What Should You Do After a Red-Eye Flight to Disney World? I Tested the “Book the Night Before” Strategy
What should you do after a red-eye flight to Disney World? I booked my resort for the night before, slept four hours, then tested a late-start Hollywood Studios strategy.
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There is something slightly ridiculous about paying for a Disney World hotel room when you know you aren’t going to sleep in it that night.
But hear me out.
On April 22, 2025, my red-eye flight landed at Orlando International Airport at approximately 5:30 AM. By 6 AM, I had my luggage and was leaving the airport.
And at 6:36 AM, I was inside my room at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort — French Quarter.
That was not an accident.
I had deliberately booked my room for the night before I arrived, which meant my room was already mine. There was no dropping off my luggage and hoping for some kind of Disney check-in miracle at 7 AM.
I walked into my room, crawled into bed and slept for about 3.5 to 4 hours.
And yes, I paid $243.75 for the privilege of basically using my hotel room for a really expensive morning nap.
It was worth every penny.
Because here’s the question I wanted to answer:
If you take a red-eye flight to Disney World and arrive ridiculously early in the morning, are you better off going straight to the parks? Or should you spend the extra money to guarantee yourself a hotel room, sleep for a few hours and start your park day late?
After actually trying it, I know which one I would choose.
Disney Touring Case Study: At a Glance
Date tested: April 22, 2025
The question: Is it worth paying for the previous night’s Disney resort room after a super-early red-eye arrival, sleeping for a few hours and starting your park day late?
Flight arrival: About 5:30 AM at MCO
Left MCO: About 6:00 AM
In my French Quarter room: 6:36 AM
Cost of the extra hotel night: $243.75 with an Annual Passholder discount
Sleep: About 3.5–4 hours
Ready to leave my room: 11:15 AM
Entered Hollywood Studios: 12:05 PM
Left Hollywood Studios: About 9:15 PM
Total park time: About 9 hours
Rides and shows completed: 10
Lightning Lane Multi Pass: $27
Rise of the Resistance Single Pass: $24
Paid Lightning Lanes used: 5 — Rise of the Resistance, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Slinky Dog Dash and Toy Story Mania
Also accomplished: Backlot Express lunch, Hollywood Brown Derby dinner, multiple character sightings, PhotoPass stops, snacks, shopping and nighttime projection entertainment
What I skipped: Fantasmic. I had flown overnight, and by that point I was tired. The much more relaxed projection shows were exactly what I needed.
The verdict: Absolutely worth it. For $243.75, those 3.5–4 hours of sleep turned what could have been an exhausting travel day into a genuinely fantastic Hollywood Studios day.
One important caveat: This is one real-world test, not a guarantee you’ll get identical results. Crowds, park hours, attraction downtime and Lightning Lane pricing and availability can all affect how well this strategy works.
The Problem With Taking a Red-Eye to Disney World
I love the idea of a red-eye flight in theory.
You fly while you would normally be sleeping. You don’t waste an entire vacation day getting to Orlando. And when the sun comes up, you’re at Disney World!
Amazing!
Except for the tiny problem that you probably didn’t actually sleep.
Or at least I didn’t.
By the time I landed at MCO at 5:30 AM, I had technically gained an entire Disney day. But I was also exhausted.
And this is where I think people can get a little too ambitious.
It’s tempting to look at that 5:30 AM arrival and think, Perfect! I’ll drop off my luggage, head straight to the park and basically get a bonus park day!
Could I have done that?
Sure.
Would I have enjoyed myself at 4 PM after being awake most of the night?
That is a very different question.
I didn’t want to spend the first day of my Disney trip stumbling around Hollywood Studios in a sleep-deprived fog just so I could say I had been there since rope drop.
So I tried something different.
My Strategy: Pay for the Hotel Room the Night Before
I was staying at Port Orleans French Quarter, and I booked my reservation starting on April 21 even though my plane wouldn’t land until the morning of April 22.
With my Annual Passholder discount, that extra night cost me $243.75.
That isn’t pocket change.
And I completely understand why someone would look at that number and think it is crazy to spend almost $250 on a hotel room you’re not going to reach until after 6 AM.
But I wasn’t really paying $243.75 for a hotel night.
I was paying $243.75 to know that when my exhausted self arrived at French Quarter at the crack of dawn, there would be a bed waiting for me.
