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Live queue times for 100 parks

See how long every queue is right now, and how busy any day of the year will be. We score each day 0 to 100 for how busy the park gets, so you can pick a quiet one.

Alton Towers

An average October day
69% busy
Longest typical queue, The Smiler
48min
Quietest day left this month
Tue 6 Oct
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Thorpe Park

An average October day
78% busy
Longest typical queue, Hyperia
80min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Europa Park

An average October day
58% busy
Longest typical queue, Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac
41min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Efteling

An average October day
75% busy
Longest typical queue, Symbolica
32min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Cedar Point

An average October day
80% busy
Longest typical queue, Top Thrill 2
82min
Quietest day left this month
Mon 19 Oct
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Every minute we read the queue at every ride in 100 parks. We keep every reading, so each forecast here comes from our own record of how busy each day really was, and every night we check it against what happened.

Parks tracked, minute by minute
100
Rides with full queue history
3.4k+
Months of crowd forecast, free
9
The whole thing, forever
£0

Crowd calendar and queue times, at a glance.

How busy Alton Towers will be, how its queues move through the day and which rides actually run. Every figure is from our own readings for October.

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  1. How busy it will be.

    Today and the week ahead, each scored 0 to 100 against this park's own busiest days.

    Crowd forecast

    How busy today

    69%
    Busier
    Today, Mon 19 Oct

    Next 7 open days

  2. Pick a quieter day.

    The whole month at a glance. Tap a day to see what to expect and how long you would wait.

    Alton Towers · October forecast

    Crowd calendar: pick a quieter day

    Whole month →
    How busy:QuietFilling upBusyPacked

  3. Queues through the day.

    When each ride is at its shortest. Drag across the chart to move through the hours.

    Alton Towers · a typical October day

    Queue times rise and fall through the day

    The SmilerWicker ManGalacticaNemesis RebornRitaSpinball Whizzer

    At 13:00, go for Wicker Man: about 40 min, 26 less than its worst hour.

    Queues are building. Ride the headliners before they peak.

    • under 20 min
    • 20 to 34 min
    • 35 to 59 min
    • 60+ min

  4. Which rides actually run.

    How often each ride is open when the park is, and its waits over the last few weeks.

    Reliability

    Which rides actually run

    1. Wicker Man96%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 93 min.
    2. Nemesis Reborn91%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 81 min.
    3. The Smiler87%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 102 min.
    4. Galactica85%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 82 min.
    5. Rita43%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 65 min.
    Uptime is the share of opening hours a ride was running, from our own readings.

  5. Told when it drops.

    Pick a ride and the wait you would accept. One message when it happens, then it stops.

    How an alert works · Alton Towers

    We'll tell you when the queue drops

    30m
    The Smiler is 30m. Down from 68m. Go now.

    An example afternoon, built from The Smiler's typical waits. Drag the line to set yours.

    min
    Set the alert

    One notification, then it stops. Free with an account (3 at a time), which also gets you a free day of Plus.

  6. What the score means.

    Drag the score and watch the waits change, from an empty park to a packed one.

    Drag to try it

    What does the score mean?

    51%busy
    Typical

    A day like this is manageable. The Smiler would be about 37 minutes, and queues get shorter after 4pm.

    • The Smiler37m
    • Wicker Man33m
    • Galactica29m
    • Nemesis Reborn28m
    • Rita28m
    • Spinball Whizzer26m

    3h 1mqueueing, if you rode all 6 of these once

Theme park wait times

Every park we track.

How busy each one gets on an average day in October, on the same 0 to 100 score.

