Disney Answers: No

Disney’s Hollywood Studios is a theme park located at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida, and is known for attractions such as The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, Toy Story Mania! and Star Tours – The Adventures Continue. It is one of the four theme parks located at Walt Disney World. It opened in 1989 as Disney-MGM Studios, and was renamed Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2008.

Universal Studios consists of two theme parks, both also located in Orlando, Florida. Universal Studios also a theme park in Universal City, California. The Orlando locations are located 12 miles north of Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and consist of the original Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. Universal Studios Florida features Harry Potter and the Escape From Gringotts, Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride and Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.  Islands of Adventure features The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey and The Incredible Hulk. If you want to ride Hogwarts Express in real life, it runs between the two theme parks.

Disney Answer: Yes

Historically, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World has been a “dry county”, no alcohol was served anywhere in the park. That has actually changed a bit in recent years with some of the table service restaurants adding wine and beer as dinner drink options. Epcot has been much more open about selling alcohol in the parks, especially in the World Showcase and even more so during the Epcot Food and Wine Festival (and to a lesser extend, during the Flower and Garden Festival). That is great, but can you get a drink at Disney’s Hollywood Studios?

In Disney’s Hollywood Studios, most of the table service restaurants (50’s Prime Time Cafe, Mama Melrose’s and Hollywood Brown Derby) all feature extensive wine, beer and cocktail options during both lunch and dinner hours. Most of the counter service restaurants also feature limited beer and wine options for both lunch and dinner. One unique thing about Disney’s Hollywood Studios is the presence of two lounges, the Tune-In Lounge located at 50’s Prime Time Cafe and the Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge located at the Hollywood Brown Derby. Both lounges feature limited food items and extensive cocktail, wine and beer menus, and are open without reservation.

Please note that Disney does not like you to take your alcoholic drink on a tour of the park with you, drinks need to be consumed inside the restaurants.

Disney Answer: NO

Walt Disney World has two monorail lines, and neither of them goes to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. One monorail line goes in a loop that serves the Magic Kingdom, Contemporary Resort, Walt Disney World Transportation and Ticket Center, the Polynesian Village Resort, the Grand Floridian Resort and back to the Magic Kingdom. Technically there is a second part of that line that does the exact same loop but only stops at the Magic Kingdom and the Transportation and Ticket Center, that is the “express” monorail. The second monorail line goes from the Transportation and Ticket Center to Epcot and back, only those two stops.

Neither of those lines extends beyond Epcot to the South, and there are no plans by Disney to add additional monorail lines. However, the new Disney Skyliner connects Disney’s Hollywood Studios with 5 resorts (Disney’s Riviera Resort, Disney’s Caribbean Beach, Disney’s Pop Century and Disney’s Art of Animation resort) as well as Epcot.