No waiting for a room-ready notification.
No wandering around the resort.
No storing my luggage and trying to kill time.
No dragging myself straight into a theme park because I didn’t have anywhere else to go.
I could go directly to my room and sleep.
And that’s exactly what I did.
I Also Paid for a Private Car From MCO
This part of my strategy is absolutely optional.
I had booked round-trip airport transportation with You Fly We Drive for $345. You could absolutely take Lyft or Uber instead and save money.
But at 5:40 in the morning after a red-eye?
I was very happy that I didn’t have to think.
I got my luggage, met my driver and went directly to French Quarter. I was in my room at 6:36 AM, barely an hour after my plane landed.
For this particular strategy, that speed mattered.
I had only given myself a few hours to sleep. Spending another 30 or 45 minutes getting to my resort would have eaten into a pretty significant percentage of that sleep window.
And there was one transportation option I absolutely did not want to use: Mears Connect.
I had taken Mears after a red-eye on a previous December trip.
No thank you. 😂
The last thing I wanted after flying all night was to wait for shared transportation and potentially make multiple resort stops before I could finally get into bed.
Would I pay for a private car every time I fly into Orlando? Probably not.
Would I consider doing it again after a red-eye when the entire strategy depends on getting from MCO to my bed as quickly and painlessly as possible?
Absolutely.
The Most Important Part of the Experiment: I Actually Slept
Once I got into my room, I went to bed.
Not for 45 minutes. Not for a quick power nap before racing off to Hollywood Studios.
I slept for about 3.5 to 4 hours.
Then I got up, took a shower and got myself ready for the day.
I was finally ready to leave my room at about 11:15 AM.
That means I had intentionally given up the entire morning at Hollywood Studios.
No Early Entry.
No rope drop.
No racing to Slinky Dog Dash.
No trying to knock out five attractions before everyone else showed up.
I had Lightning Lane Multi Pass reservations already lined up for later in the day, along with a Lightning Lane Single Pass for Rise of the Resistance.
The plan was basically:
Sleep first. Disney second. See what happens.
First Things First: Mickey Beignets
At 11:26 AM, I stopped at Scat Cat’s Club Café for Mickey beignets.
Because if you’re staying at French Quarter and Mickey beignets are approximately 11 minutes away from your hotel room, obviously you’re going to get Mickey beignets. (they also happen to be one of my favorite Disney snacks.. doesn’t hurt)
There was just one problem.
I ate a few bites and realized that what my sleep-deprived body actually needed was not fried dough covered in powdered sugar.
I needed protein. 😂
So I got on the bus to Hollywood Studios and mobile ordered lunch from Backlot Express while I was on my way.
This turned out to be a really efficient use of that transportation time. Instead of arriving at the park starving and then figuring out where I wanted to eat, lunch was already taken care of.
And at 12:05 PM, I was through security at Hollywood Studios.
More than six hours after I’d arrived at French Quarter.
More than three hours after Hollywood Studios had officially opened.
I had slept through rope drop, Early Entry and the entire morning touring window.
So…
How much Disney could I actually get done starting at noon?
As it turns out, quite a lot.
My Hollywood Studios Afternoon: Here’s What Actually Happened
I was through security at Hollywood Studios at 12:05 PM.
And because this was supposed to be a fun Disney day and not an Olympic event, I did not immediately sprint toward my first Lightning Lane.
Instead, at 12:10 PM, I headed to Star Tours.
That was my first attraction of the day, and by 12:29 PM, I was already over near Star Wars Launch Bay and had spotted Darth Vader.
Then it was time to address the protein situation. 😂
At 12:34 PM, I picked up the lunch I had mobile ordered from Backlot Express while I was on the bus.
This was honestly one of those little Disney logistics wins that I think gets overlooked. I hadn’t wasted park time deciding where to eat, standing in line to order or wandering around hungry. I placed the order while Disney transportation was doing its thing, rode Star Tours and then picked up my food.
And after lunch, it was time to start using the Lightning Lanes I had booked before the trip.
Rise of the Resistance and Smugglers Run Back-to-Back
I had purchased a separate Lightning Lane Single Pass for Rise of the Resistance for $24.
