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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 A historical reference, not a guarantee for your visit.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 average53 min

Lowest waits that day20:00–21:00

Highest recorded wait80 min

Waits by hour

08:00–09:00Insufficient data

09:00–10:0065 min

10:00–11:0045 min

11:00–12:0046 min

12:00–13:0049 min

13:00–14:0049 min

14:00–15:0059 min

15:00–16:0055 min

16:00–17:0061 min

17:00–18:0061 min

18:00–19:0053 min

19:00–20:0064 min

20:00–21:0044 min

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
08:32	5 min
08:40	20 min
08:48	60 min
08:50	65 min
08:56	70 min
09:03	75 min
09:04	80 min
09:19	75 min
09:25	65 min
09:41	50 min
09:48	45 min
09:55	50 min
10:04	45 min
10:17	40 min
10:42	45 min
10:49	50 min
11:01	45 min
11:26	50 min
11:35	45 min
11:56	40 min
12:11	Down
12:19	40 min
12:27	Down
12:47	65 min
12:50	60 min
13:11	50 min
13:20	45 min
13:46	50 min
14:19	60 min
14:26	65 min
14:49	50 min
15:25	30 min
15:34	60 min
15:48	70 min
16:04	65 min
16:17	50 min
16:34	60 min
16:40	65 min
17:02	60 min
17:20	65 min
17:26	Down
17:40	60 min
18:02	40 min
18:17	45 min
18:20	55 min
18:31	65 min
19:02	75 min
19:41	65 min
19:48	50 min
20:01	40 min
20:32	50 min
20:49	40 min
20:55	Closed