay and so does not permit scrutiny! What a delight!!
Anyone have any recent experience booking rise and slinky for afternoon/PM times and stacking G+ for later afternoon/eve times? We are not rope dropping DHS and need some recent real world advice on how their constant refreshes have been for later attraction times. Ideally I’d like 3-4 rides booked before we even get to the park. TIA
The LL for Rise is individually priced so you can select the time of arrival which is perfect for park hoppers. Slinky is a little more tricky because it fills up so fast that waiting and booking it at around 7:05 to get a later arrival time is risky. That being said, we were there last february and by 7:02 return times were already in the PM. You could try logging in at 7:00 sharp and refresh the times but the app can be a bit flimsy. That 7:00 AM rush for Disney Studios LL is quite…intense…
Your DHS itinerary was very helpful! We went on a Friday March 25th. We followed this pretty closely, but stopping for lunch at Woody’s Lunch Box. The Brisket Sandwich was recommended by some pros and it was really good, we took a break around 6pm and snagged one of the last ice cream sandwiches from the Dino ice cream stand and a 50th anniversary chocolate funnel cake from the Indianan Jones stand.
We followed your suggestions on the order of the Star Wars rides and after the sweet treats and a sit down break, we headed to Rise of the Resistance as the sun was setting. It was perfect to have a night sky during the transition and was almost the last ride of the night. We Had decided to walk through Toy Story Land with the big lights to end the night. It was super cute and we made it on the shooting game before heading back for the night.
Thank you for your efforts in making your page useful and I found it very helpful. I’ll be back before my next Disney trip!
Went to DHS on 3/19 and tried to follow this itinerary. We did not buy genie + based on the articles on this site. We were not staying on site, got to the park about 30 minutes early, rope-dropped rock and roll rollercoaster and stood in line for about 40 minutes. Then went to Tower of Terror and the wait was 110 minutes so we did Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway which had a 60 minute wait. We walked through Star Wars in the morning and did lunch and shows in the afternoon (The high temperate for the day was 90 degrees and the afternoon sun/heat was brutal). About 5:30 we headed to do the Star Wars rides…here is where the day went way wrong. Three rides were temporarily closed at the same time–Tower of Terror, Rise of the Resistance, and Slinky Dog Dash. This caused the wait times on the remaining rides to soar. We got in line for Smuggler’s Run at 6:50…and did not get on the ride until 9:18. There was no way we would have stayed in line if we knew it would have taken anywhere close to that long. The posted wait time was 75 minutes when we got in line and one time went up to 130 minutes, but we had already been in line for about 90 minutes at that time. I think what happened was when the three rides went down, all the people who had lightning lane passes for those rides got a free one to use and most of them used it for Smuggler’s Run. So almost 2.5 hours in line and didn’t get to be in line for another ride before the park closed–that ruined our day for sure. When I asked the cast member at the end of the line what happened, her response was “What?” When I said we were in line for 2.5 hours she shrugged and said “It’s spring break.” We only made it on three of the top 7 rides at DHS…very disappointing day for the kids.
Thank you so much for this detailed itinerary! We are going tomorrow with our 9, 5 year olds and our 6 month old. Hoping to do a modified version more geared towards the littles. And we can’t miss Beauty and the Beast or Frozen sing along!
We will be offsite and I think I’m getting Genie plus for the roller coaster riders (about half the group). I’d like to start the day with something everyone can ride- so I’m thinking mmrr OR TS Mania. Which one would you suggest?
We’re headed to WDW during Spring Break, and my plan for the first day is to head to EPCOT in the morning whenever we’re ready, spend around 3 hours strolling World Showcase, heading back to the hotel for a nap/swim, and then showing up at DHS around 4 hours before park close. I figure if we can do dinner plus MMRR and the Star Wars rides, we’ll be well set to finish up the rest on a single early entry morning (not doing ToT or RRC). Slinky and/or TSMM would be bonus selections for the evening of Day 1, but I want to take it easy and enjoy then evening, so if we get to them, that’s great, and if not, that’s okay too.
All of that is a great plan!
Your Arrested Development “Star War” references made me as giddy as Lucille Bluth when she gets pranked by Gene Parmesan! Looking forward to using the itineraries (with Deluxe Property stays and without Genie+ or Lightning Lane) this summer.
My Family is heading to WDW December 3rd. We haven’t been since 2016. I am completely overwhelmed at this point and am the type of person who will not pay more money to ride rides. Do you have recommended itineraries that can be printed? We are staying off site at a timeshare resort and are planning on Ubering back and forth each day.
