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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
42min
Quietest day left this month
Tue 6 Oct
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Thorpe Park

An average October day
73% busy
Longest typical queue, Hyperia
73min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Europa Park

An average October day
59% busy
Longest typical queue, Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac
40min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Efteling

An average October day
76% busy
Longest typical queue, Symbolica
32min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Cedar Point

An average October day
79% busy
Longest typical queue, Top Thrill 2
78min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 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

    81%
    Busier
    Today, Sun 18 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 ManRitaGalacticaNemesis RebornTH13TEEN

    At 13:00, go for Wicker Man: about 42 min, 19 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 75 min.
    2. Nemesis Reborn90%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 60 min.
    3. The Smiler86%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 80 min.
    4. Galactica85%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 59 min.
    5. Rita56%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

    25m
    The Smiler is 25m. Down from 58m. 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 32 minutes, and queues get shorter after 4pm.

    • The Smiler32m
    • Wicker Man30m
    • Rita29m
    • Galactica27m
    • Nemesis Reborn25m
    • TH13TEEN24m

    2h 47mqueueing, 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
10% 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. America79%
  5. 05Disneyland ParisEurope79%
  6. 06Universal Islands Of AdventureN. America77%
  7. 07EftelingEurope76%
  8. 08Animal KingdomN. America75%
  9. 09EpcotN. America74%
  10. 10Thorpe ParkEurope73%
  11. 11Disney California AdventureN. America70%
  12. 12Alton TowersEurope69%
  13. 13Disneyland ParkN. America67%
  14. 14Universal Studios Florida ParkN. America67%
  15. 15Six Flags Over TexasN. America66%
  16. 16Port Aventura WorldOther64%
  17. 17Six Flags Great AmericaN. America64%
  18. 18Universal Studios HollywoodN. America64%
  19. 19DollywoodN. America63%
  20. 20Kings IslandN. America63%
  21. 21Magic KingdomN. America63%
  22. 22Silver Dollar CityN. America62%
  23. 23Six Flags Great AdventureN. America61%
  24. 24Six Flags MexicoN. America61%
  25. 25Legoland WindsorEurope60%
  26. 26EnergylandiaEurope59%
  27. 27Europa ParkEurope59%
  28. 28Chimelong Water ParkAsia58%
  29. 29Parc AsterixEurope58%
  30. 30Six Flags Discovery KingdomN. America56%
  31. 31Walibi HollandEurope56%
  32. 32Chessington World Of AdventuresEurope55%
  33. 33Legoland CaliforniaN. America54%
  34. 34Legoland DeutschlandEurope54%
  35. 35Walibi BelgiumEurope54%
  36. 36Six Flags Fiesta TexasN. America53%
  37. 37Canadas WonderlandN. America51%
  38. 38Parque De Atracciones MadridEurope51%
  39. 39PhantasialandEurope51%
  40. 40Seaworld OrlandoN. America51%
  41. 41BobbejaanlandEurope49%
  42. 42LisebergEurope49%
  43. 43La Ronde MontrealN. America48%
  44. 44Universal Volcano BayN. America47%
  45. 45Knotts Berry FarmN. America46%
  46. 46Movie Park GermanyEurope46%
  47. 47HersheyparkN. America45%
  48. 48Legoland KoreaAsia44%
  49. 49MirabilandiaEurope44%
  50. 50Pleasurewood HillsEurope44%
  51. 51Six Flags Over GeorgiaN. America44%
  52. 52EverlandAsia43%
  53. 53Chimelong ParadiseAsia42%
  54. 54Blackpool Pleasure BeachEurope41%
  55. 55Heide ParkEurope41%
  56. 56Busch Gardens WilliamsburgN. America40%
  57. 57Djurs SommerlandEurope40%
  58. 58Six Flags Magic MountainN. America40%
  59. 59Six Flags New EnglandN. America40%
  60. 60CarowindsN. America39%
  61. 61GardalandEurope39%
  62. 62Dorney ParkN. America38%
  63. 63Legoland BillundEurope38%
  64. 64Walibi Rhone AlpesEurope36%
  65. 65Legoland New YorkN. America35%
  66. 66ToverlandEurope35%
  67. 67BellewaerdeEurope34%
  68. 68Parque Warner MadridEurope34%
  69. 69Legoland JapanAsia32%
  70. 70Legoland OrlandoN. America32%
  71. 71Peppa Pig Park GermanyEurope32%
  72. 72KnoebelsN. America31%
  73. 73Paultons ParkEurope30%
  74. 74Peppa Pig Theme Park FloridaN. America30%
  75. 75Seaworld San AntonioN. America30%
  76. 76Chimelong Ocean KingdomAsia29%
  77. 77Tokyo DisneySeaAsia29%
  78. 78Californias Great AmericaN. America28%
  79. 79Six Flags Frontier CityN. America28%
  80. 80Tokyo DisneylandAsia28%
  81. 81Hong Kong DisneylandAsia27%
  82. 82PlopsalandEurope27%
  83. 83Seaworld San DiegoN. America27%
  84. 84Universal Studios BeijingAsia26%
  85. 85Busch Gardens TampaN. America25%
  86. 86KennywoodN. America25%
  87. 87Kings DominionN. America24%
  88. 88Six Flags St LouisN. America20%
  89. 89Flamingo LandEurope19%
  90. 90Caribbean BayAsia17%
  91. 91Six Flags Darien LakeN. America13%
  92. 92Worlds Of FunN. America12%
  93. 93Plopsaland DeutschlandEurope10%

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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