At about 1 PM, I saw Pluto on my way toward Galaxy’s Edge, and at 1:05 PM, I was already inside the Rise of the Resistance pre-show.
I was off the attraction at approximately 1:25 PM.
From there, I headed straight to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run using one of my Lightning Lane Multi Pass selections. I was in the pre-show by 1:40 PM and completely finished with the attraction by about 1:50 PM.
Think about that for a second.
I had entered Hollywood Studios at 12:05.
Less than two hours later, I had already done Star Tours, eaten lunch, ridden Rise of the Resistance and ridden Smugglers Run.
And I hadn’t waited in a giant standby line for any of them.
This is where Lightning Lane really started earning its keep.
But I Wasn’t Just Running From Ride to Ride
This is probably one of my favorite things about how this day worked.
I wasn’t trying to maximize some ridiculous attractions-per-hour number.
At 1:55 PM, I stopped for PhotoPass pictures in Galaxy’s Edge.
At 2:03 PM, I stopped at Kat Saka’s Kettle for a snack and happened to see the Mandalorian and Grogu.
That’s one of the reasons I don’t love Disney touring plans that are so optimized that you can’t deviate from them. Sometimes the fun thing is the thing you didn’t schedule.
And because my major rides were largely being handled by Lightning Lane, I had room in the day for those moments.
Then I Started Doing Shows
At 2:41 PM, I saw The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure.
At 3:09 PM, I spotted Pinocchio.
At 3:36 PM, I went to For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration.
And at 4:05 PM, I stopped for a Play-Doh cookie.
Because apparently after determining at 11:30 that I needed protein instead of sugar, I was now adequately nourished and could resume my regularly scheduled Disney snack consumption. 😂
At 4:09 PM, I stopped for more PhotoPass pictures on Sunset Boulevard.
Then at 4:32 PM, I saw Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After.
And this is worth pointing out: I didn’t need Lightning Lane for any of these shows.
The Little Mermaid, Frozen Sing-Along and Villains all fit easily into the afternoon around my Lightning Lane reservations.
That’s important because one of the potential drawbacks to arriving late at Hollywood Studios is assuming you’ve missed your chance to accomplish very much.
For me, the opposite happened.
Lightning Lane handled the attractions where waits could have eaten up large chunks of my day, while the shows filled in the spaces between them beautifully.
At 4:55 PM, Reality Arrived in the Form of Joffrey’s
Remember those 3.5 to 4 hours of sleep?
Yeah.
They were not eight hours of sleep. 😂
At 4:55 PM, I stopped at Joffrey’s for caffeine.
Much needed caffeine.
And I think that’s an important part of this experiment too.
Booking the hotel room the night before didn’t magically make the red-eye disappear. I was still tired. I still knew I had flown across the country overnight.
But I wasn’t completely wrecked.
There is a very big difference between I could use some coffee and I have been awake since yesterday and why did I think going directly to a theme park was a good idea?
After caffeinating, I went to Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage at 5:01 PM.
And then I spent some time shopping and taking more PhotoPass pictures along Sunset Boulevard.
Again: not exactly frantic touring.
Then I Had an Actual Sit-Down Dinner
At 6:10 PM, I had a dinner reservation at the Hollywood Brown Derby.
This is another reason I consider this experiment such a success.
If my goal had simply been to prove that you could cram a ton of attractions into Hollywood Studios after noon, I wouldn’t have spent part of my evening having a table-service dinner.
But that wasn’t the goal.
I wanted to know whether I could sleep after my red-eye, arrive late and still have a good Disney day.
Sitting down for dinner at the Brown Derby absolutely counts.
And after dinner, I still wasn’t finished.
My Last Two Hours Were Fantastic
At 7:42 PM, I used Lightning Lane for Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway.
This was actually a Lightning Lane I had picked up during the day after using Smugglers Run. I entered the pre-show at 7:51 PM and was off the ride by 8:02 PM.
At 8:10 PM, I entered Toy Story Land.
I used Lightning Lane for Slinky Dog Dash and was off the ride by 8:19 PM.
Then at 8:25 PM, I got into line for Toy Story Mania.
I was off by 8:40 PM.
And then I did something that, in retrospect, was probably the perfect ending to this particular day.
Instead of staying for Fantasmic, I headed toward the Chinese Theatre and watched the nighttime projection entertainment… Wonderful World of Animation.
