The Record Setters

The Record Setters: show at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World — showtimes, live status, and planning data on MouseHub.

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The Record Setters is a ten-minute comedy set that plays on Hollywood Boulevard at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Disney bills the cast as specialty performers who blend creativity with physical comedy, and the premise carries the whole act: they are out to set world records, and every set is another attempt at one. There is no theater and no stage. The performers work an open stretch of the boulevard, a circle builds around them within a couple of minutes, and the guests standing closest get pulled in to help.

It works as something you catch on the way past rather than a block you plan a morning around. Ten minutes costs nothing and books nothing, and the physical gags land for kids and the adults with them at the same time. The complaints run to comfort. Nobody sits, the boulevard has nothing overhead, and once the circle fills in the stunts happen at ground level where the back rows cannot see them. Guests working through a list of headliners tend to walk straight past, which is the right call on a one-day visit.

At a glance

Best for
Families with kids who will laugh at physical comedy and want a stop that costs no line and no booking.
Skip if
You have one day at Hollywood Studios and a list of headliners you have not gotten through yet.
Ride type
Walk-up street comedy set on Hollywood Boulevard
Intensity
Gentle. No motion and no darkness. The performers pull people out of the crowd, which puts shy kids on the spot.

The good

  • Guests get pulled into the act
    The performers work the circle and hand pieces of the stunt to whoever is standing closest. Watching turns into helping without much warning.
  • Ten minutes is the whole commitment
    Disney lists the set at 10 minutes, so it fits in the gap between two rides without costing you a return window or a meal slot.
  • The record attempts give the stunts a point
    Every set is built around an attempt at a world record rather than a run of unrelated tricks. The physical skills get a story to hang on.
  • The comedy works at both ends of the age range
    Physical gags need no setup and nothing read aloud, so kids laugh on the same beat as the adults with them.
  • There is no line to stand in
    The set plays on the open street. You stop when you find it, you leave when it ends, and nothing gets tapped or scanned in between.

The bad

  • Everybody stands
    The act plays on pavement with no benches or chairs near it. Ten minutes on your feet after a morning of walking lands harder than it sounds.
  • The circle closes fast
    A crowd builds within a couple of minutes of the first stunt, and the stunts happen at ground level. Anyone past the front row watches the backs of heads.
  • Midday sets bake
    The boulevard has nothing overhead. An early-afternoon set means ten minutes in direct Florida sun with nowhere to step out of it.
  • Most people find it by accident
    Guests describe stumbling onto the act rather than planning for it. Walk past during the ten minutes it runs and the next posted time is all you have left.

Veteran tips

  • Get the times off this page first
    The day's showtimes render on this page and in the My Disney Experience app. Both move when Disney changes the schedule, which happens.
  • Look for the crowd on Hollywood Boulevard
    Disney lists Hollywood Boulevard as the location. Get onto the boulevard a few minutes before a posted time and look for a ring of people rather than a stage.
  • Take the inside edge of the circle
    Sightlines from the back are gone once the crowd builds, and the performers reach for whoever is closest when they need a hand. Stand at the front if getting picked is the goal, and a row back if it is not.
  • Catch a morning or evening set
    No shade means the middle of the day is the worst version of this. An earlier or later set costs you less time standing in the sun.
  • Leave the walking lane open
    The act happens on a path that carries traffic toward the rest of the park. Stand off the center of the walkway and you keep your spot instead of getting waved back by a cast member.
  • Slot it against a return window
    Ten minutes fits neatly into the wait for a Lightning Lane window you already hold. Treat it as something to fill a gap, not something to build one for.
  • There is nothing to book
    The Record Setters is not on the Lightning Lane lineup for Hollywood Studios, so there is no pass to buy and no return time to hit. Walk up when the set starts.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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