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Adventureland
vs
Disneyland Park

On a typical day Disneyland Park queues less: about 18 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland, a difference of roughly 11 minutes on every queue you join.

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01 · On a typical day

What you would normally queue.

Averages across recent weeks, so one broken ride or one wet Tuesday cannot decide it. This is the comparison to plan a trip on; the live figures below are the one to act on today.

Adventureland and Disneyland Park compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyAdventurelandUnited StatesDisneyland ParkUnited States
Average wait per ride 29 min18 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 637 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Phoenix36 minStar Wars: Rise of the Resistance47 min
Shortest typical queue Storm Chaser18 minKing Arthur Carrousel6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is runningNot recorded82%

Averaged across every ride at each park with recorded waits. A ride that never opened is left out, so a park is not flattered by counting a shut ride as a queue of zero.

02 · Right now

Both parks, this minute.

Live queue times at both parks. These fill in as soon as the page loads, and keep updating while you are here.

Adventureland and Disneyland Park compared on live queue times
Right nowAdventurelandUnited StatesDisneyland ParkUnited States
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These keep refreshing while this page is open. A closed park posts no waits, so its rows read as dashes rather than zeroes.

Verdict, on a typical day On a typical day Disneyland Park queues less: about 18 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland, a difference of roughly 11 minutes on every queue you join.

03 · Choosing

Which one is your day out.

Every line here is earned by one of the figures above - nothing is a generic sentence with a park name dropped into it.

Pick Adventureland if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 29 minutes a ride here against 18 at Disneyland Park - for what Adventureland has that Disneyland Park does not
  • Phoenix is on your list - it is Adventureland's longest typical queue at about 36 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Adventureland's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Disneyland Park if…

  • You want shorter queues: Disneyland Park averages 18 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland
  • You want more to do: 37 rides here have recorded wait data against 6 at Adventureland
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is on your list - it is Disneyland Park's longest typical queue at about 47 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Disneyland Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Adventureland

Adventureland in Altoona, just outside Des Moines, has been open since 1974 and is Iowa's largest amusement park. Monster is the steel coaster with the beyond-vertical drop, Outlaw and Tornado are the wooden coasters, and Phoenix, Storm Chaser and Draken Falls add more variety, with a large section of family rides. In the autumn it runs Halloween haunts on select dates.

Summer weekends and the weeks around the Fourth of July are the busiest. Weekdays early and late in the season are usually much quieter. Check the live queue times before you go and use the crowd calendar to find a good day.

Adventureland live queue times

Disneyland Park

Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California is the original Disney park, opened in 1955 and still built around the hub-and-spoke layout every later castle park copied. It is compact by Disney standards, which means a lot of classic rides in a small space: Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Indiana Jones Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and the Matterhorn Bobsleds are all within a few minutes' walk of each other. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge added Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, and Tiana's Bayou Adventure took over the old Splash Mountain flume.

Because locals visit on annual passes as well as tourists, weekends and school holidays fill the park quickly and queue times at the headline rides can pass an hour by late morning. Check the live wait times before you set off and use the crowd calendar to find the quieter weekdays.

Disneyland Park live queue times

05 · Questions

Adventureland or Disneyland Park?

Which is better, Adventureland or Disneyland Park?

If you are judging on queues, Disneyland Park: it averages about 18 minutes a ride on a typical day against 29 at Adventureland, roughly 11 minutes back on every queue you join. Adventureland has 6 rides with recorded waits against 37 at Disneyland Park.

Which has shorter queues, Adventureland or Disneyland Park?

Disneyland Park, by about 11 minutes a ride. On a typical day Disneyland Park averages 18 minutes against 29 at Adventureland. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Adventureland best time to visit and Disneyland Park best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Adventureland and Disneyland Park in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in United States, so a two-park trip is realistic over a long weekend. Split the days so you start at whichever opens earliest and drive to the other in the evening.

How many rides does each park have?

See the tables above for ride counts - or jump to Adventureland and Disneyland Park for the full ride lists.

Is Adventureland bigger than Disneyland Park?

By rides we track waits for, Disneyland Park is the bigger day out: 37 rides against 6. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Disneyland Park is the quicker park.

Then pick
the quiet day.

Both parks have a crowd calendar with six weeks of forecast and the best day left to go.

Disneyland Park calendar