It was delightful.
It wasn’t crowded. It wasn’t stressful. I didn’t have to fight for a seat or deal with a huge nighttime-show crowd.
I just stood there and enjoyed it.
After flying all night, sleeping for a few hours and spending nine hours in Hollywood Studios, that was exactly the kind of ending I needed.
I left the park at around 9:15 PM.
So What Did I Actually Accomplish?
This is where the experiment gets kind of crazy.
I was only in Hollywood Studios for about nine hours, and I didn’t enter the park until after noon.
During that time, I managed to do:
- Star Tours
- Rise of the Resistance
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure
- Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
- Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After
- Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Slinky Dog Dash
- Toy Story Mania
That’s 10 rides and shows.
I also saw Darth Vader, Pluto, Pinocchio, the Mandalorian and Grogu.
I stopped for multiple PhotoPass pictures.
I ate at Backlot Express.
I got a snack at Kat Saka’s Kettle.
I stopped for a cookie.
I got coffee.
I shopped.
I had a table-service dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby.
And I watched nighttime entertainment before leaving.
All after arriving at noon.
Was Lightning Lane Worth It for This Strategy?
Absolutely.
This is one of those situations where I think Lightning Lane was particularly valuable because I wasn’t buying it merely to avoid standing in lines.
I was buying time.
Hollywood Studios Lightning Lane Multi Pass cost $27 that day, and my Rise of the Resistance Single Pass cost another $24.
So I spent $51 total on Lightning Lane.
Before arriving, I had already booked Lightning Lanes for Smugglers Run, Slinky Dog Dash and Toy Story Mania, plus the separate Single Pass for Rise.
After using Smugglers Run, I was able to pick up Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway.
That meant I ultimately used Lightning Lane for five attractions.
And those included Rise, Slinky Dog Dash and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway.
For this particular experiment, I would spend that $51 again without hesitation.
I had already deliberately sacrificed the first three hours of the park day so I could sleep.
Lightning Lane helped me buy some of those hours back.
So, Was Paying $243.75 for a Four-Hour Nap Worth It?
Yep.
😂
But I think there’s a little more nuance to the answer than that.
I wasn’t really paying $243.75 for four hours of sleep.
I was paying $243.75 to turn what could have been a miserable travel day into an actual vacation day.
Had I gone straight from MCO to Hollywood Studios, maybe I would have accomplished more attractions in the morning.
But would I still have been happily wandering around Toy Story Land at 8:30 that night?
I seriously doubt it.
Instead, I arrived at my hotel at 6:36 AM, slept for several hours, took a shower, got myself together and entered Hollywood Studios at 12:05 PM.
And then I had a genuinely fantastic day.
That’s the part I wouldn’t lose sight of.
What Worked
The biggest win was guaranteeing access to my room.
If I had simply booked French Quarter starting April 22, I could have arrived at the resort at 6:30 in the morning and asked nicely whether my room happened to be ready.
Maybe I would have gotten lucky.
That is not a touring strategy I would want to bet my first vacation day on.
Booking April 21 meant there was no uncertainty.
The private car also worked extremely well for this particular situation because I was in my room barely an hour after my flight landed.
And Lightning Lane was probably the third piece that made the whole thing work.
I didn’t need to arrive early to get a jump on the Hollywood Studios standby lines because I had already protected several of my biggest priorities.
What I Would Do Differently
Honestly?
Not much.
I would definitely make sure I had something with protein available when I woke up.
Mickey beignets are many wonderful things.
An ideal post-red-eye recovery meal is apparently not one of them. 😂
I would also continue to resist the temptation to overdo the evening.
Could I have stayed for Fantasmic?
Sure.
But I was tired.
The projection shows were charming, easy and relaxing. I got my nighttime Disney moment without turning the end of an already very long day into an endurance event.
I think that was exactly the right call.
Who Should Try This Red-Eye Strategy?
I think this works especially well if your flight arrives very early.
If you’re landing at 5:30 or 6 AM, there is an enormous gap between arriving in Orlando and normal Disney resort check-in time.
It also makes more sense when you can get a reasonably priced room.
My Annual Passholder rate at French Quarter was $243.75. For me, that was worth it.
Would I pay $700 for an extra night at a deluxe resort just to sleep for four hours?
Probably not.
