Adventureland
vs
Six Flags Magic Mountain

On a typical day Six Flags Magic Mountain queues less: about 8 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland, a difference of roughly 21 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 Six Flags Magic Mountain compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	AdventurelandUnited States	Six Flags Magic MountainUnited States
Average wait per ride	29 min	8 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	6	37 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Phoenix36 min	Full Throttle19 min
Shortest typical queue	Storm Chaser18 min	Taz’s Tazmanian Train Tours5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	Not recorded	82%

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 Six Flags Magic Mountain compared on live queue times
Right now	AdventurelandUnited States	Six Flags Magic MountainUnited States
Average wait right now	-	-
Rides open	-	-
Opening hours today	-	-
Longest queue	-	-
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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 Six Flags Magic Mountain queues less: about 8 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland, a difference of roughly 21 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 8 at Six Flags Magic Mountain - for what Adventureland has that Six Flags Magic Mountain 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 Six Flags Magic Mountain if…

You want shorter queues: Six Flags Magic Mountain averages 8 minutes a ride against 29 at Adventureland
You want more to do: 37 rides here have recorded wait data against 6 at Adventureland
Full Throttle is on your list - it is Six Flags Magic Mountain's longest typical queue at about 19 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Magic Mountain'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

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, holds the world record for most roller coasters at a single park - currently 20 distinct coasters. Highlights include X2 (a 4-D prototype), Twisted Colossus, Tatsu (a flying coaster), Full Throttle, Superman: Escape from Krypton, Goliath, and Wonder Woman Flight of Courage. The park's hilly footprint gives many rides dramatic terrain-following drops.

Magic Mountain's LA-area weekend visits, US school holidays, Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park events drive peak crowds. Weekdays outside school breaks can be dramatically quieter. Check live queue times for X2 and Twisted Colossus on arrival - they build up fastest - and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd midweek date if you want to ride all 20 coasters in a single day.

Six Flags Magic Mountain live queue times

05 · Questions

Adventureland or Six Flags Magic Mountain?

Which is better, Adventureland or Six Flags Magic Mountain?

If you are judging on queues, Six Flags Magic Mountain: it averages about 8 minutes a ride on a typical day against 29 at Adventureland, roughly 21 minutes back on every queue you join. Adventureland has 6 rides with recorded waits against 37 at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Which has shorter queues, Adventureland or Six Flags Magic Mountain?

Six Flags Magic Mountain, by about 21 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags Magic Mountain averages 8 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 Six Flags Magic Mountain best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Adventureland and Six Flags Magic Mountain 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 Six Flags Magic Mountain for the full ride lists.

Is Adventureland bigger than Six Flags Magic Mountain?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Magic Mountain 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 Six Flags Magic Mountain 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.

Six Flags Magic Mountain calendar