Animal Kingdom
vs
Sesame Place Langhorne

On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 28 at Animal Kingdom, 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.

Animal Kingdom and Sesame Place Langhorne compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Animal KingdomUnited States	Sesame Place LanghorneUnited States
Average wait per ride	28 min	7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	6	9 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Avatar Flight of Passage49 min	Elmo's Cloud Chaser9 min
Shortest typical queue	Wildlife Express Train11 min	Vapor Trail Coaster6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	90% (best of the two)	48%

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.

Animal Kingdom and Sesame Place Langhorne compared on live queue times
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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 Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 28 at Animal Kingdom, 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 Animal Kingdom if…

You will accept a longer queue - 28 minutes a ride here against 7 at Sesame Place Langhorne - for what Animal Kingdom has that Sesame Place Langhorne does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Animal Kingdom's rides run 90% of opening hours against 48% at Sesame Place Langhorne
Avatar Flight of Passage is on your list - it is Animal Kingdom's longest typical queue at about 49 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Animal Kingdom's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Sesame Place Langhorne if…

You want shorter queues: Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes a ride against 28 at Animal Kingdom
You want more to do: 9 rides here have recorded wait data against 6 at Animal Kingdom
Elmo's Cloud Chaser is on your list - it is Sesame Place Langhorne's longest typical queue at about 9 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Sesame Place Langhorne's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Animal Kingdom

Disney's Animal Kingdom blends a full theme park with a working zoo. The park sits at Walt Disney World and is the largest of the four by area. Signature attractions include Avatar Flight of Passage, Na'vi River Journey, Expedition Everest, Kilimanjaro Safaris, and the Festival of the Lion King show. Pandora – The World of Avatar regularly posts the longest wait times in the park.

Animal Kingdom is usually less crowded than Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios, but Avatar Flight of Passage still routinely exceeds 60-minute queue times. Early mornings are best for the safaris when animals are most active. Check live wait times on arrival and head to Pandora first. Use our crowd calendar to pick a quieter date outside US school holidays for a more relaxed visit.

Animal Kingdom live queue times

Sesame Place Langhorne

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania is the original Sesame Street theme park, a short drive north of Philadelphia and aimed squarely at children under ten. It mixes a dry side of family rides such as Oscar's Wacky Taxi Coaster, Vapor Trail Coaster and Elmo's Cloud Chaser with a water park of slides and splash areas, plus daily character parades and shows.

Because the audience is young and the park is small, queues build fast in the middle of the day and thin out again as families leave in the afternoon. Wait times here rarely reach big-park levels, but the crowd calendar will still show you which summer weekends to avoid, and checking live before you arrive helps you decide whether to start on the rides or the water side.

Sesame Place Langhorne live queue times

05 · Questions

Animal Kingdom or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Which is better, Animal Kingdom or Sesame Place Langhorne?

If you are judging on queues, Sesame Place Langhorne: it averages about 7 minutes a ride on a typical day against 28 at Animal Kingdom, roughly 21 minutes back on every queue you join. Animal Kingdom has 6 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne. Animal Kingdom also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 48%.

Which has shorter queues, Animal Kingdom or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Sesame Place Langhorne, by about 21 minutes a ride. On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes against 28 at Animal Kingdom. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Animal Kingdom best time to visit and Sesame Place Langhorne best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Animal Kingdom and Sesame Place Langhorne 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 Animal Kingdom and Sesame Place Langhorne for the full ride lists.

Is Animal Kingdom bigger than Sesame Place Langhorne?

By rides we track waits for, Sesame Place Langhorne is the bigger day out: 9 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 Sesame Place Langhorne 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.

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