I’d start looking pretty hard at other options.
This strategy also makes a lot of sense for people who know themselves well enough to admit that going directly from an overnight flight to a 14-hour theme park day sounds absolutely terrible.
But if you sleep beautifully on airplanes and bounce off a red-eye feeling fabulous?
You may not need this at all.
My Biggest Takeaway
The biggest lesson from this experiment actually isn’t that everyone should book an extra Disney hotel night.
It’s that you don’t necessarily have to choose between wasting your arrival day and exhausting yourself.
There is a middle option.
Sleep.
Start late.
Use Lightning Lane strategically.
And then have a really good half-day-plus in the park.
I gave up Hollywood Studios rope drop.
In exchange, I got almost four hours of sleep.
And somehow I still ended the day having done 10 rides and shows, eaten dinner at the Brown Derby, ridden some of Hollywood Studios’ biggest attractions and watched nighttime entertainment.
For me?
I’ll take that trade every single time.
Should You Book Your Disney World Hotel for the Night Before a Red-Eye Arrival?
After trying this strategy myself, I think the answer depends mostly on what time your flight lands, how well you sleep on planes and how much that extra hotel night is going to cost you.
If my flight landed at 9 or 10 AM, I probably wouldn’t do this.
At that point, I’d be much more tempted to drop my bags at the resort, grab some breakfast and start my day.
But a 5:30 AM arrival is different.
That’s a lot of hours to fill before there’s any reasonable expectation that your Disney resort room will be ready.
And yes, you can absolutely head straight to a park.
The question is whether you actually want to.
I knew I didn’t.
I’d rather have nine enjoyable hours at Hollywood Studios than spend 13 or 14 hours there while increasingly questioning all of my life choices. 😂
When I Think the Extra Hotel Night Is Worth It
For me, $243.75 was an easy yes.
That’s still a significant amount of money. But compared with the overall cost of a Disney World vacation, I thought it was worth spending $243.75 to protect an entire vacation day from sleep deprivation.
And the more people you have in that hotel room, the easier that calculation may become.
A family of four isn’t paying $243.75 per person to sleep for a few hours. They’re paying $243.75 total.
There is probably a price where I’d change my mind, though.
If the only option were a $600 or $700 deluxe room? I would have a much harder time paying for the previous night.
In that situation, I’d look at whether I could book a less expensive Disney resort for that first night and transfer later, or simply rethink the arrival-day plan.
But that’s one of the biggest lessons here:
You don’t need to make the same decision for every Disney trip.
Look at the arrival time. Look at the hotel price. Look at your traveling party. And most importantly, be realistic about what your family is going to feel like after flying overnight.
You Don’t Need a Private Car to Make This Work
I also don’t want the takeaway from my experiment to be that you need to spend $345 on private airport transportation.
You don’t.
My You Fly We Drive reservation was round trip, and I loved the service. But Lyft or Uber would be a completely reasonable way to do this for less money.
What mattered to me was getting directly from MCO to French Quarter as quickly as possible.
Every 30 minutes I spent getting to my resort was 30 minutes I couldn’t spend sleeping.
That’s also why I personally wouldn’t choose Mears Connect for this particular situation.
I’ve done the Mears-after-a-red-eye thing before.
Once was enough. 😂
Shared transportation can make perfect sense when saving money is the priority and you aren’t in a hurry.
But at 5:40 AM, after flying overnight, when I had deliberately paid for a hotel room specifically so I could get a few hours of sleep?
I didn’t want to wait for a bus.
I didn’t want to potentially stop at other resorts.
I wanted someone to take me directly to my bed.
And that is exactly what happened.
Lightning Lane Was Part of the Strategy, Not an Extra
There’s one other expense I would budget for if I were planning this exact kind of arrival day again.
Lightning Lane.
I spent $27 on Lightning Lane Multi Pass at Hollywood Studios and $24 on a Single Pass for Rise of the Resistance, for a total of $51.
Normally, I think the question of whether Lightning Lane is “worth it” depends heavily on the park, your priorities and how you like to tour.
But for this particular strategy?
I wouldn’t hesitate.
I had intentionally slept through the lowest-wait part of the day.
By the time I walked into Hollywood Studios at 12:05 PM, the park had already been open for more than three hours.
Lightning Lane let me compensate for that.
