Busch Gardens Tampa
vs
Six Flags New England

On a typical day Six Flags New England queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 22 at Busch Gardens Tampa, a difference of roughly 10 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.

Busch Gardens Tampa and Six Flags New England compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Busch Gardens TampaUnited States	Six Flags New EnglandUnited States
Average wait per ride	22 min	12 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	10	38 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Cheetah Hunt46 min	Quantum Accelerator40 min
Shortest typical queue	Air Grover6 min	Houdini - The Great Escape5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	62%	80% (best of the two)

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.

Busch Gardens Tampa and Six Flags New England 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 Six Flags New England queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 22 at Busch Gardens Tampa, a difference of roughly 10 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 Busch Gardens Tampa if…

You will accept a longer queue - 22 minutes a ride here against 12 at Six Flags New England - for what Busch Gardens Tampa has that Six Flags New England does not
Cheetah Hunt is on your list - it is Busch Gardens Tampa's longest typical queue at about 46 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Busch Gardens Tampa's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags New England if…

You want shorter queues: Six Flags New England averages 12 minutes a ride against 22 at Busch Gardens Tampa
You want more to do: 38 rides here have recorded wait data against 10 at Busch Gardens Tampa
You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags New England's rides run 80% of opening hours against 62% at Busch Gardens Tampa
Quantum Accelerator is on your list - it is Six Flags New England's longest typical queue at about 40 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags New England's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Busch Gardens Tampa

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay combines a full theme park with a 300-acre zoo, making it one of the largest combined attractions in the US. The coaster line-up is exceptional: Iron Gwazi (one of the world's top-rated roller coasters), SheiKra (a 200-foot dive coaster), Kumba, Montu (an inverted coaster), Cobra's Curse spinning coaster, and the classic Python. African animal exhibits include rhinos, giraffes and tigers.

Florida summer heat drives queue times into early mornings, while Howl-O-Scream, Christmas Town and US school holidays are the busiest periods. Weekdays in September, October and January stay dramatically calmer. Check live wait times for Iron Gwazi and SheiKra the moment you arrive, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for marathon coaster days.

Busch Gardens Tampa live queue times

Six Flags New England

Six Flags New England sits in Agawam, Massachusetts, near the Connecticut state line. The coaster line-up includes Superman: The Ride (consistently rated one of the world's best steel coasters), Wicked Cyclone (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Goliath inverted coaster, Flashback, Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster, and the classic Thunderbolt. A Hurricane Harbor water park is included with admission.

Massachusetts and Connecticut school holidays, Fright Fest and US summer weekends drive Six Flags New England's peak crowds. Weekdays in May, September and October stay dramatically calmer. Check live wait times for Superman and Wicked Cyclone on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date - queue times on most rides drop into single digits on quieter days.

Six Flags New England live queue times

05 · Questions

Busch Gardens Tampa or Six Flags New England?

Which is better, Busch Gardens Tampa or Six Flags New England?

If you are judging on queues, Six Flags New England: it averages about 12 minutes a ride on a typical day against 22 at Busch Gardens Tampa, roughly 10 minutes back on every queue you join. Busch Gardens Tampa has 10 rides with recorded waits against 38 at Six Flags New England. Six Flags New England also runs its rides more reliably - 80% of opening hours against 62%.

Which has shorter queues, Busch Gardens Tampa or Six Flags New England?

Six Flags New England, by about 10 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags New England averages 12 minutes against 22 at Busch Gardens Tampa. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Busch Gardens Tampa best time to visit and Six Flags New England best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Busch Gardens Tampa and Six Flags New England 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 Busch Gardens Tampa and Six Flags New England for the full ride lists.

Is Busch Gardens Tampa bigger than Six Flags New England?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags New England is the bigger day out: 38 rides against 10. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Six Flags New England 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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