Hollywood Studios Hours: Live Times, Updated Hourly
Hollywood Studios usually opens at 9am and closes at 9pm, according to Disney’s October 2026 calendar.
The table below reads Disney’s published schedule and refreshes every hour.
Hollywood Studios hours today
9am to 9pm
Early Theme Park Entry from 8:30am for guests at Disney resort hotels.
| Date | Hours | Early Entry | Also on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Tomorrow | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Sat 14 Nov | 8:30am to 7pm | 8am | ticketed event from 7:30pm |
| Sun 15 Nov | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Mon 16 Nov | 9am to 7pm | 8:30am | ticketed event from 7:30pm |
| Tue 17 Nov | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Wed 18 Nov | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Thu 19 Nov | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Fri 20 Nov | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Sat 21 Nov | 8:30am to 7pm | 8am | ticketed event from 7:30pm |
| Sun 22 Nov | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
| Mon 23 Nov | 8:30am to 7pm | 8am | ticketed event from 7:30pm |
| Tue 24 Nov | 8:30am to 9pm | 8am | None |
| Wed 25 Nov | 9am to 9pm | 8:30am | None |
Last checked 12 Nov 2026 at 10:10pm Orlando time.
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How Hollywood Studios hours work
Opening is usually 9am, with some 8.30am starts, with Early Theme Park Entry from 8.30am for guests at Disney resort hotels.
Closing is usually 9pm, and Disney can stretch it later in the peak weeks around Christmas and Easter. It is the least variable of the three evening parks after EPCOT.
What does change is which nights the park is given over to a separate ticketed event, and Hollywood Studios runs more of those than anywhere except Magic Kingdom.
After Hours and Jollywood Nights
Disney After Hours puts a small number of ticket holders in the park after the general close, with short queues and included snacks. Disney Jollywood Nights is the Christmas version, running from early November.
On Jollywood Nights dates the park closes early to day guests, at 7pm on the dates Disney has published. After Hours starts after the normal close. Your ordinary ticket does not cover the event, and the early close is the part people miss when they plan an evening here.
Our live Hollywood Studios hours table flags any day with a ticketed event, along with the time the park shuts to everyone else.
Early Theme Park Entry at Hollywood Studios
This is the park where the 30 minute head start earns the most, because Hollywood Studios has the worst morning queues at Walt Disney World and the least capacity to absorb them.
Slinky Dog Dash averaged about 62 minutes and Rise of the Resistance about 52 by 10am in our readings from 8 August to 12 October 2026. Both are reachable in the Early Entry window, and you can realistically get one of them done before the park opens to everyone else.
Pick one and commit. Trying for both usually gets you neither, because the walk from Galaxy’s Edge to Toy Story Land eats most of the advantage.
Extended Evening Hours at Hollywood Studios
Hollywood Studios was not historically part of the Extended Evening rotation, but it has picked up nights through 2026 as the schedule has moved around. When it runs, guests at Disney Deluxe Resorts and Deluxe Villa resorts get roughly 2 extra hours after close.
It is the most valuable of the three parks to have this on, because the queues that ruin a Hollywood Studios morning largely disappear in an evening with a few thousand people in the park instead of tens of thousands.
Hours for the other parks
Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, or see all four side by side on the Disney World park hours page.
Sources
- Walt Disney World, park hours calendar for 15 October 2026. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
- Walt Disney World, After Hours. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
We check every date and price against Disney’s own listings before publishing, and say so plainly when Disney has not announced something. How we work is set out in our editorial standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time does Hollywood Studios open?
9am on nearly every day of the year. Guests staying at a Disney resort hotel can enter at 8.30am through Early Theme Park Entry.
What time does Hollywood Studios close?
Usually 9pm on Disney’s October 2026 calendar, with Fantasmic! sometimes running a later show after the close, and later during the peak weeks around Christmas and Easter.
Why does Hollywood Studios close early on some nights?
Separate ticketed events. Disney After Hours runs through much of the year and Disney Jollywood Nights from early November. On Jollywood Nights dates the park closes early to day guests, and an ordinary park ticket does not cover either event.
Is Early Entry worth it at Hollywood Studios?
More than at any other park. Rise of the Resistance and Slinky Dog Dash both climb towards a noon peak, and the 30 minute head start is realistically enough to clear one of them. Pick one rather than trying for both, because the walk between them costs you the advantage.
Does Hollywood Studios have Extended Evening Hours?
On selected nights. It was not part of the original rotation but has picked up dates through 2026. It gives guests at Disney Deluxe Resorts and Deluxe Villa resorts about 2 extra hours after the park closes to everyone else.
Is Hollywood Studios the same as Disney-MGM Studios?
Yes. The park opened on 1 May 1989 as Disney-MGM Studios and was renamed Disney’s Hollywood Studios on 7 January 2008. It’s the same park in the same place, so the hours on this page apply whichever name you know it by.
