You Won't Believe the Opening Day Crowds for Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets at Hollywood Studios

It’s time to play the music, and it’s time to light the lights, because Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets has officially opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster opens TODAY!

The highly anticipated retheme of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster has finally arrived, and fans were flooding the park to check out the new ride. No, seriously, they were FLOODING Hollywood Studios. Wait until you see how crazy the crowds were during the attraction’s opening day.

The crowds as soon as we entered the park were certainly intense, but things seemed to be moving pretty well at the turnstiles. No lines were wildly long right at rope drop, but something told us that was about to change as we got closer to the ride.

Entrance crowds

The crowd over on Sunset Boulevard is where things started to pick up, and we followed the mass of people to find a MAJOR line close to the ride! In fact, right around 7:25 AM, Cast Members were unable to safely keep all of the early theme park entry guests in the main queue, so they started diverting everyone back behind the Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After gate next to Tower of Terror. This was similar to what was done on the closing day of the Aerosmith version of the ride!

Beginning to reroute guests

Behind the gate, they also began to separate people who were hotel guests with Early Entry, and those who were not, as Early Entry guests would begin to move for the attraction faster than those with regular entry.

People were split back here!

When it comes to looking at the front of the attraction, it’s clear to see that it’s busy, but we think it doesn’t show just how many people are REALLY waiting behind the gate!

Sure, it looks busy, but it’s nothing like what’s waiting behind the gate!

Shockingly, at about 9:20 AM, after the ride had officially opened, the wait time was only 45 minutes! Perhaps it’s that the actual queue inside the ride building isn’t able to hold as many people, so this was the solution for the morning. We’re curious to see if they’ll need to use this behind-the-gate section of the ride queue for later in the day, or in the future.

We’re ready to rock!

It’s also important to note that, for now, the only way you’re able to get to Rock Around The Shop to see all the Muppets merchandise there is if you actually ride the attraction today. Otherwise, you’ll want to head to Carthay Circle, where there’s a sign up letting you know that Muppets merchandise is inside!

Head here for Muppets merch!

By about 9:40 AM, the wait time had jumped to 60 minutes, so we’re sure this is the start of those high wait times arriving for the foreseeable future for this ride. Be sure to pack your patience!

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We’re going to have to deal with busy crowds at this attraction during the summer, but we’re so excited that the ride is officially open. For more updates and news on things happening around Disney World and more, make sure to stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog!

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