Busiest, Universal Epic Universe
85% busy
Quietest, Plopsaland Deutschland
9% busy
Parks with a crowd forecast
93
Every park, ranked ↓
93 parks
  1. 01Universal Epic UniverseN. America85%
  2. 02Hollywood StudiosN. America81%
  3. 03Shanghai Disneyland ResortOther81%
  4. 04Cedar PointN. America80%
  5. 05Disneyland ParisEurope79%
  6. 06Thorpe ParkEurope78%
  7. 07Universal Islands Of AdventureN. America76%
  8. 08Animal KingdomN. America75%
  9. 09EftelingEurope75%
  10. 10EpcotN. America74%
  11. 11Six Flags Over TexasN. America73%
  12. 12Disney California AdventureN. America70%
  13. 13Alton TowersEurope69%
  14. 14Universal Studios Florida ParkN. America68%
  15. 15Disneyland ParkN. America67%
  16. 16Six Flags Great AmericaN. America66%
  17. 17Kings IslandN. America65%
  18. 18Parc AsterixEurope65%
  19. 19Silver Dollar CityN. America65%
  20. 20DollywoodN. America63%
  21. 21Magic KingdomN. America63%
  22. 22Port Aventura WorldOther63%
  23. 23Six Flags Discovery KingdomN. America63%
  24. 24Universal Studios HollywoodN. America63%
  25. 25Six Flags Great AdventureN. America62%
  26. 26Legoland WindsorEurope60%
  27. 27Walibi HollandEurope60%
  28. 28Six Flags MexicoN. America59%
  29. 29Europa ParkEurope58%
  30. 30Chessington World Of AdventuresEurope57%
  31. 31EnergylandiaEurope57%
  32. 32Chimelong Water ParkAsia56%
  33. 33Djurs SommerlandEurope54%
  34. 34Legoland CaliforniaN. America54%
  35. 35Legoland DeutschlandEurope54%
  36. 36Six Flags Fiesta TexasN. America54%
  37. 37LisebergEurope52%
  38. 38Canadas WonderlandN. America51%
  39. 39PhantasialandEurope51%
  40. 40Seaworld OrlandoN. America51%
  41. 41Walibi BelgiumEurope51%
  42. 42Californias Great AmericaN. America49%
  43. 43La Ronde MontrealN. America49%
  44. 44Six Flags New EnglandN. America49%
  45. 45Movie Park GermanyEurope48%
  46. 46Knotts Berry FarmN. America47%
  47. 47Parque De Atracciones MadridEurope47%
  48. 48Six Flags Over GeorgiaN. America47%
  49. 49Six Flags Magic MountainN. America46%
  50. 50BellewaerdeEurope45%
  51. 51Legoland New YorkN. America45%
  52. 52Universal Volcano BayN. America45%
  53. 53CarowindsN. America44%
  54. 54HersheyparkN. America44%
  55. 55MirabilandiaEurope44%
  56. 56BobbejaanlandEurope43%
  57. 57Blackpool Pleasure BeachEurope42%
  58. 58Walibi Rhone AlpesEurope42%
  59. 59EverlandAsia41%
  60. 60Heide ParkEurope41%
  61. 61Legoland KoreaAsia41%
  62. 62Busch Gardens WilliamsburgN. America40%
  63. 63GardalandEurope40%
  64. 64Legoland BillundEurope39%
  65. 65KnoebelsN. America38%
  66. 66ToverlandEurope37%
  67. 67Pleasurewood HillsEurope36%
  68. 68Dorney ParkN. America35%
  69. 69Parque Warner MadridEurope35%
  70. 70Chimelong ParadiseAsia34%
  71. 71Kings DominionN. America34%
  72. 72KennywoodN. America33%
  73. 73Legoland JapanAsia33%
  74. 74Tokyo DisneySeaAsia33%
  75. 75Legoland OrlandoN. America32%
  76. 76Paultons ParkEurope32%
  77. 77Peppa Pig Park GermanyEurope31%
  78. 78Seaworld San AntonioN. America31%
  79. 79Tokyo DisneylandAsia31%
  80. 80Six Flags Frontier CityN. America30%
  81. 81PlopsalandEurope28%
  82. 82Peppa Pig Theme Park FloridaN. America27%
  83. 83Seaworld San DiegoN. America27%
  84. 84Busch Gardens TampaN. America25%
  85. 85Sesame Place LanghorneN. America24%
  86. 86Universal Studios BeijingAsia24%
  87. 87Hong Kong DisneylandAsia23%
  88. 88Six Flags St LouisN. America23%
  89. 89Chimelong Ocean KingdomAsia22%
  90. 90Flamingo LandEurope21%
  91. 91Caribbean BayAsia17%
  92. 92Worlds Of FunN. America11%
  93. 93Plopsaland DeutschlandEurope9%

What is Park Queue Times?

Park Queue Times is a free website that tracks live ride wait times and predicts daily crowd levels for 100 theme parks worldwide, including Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Universal and Europa-Park. Queue times are read from each park's own published feed every few minutes while the park is open, so the number on a ride page is the same number on the board at the entrance.

Those readings are kept day by day, which is what makes the rest of the site possible: an hour-by-hour average for every ride, a reliability score showing how often each ride actually runs, and a crowd calendar that scores each day from 0 to 100 against that park's own busiest recorded day. Forecasts run six weeks ahead and are re-scored against what really happened, and the accuracy is published openly in the almanac.

Everything on the site is free to use with no account required, and the same data is available to developers through a free public API. Park Queue Times is independent and is not affiliated with any theme park or operator.

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LowWe say when we're not sure
A park we've only tracked for a few weeks is labelled like this, on the day itself. We would rather tell you we don't know than make a number up.
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