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Hollywood Dream - The Ride: Backdrop wait times and best time to ride

Explore hourly waits and recorded quieter windows to plan your USJ visit.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

When have waits tended to be lower?

In recent history, the window with the lowest typical wait was 08:00–09:00 · 63 min.

Median based on 10 sufficiently covered days. A historical reference, not a guarantee for your visit.

View period and method

2026-09-07 – 2026-10-05. Median of hourly averages; at least seven days per window and four comparable windows. Dates may differ between hours. No holiday or event adjustments.

Hollywood Dream - The Ride: Backdrop

▦ Day overview Ride guide

How the queues changed

Japan time · standby queue · sufficiently covered periods only

Estimated average71 min

Lowest waits that day08:00–09:00

Highest recorded wait100 min

Waits by hour

08:00–09:0041 min

09:00–10:0050 min

10:00–11:00Insufficient data

11:00–12:0060 min

12:00–13:0052 min

13:00–14:0054 min

14:00–15:0086 min

15:00–16:0080 min

16:00–17:0093 min

17:00–18:0088 min

18:00–19:0094 min

19:00–20:00Insufficient data

20:00–21:00Insufficient data

How averages are calculated

Waits are weighted by duration, capped at 15 minutes. Hours need 30 covered minutes; averages need three covered hours; highlighting a window requires four comparable hours. Gaps and closures are not zero. This is not a forecast.

View times and waits

Time	Wait / status
08:01	5 min
08:10	30 min
08:17	45 min
08:20	40 min
08:25	45 min
08:32	65 min
09:03	50 min
09:19	40 min
09:41	60 min
10:26	50 min
10:48	55 min
11:12	50 min
11:34	Down
11:40	80 min
11:49	60 min
12:04	50 min
12:32	45 min
12:47	60 min
13:17	50 min
13:32	45 min
13:42	55 min
13:46	65 min
14:03	85 min
14:06	90 min
14:19	85 min
15:20	90 min
15:42	70 min
16:17	75 min
16:19	95 min
16:33	100 min
16:48	85 min
17:04	95 min
17:34	80 min
17:55	90 min
18:27	85 min
18:34	100 min
18:47	95 min
19:25	100 min
19:47	95 min
19:55	100 min
20:16	95 min
20:25	90 min
20:35	Closed