Not bad! The “late arrivals” thing is a good tip and one I hadn’t really considered as much for this one (Rise breaks down so often I’d take any chance I could get).
I was there on the 12th and had a pretty decent time, but this park is now JAM-PACKED with insanely popular mega-rides which all command lineups. I rope-dropped for Rise… which was broken and didn’t start up for 3 hours, so that was out. I bought an LL to get on mid-day, thankfully, but I’d have liked to go twice. The lineup was never under 45 minutes (I refuse to wait longer than that for anything). I instead went to Smuggler’s Run & ToT, both of which were short lines (SR said 10 minutes but was actually about 25). Also it turns out the single rider on S.Run is a microscopic wait.
I actually forgot about Slinky Dog (the one thing I missed on my 2019 trip- the park had some weird early-opening thing I didn’t realize and had massive lines all day long as it was then the “new thing”), but managed to get a 45-minute wait later in the night. I bought the G+ for Railway, and rode it again near the “castle show” for a very short wait.
I had issues with dining- I didn’t expect the parks to just fill up on even the cafes and stuff around the afternoon. In retrospect I’d book those a day ahead.
The shows being back is great, but those eat up a ton of time- 30 minutes each, and for Frozen you want to get in early for ideal seats (front 3 rows are the best).
Our trip to WDW isn’t until late Jan but I’m obsessed with looking at wait times on the app. Right now (7:25 ET) I’m seeing 10-15 minute waits on most rides, even the headliners. It seemed odd but then I looked up the Orlando weather and saw it was raining. Do attractions shut down or do people just leave the parks? Anyway, I guess I got a little excited about seeing all these low wait times and hoping that the same will happen when my trip comes up!
The weather was absolutely awful yesterday, and it was all day long. People left the parks early as a result. In other words, yesterday was an anomaly (beyond that, crowds are a bit lower than normal right now).
Disney parks and rides could be a happy time, but most of the time it is overcrowded and overbooked. We tried to go in early November and ran into bigger crowds than we have in past summer trips. Lightning passes are only useful if you can get on thrill rides. Holleywood studios is really hard to use lightning passes. You might get into a couple but they push the time way later so you wont be able to book very many. I am sitting in Rise of Resistance writing this after waiting 2 hours in line and now they just broke down. I think I would have spent my time and lot less money at the beach
You recommend getting lunch reservations as a way to kill time. What about leaving the park for a while and doing the Skytram tour, taste some food at other hotels, then come back and finish the park later in the afternoon?
Just came from WDW. Did not use Genie+. Dont feel the need to. Only seemed worth it for MK. Rope dropped for the extra time in the morning and used it for Mickeys railroad and Smuggler, then 20min for Slinky. Was able to ride everything we wanted before 3 pm, including 1pm lunch at Brown Derby, except Rise which was down or an hour+ wait time so gave up. Left for Epcot.
Just came from WDW. Did not use Genie+. Dont feel the need to. Only seemed worth it for MK. Rope dropped for the extra time in the morning and used it for Mickeys railroad and Smuggler, then 20min for Slinky. Was able to ride everything we wanted before 3 pm, including 1pm lunch at Brown Derby, except Rise which was down or an hour+ wait time so gave up. Left for Epcot after 2pm.
Hi Tom,
My family is quite thankful for all the information you share. It made a big difference in our overall enjoyment of our trip in 2017.
Your glowing reviews gave me an excuse give my two kids an early Christmas presents at Savi’s workshop as we are visiting the week after Thanksgiving. We have reservations for it at 8:25am on a day where the park isn’t open until to everyone until 9:00am. Do you think it is a good idea to try and get in line for Rise of the Resistance after our time at Savi’s? Basically, what would be your cut off time in terms of posted wait times for this ride that early in the morning. We don’t want to burn all of the prime morning time standing in line for Resistance. I was thinking we may do Smugglers Run (because we will all be pumped up about our light sabers) and then moving to tower of terror followed by Rock’N’Roller Coaster via single rider line. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I’m pretty sure I sat to the left of you last night on Mickie & Minnie’s RR Tom!!! Small world. 😉
I used Genie on it which was probably a waste of $8, but I was curious to see how the new system worked.
Thank you so much! I look forward to your post.
Can you do a new 1 day itinerary for Hollywood Studios now that Star Wars is no longer a virtual queue? Thank you!
It’s coming within the next 3 days!
In the meantime, we’d recommend doing Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance as late in the day as possible. Otherwise, the itinerary is pretty much accurate as-is.