Rise of the Resistance Wait Times: The Real Picture

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance averages 45.1 minutes in our wait-time data. That's a serious line — but it isn't Hollywood Studios' longest. Slinky Dog Dash, a family coaster across the park in Toy Story Land, averages 56 minutes and beats it outright.

The full Hollywood Studios ranking

Attraction	Zone	Avg wait (min)	Peak hourly avg (min)
Slinky Dog Dash	Toy Story Land	56	87
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets	Sunset Boulevard	47.5	72
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance	Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge	45.1	90
Toy Story Mania!	Pixar Plaza	38.5	66
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror	Sunset Boulevard	37.1	83
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway	Hollywood Boulevard	36	53
Meet Disney Stars at Red Carpet Dreams	Commissary Lane	31.6	52
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run	Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge	27.6	55
Alien Swirling Saucers	Toy Story Land	20	40
Meet Olaf at Celebrity Spotlight	Echo Lake	17.9	28
Meet Edna Mode at the Edna Mode Experience	Pixar Plaza	14.5	15
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue	Echo Lake	6.6	18

Rise of the Resistance sits third, behind Slinky Dog Dash and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets. It does, however, post the single highest peak hourly average in the park: 90 minutes. So the reputation isn't baseless — at its absolute worst, nothing in Hollywood Studios runs longer. It just doesn't stay there all day the way Slinky Dog Dash's average line does.

Inside Galaxy's Edge itself, the gap between the land's two rides is wide. Rise of the Resistance's 45.1-minute average is more than 1.6 times Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run's 27.6 minutes. If your group is short on time and can only ride one Galaxy's Edge attraction, that's the wait-time trade-off you're making.

Best and worst hour, ride by ride

Attraction	Best hour	Best avg (min)	Worst hour	Worst avg (min)
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance	10pm	21.3	12pm	58.5
Slinky Dog Dash	10pm	39.4	12pm	64.2
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run	10pm	11.5	11am	44.5

All three rides bottom out at 10pm and climb hardest around midday. Smugglers Run peaks earliest, at 11am, so a smart sequence is to ride it before the late-morning rush and save Rise of the Resistance for either first thing at rope drop or the last hour before close, when it's less than half its noon peak.

Where noon fits into the bigger picture

Hollywood Studios' park-wide wait climbs steadily from open and tops out right at lunchtime:

Hour	Avg wait across all attractions (min)
8am	20.5
9am	26.1
10am	35.2
11am	38.4
12pm	40
1pm	37.1
2pm	36.5
3pm	33.5
4pm	31.7
5pm	33.6
6pm	35.4
7pm	39.1
8pm	36.5
9pm	25.6
10pm	22.5

Best hour: 8am (20.5 minutes). Worst hour: 12pm (40 minutes) — 95% above the best hour. Rise of the Resistance's own worst hour, also 12pm, lines up exactly with the park's overall peak. There's no secret window to dodge the crowd at noon; everything is busy at once.

Best and worst day to visit

Day	Avg wait (min)
Sunday	31.1
Monday	31.2
Tuesday	36.9
Wednesday	28.5
Thursday	31.1
Friday	38.6
Saturday	32.9

Wednesday is the calmest day in our data (28.5 minutes); Friday runs the longest (38.6 minutes). If you have flexibility, that's a full ten-minute swing in the park-wide average — enough to change how many attractions you fit in.

The takeaway

Rise of the Resistance earns its reputation at its single worst moment — the highest peak hourly average anywhere in Hollywood Studios — but across a full day, it's outpaced by Slinky Dog Dash and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets. If you're choosing which line to prioritize, the data says Slinky Dog Dash is the one actually eating your day.

For live numbers on your visit day, check the Hollywood Studios wait times page.

Related reading

• Hollywood Studios: Galaxy's Edge Guide
• Slinky Dog Dash Wait Times
• Rock 'n' Roller Coaster: The Muppets Era
• Hollywood Studios Rope Drop Plan
• The Four Disney Parks, Ranked by Wait Time

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