And because I had booked most of my important Lightning Lanes before the trip, I didn’t walk into the park at noon and start from scratch.
That’s a really important piece of this strategy.
If you’re planning to sleep through rope drop, plan your afternoon before you arrive.
Would This Strategy Work Without Lightning Lane?
Maybe.
But I don’t think I’d expect the same results.
You could absolutely arrive at Hollywood Studios around noon without Lightning Lane and have a lovely afternoon and evening.
See the shows. Meet characters. Eat somewhere fun. Ride attractions with reasonable standby waits. Stay late and take advantage of lower waits toward the end of the night.
But would I expect to do Rise of the Resistance, Smugglers Run, Slinky Dog Dash, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and Toy Story Mania plus everything else I did without spending significant chunks of the day standing in line?
No.
That’s why I see the hotel room and Lightning Lane as working together.
The hotel room bought me sleep.
Lightning Lane bought me back park time.
And together they turned what could have been a completely wasted arrival day into one of the most productive days of my trip.
What I Would Do If I Took Another 5:30 AM Red-Eye to Disney World
I would do almost exactly the same thing.
I’d book the hotel starting the night before.
I’d make sure my resort knew I was arriving very late—or technically very early—so there wasn’t any confusion about my reservation.
I’d arrange direct transportation from MCO, whether that was a private car or rideshare.
I’d sleep for at least three or four hours.
I’d take a shower.
I’d eat some actual protein. 😂
And if I were heading to a park like Hollywood Studios, I’d buy Lightning Lane and have my major attraction reservations lined up ahead of time.
What I wouldn’t do is set an alarm for 8:30 AM because I suddenly got anxious about “wasting” my Disney day.
The sleep was the strategy.
If you’re going to spend the money to guarantee yourself a bed, actually use it.
Was the Red-Eye Worth It?
This is probably the other question lurking underneath this entire experiment.
And for me, yes.
A red-eye allowed me to travel overnight rather than sacrificing most of April 22 to flying across the country. Of course, depending on where you are coming from… you might not get much of a choice on this point (iykyk).
By sleeping for several hours after I arrived, I essentially created a compromise between a travel day and a park day.
I didn’t get a full Hollywood Studios day.
I didn’t need one.
I got a really good nine-hour Hollywood Studios day.
That’s much more valuable to me than stumbling into the park at 7 or 8 AM simply because conventional Disney wisdom says earlier is always better.
Sometimes earlier is better.
And sometimes the smartest Disney touring strategy is to go back to bed.
The Final Verdict
Would I book the previous night’s hotel room again for a 5:30 AM Disney World arrival?
At $243.75?
Absolutely.
Would I pay for Lightning Lane again on that arrival day?
Absolutely.
Would I pay extra for direct transportation from MCO?
Probably—although Lyft or Uber would be an easy way to make the strategy cheaper.
Would I go directly from a red-eye flight to Hollywood Studios instead?
Nope. 😂
Most importantly, I wouldn’t look at those four hours of sleep as four hours of Disney time I lost.
Those four hours are probably the reason I was still happily riding Toy Story Mania at 8:30 that night.
And that’s ultimately what this first Disney Touring Case Study taught me:
The goal isn’t to spend the maximum possible number of hours inside a Disney park.
It’s to make the hours you do spend there actually enjoyable.
Keep Planning Your Hollywood Studios Day
There’s a lot more to Hollywood Studios than trying to squeeze as many headliners as possible into your day. These guides can help you plan everything else:
- Best Snacks at Hollywood Studios: From sweet treats to some surprisingly substantial snacks, here are my favorite places to grab something between rides and shows.
- Hollywood Studios Quick-Service Restaurants: Need something a little more substantial? Compare the park’s quick-service options and figure out which ones are actually worth fitting into your day.
- Characters at Hollywood Studios: I stumbled across quite a few characters during this particular experiment! Here’s where to find characters throughout Hollywood Studios and which ones you won’t want to miss.
- Hollywood Studios Rides: Get the rundown on every ride at Hollywood Studios, including which ones are must-dos, which are skippable and what to expect before you get in line.
- Hollywood Studios Shows: Don’t overlook these! Shows were a huge part of why my late-start strategy worked so well. Here’s my guide to all the shows at Hollywood Studios and which ones I think are worth your time.
