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Live queue times for 110 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
70% busy
Longest typical queue, The Smiler
52min
Quietest day left this month
Tue 6 Oct
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Thorpe Park

An average October day
81% busy
Longest typical queue, Hyperia
89min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Europa Park

An average October day
60% busy
Longest typical queue, Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac
43min
Quietest day left this month
Thu 1 Oct
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Efteling

An average October day
78% 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, Steel Vengeance
90min
Quietest day left this month
Mon 26 Oct
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Every minute we read the queue at every ride in 110 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
110
Rides with full queue history
3.7k+
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

    82%
    Busier
    Today, Mon 26 Oct

    Next 6 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 43 min, 24 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. Galactica92%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 82 min.
    2. Nemesis Reborn91%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 81 min.
    3. Wicker Man88%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 98 min.
    4. The Smiler82%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 102 min.
    5. Rita4%Average wait each day, last 14 days. Busiest 96 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.

  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 39 minutes, and queues get shorter after 4pm.

    • The Smiler39m
    • Wicker Man37m
    • Galactica31m
    • Nemesis Reborn31m
    • Rita29m
    • Spinball Whizzer29m

    3h 16mqueueing, 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. 03Thorpe ParkEurope81%
  4. 04Cedar PointN. America80%
  5. 05Disneyland ParisEurope80%
  6. 06EftelingEurope78%
  7. 07Shanghai Disneyland ResortOther78%
  8. 08Six Flags Over TexasN. America75%
  9. 09Universal Islands Of AdventureN. America75%
  10. 10Animal KingdomN. America73%
  11. 11EpcotN. America72%
  12. 12Alton TowersEurope70%
  13. 13Six Flags Great AdventureN. America70%
  14. 14Universal Studios Florida ParkN. America70%
  15. 15Disney California AdventureN. America69%
  16. 16Parc AsterixEurope68%
  17. 17Disneyland ParkN. America66%
  18. 18Six Flags Great AmericaN. America66%
  19. 19Walibi HollandEurope66%
  20. 20Kings IslandN. America65%
  21. 21Port Aventura WorldOther65%
  22. 22Silver Dollar CityN. America64%
  23. 23Canadas WonderlandN. America63%
  24. 24DollywoodN. America63%
  25. 25Universal Studios HollywoodN. America63%
  26. 26Magic KingdomN. America62%
  27. 27Six Flags MexicoN. America62%
  28. 28Europa ParkEurope60%
  29. 29Six Flags Discovery KingdomN. America60%
  30. 30Legoland WindsorEurope57%
  31. 31Six Flags Fiesta TexasN. America57%
  32. 32Chimelong Water ParkAsia56%
  33. 33Chessington World Of AdventuresEurope55%
  34. 34Djurs SommerlandEurope54%
  35. 35EnergylandiaEurope54%
  36. 36Legoland CaliforniaN. America54%
  37. 37Walibi BelgiumEurope54%
  38. 38Movie Park GermanyEurope52%
  39. 39PhantasialandEurope52%
  40. 40LisebergEurope51%
  41. 41Parque De Atracciones MadridEurope51%
  42. 42Californias Great AmericaN. America49%
  43. 43Legoland DeutschlandEurope49%
  44. 44Seaworld OrlandoN. America48%
  45. 45BobbejaanlandEurope46%
  46. 46Knotts Berry FarmN. America46%
  47. 47Legoland New YorkN. America46%
  48. 48Walibi Rhone AlpesEurope46%
  49. 49La Ronde MontrealN. America45%
  50. 50Six Flags New EnglandN. America45%
  51. 51MirabilandiaEurope44%
  52. 52EverlandAsia43%
  53. 53HersheyparkN. America43%
  54. 54Six Flags Magic MountainN. America43%
  55. 55BellewaerdeEurope42%
  56. 56Busch Gardens WilliamsburgN. America42%
  57. 57Heide ParkEurope42%
  58. 58ToverlandEurope42%
  59. 59Universal Volcano BayN. America42%
  60. 60CarowindsN. America41%
  61. 61GardalandEurope40%
  62. 62Legoland BillundEurope40%
  63. 63Legoland KoreaAsia39%
  64. 64KnoebelsN. America38%
  65. 65Six Flags Over GeorgiaN. America37%
  66. 66Parque Warner MadridEurope35%
  67. 67Pleasurewood HillsEurope35%
  68. 68KennywoodN. America34%
  69. 69Seaworld San AntonioN. America34%
  70. 70Blackpool Pleasure BeachEurope33%
  71. 71Chimelong ParadiseAsia33%
  72. 72Dorney ParkN. America32%
  73. 73Kings DominionN. America32%
  74. 74Legoland OrlandoN. America32%
  75. 75Tokyo DisneylandAsia31%
  76. 76Tokyo DisneySeaAsia31%
  77. 77Legoland JapanAsia30%
  78. 78PlopsalandEurope30%
  79. 79Paultons ParkEurope29%
  80. 80Peppa Pig Park GermanyEurope29%
  81. 81Sesame Place LanghorneN. America26%
  82. 82Universal Studios BeijingAsia25%
  83. 83Busch Gardens TampaN. America24%
  84. 84Seaworld San DiegoN. America24%
  85. 85Hong Kong DisneylandAsia23%
  86. 86Six Flags Frontier CityN. America22%
  87. 87Chimelong Ocean KingdomAsia21%
  88. 88Flamingo LandEurope21%
  89. 89Peppa Pig Theme Park FloridaN. America16%
  90. 90Six Flags St LouisN. America15%
  91. 91Caribbean BayAsia14%
  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 110 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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