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Busch Gardens Williamsburg
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Six Flags Fiesta Texas

On a typical day Busch Gardens Williamsburg queues less: about 17 minutes a ride against 23 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, a difference of roughly 6 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 Williamsburg and Six Flags Fiesta Texas compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyBusch Gardens WilliamsburgUnited StatesSix Flags Fiesta TexasUnited States
Average wait per ride 17 min (best of the two)23 min
Rides with recorded waits 920 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Le Scoot80 minBugs' White Water Rapids58 min
Shortest typical queue DarKoaster®5 minMETROPOLIS™ Transit Authority5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running86% (best of the two)69%

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 Williamsburg and Six Flags Fiesta Texas compared on live queue times
Right nowBusch Gardens WilliamsburgUnited StatesSix Flags Fiesta TexasUnited 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 Busch Gardens Williamsburg queues less: about 17 minutes a ride against 23 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, a difference of roughly 6 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 Williamsburg if…

  • You want shorter queues: Busch Gardens Williamsburg averages 17 minutes a ride against 23 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Busch Gardens Williamsburg's rides run 86% of opening hours against 69% at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
  • Le Scoot is on your list - it is Busch Gardens Williamsburg's longest typical queue at about 80 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Busch Gardens Williamsburg's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags Fiesta Texas if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 23 minutes a ride here against 17 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg - for what Six Flags Fiesta Texas has that Busch Gardens Williamsburg does not
  • You want more to do: 20 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
  • Bugs' White Water Rapids is on your list - it is Six Flags Fiesta Texas's longest typical queue at about 58 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags Fiesta Texas's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Busch Gardens Williamsburg is consistently rated one of the most beautiful theme parks in the world, winning "Most Beautiful Park" industry awards year after year. Set across European-themed villages in Virginia, it runs a top-tier coaster line-up: Alpengeist, Apollo's Chariot, Griffon (a dive coaster), Verbolten, InvadR, and the newer Pantheon - one of the world's fastest multi-launch coasters.

Virginia school holidays, the Howl-O-Scream Halloween event and the famous Christmas Town event drive Busch Gardens Williamsburg's biggest crowds. Weekdays in May, September and early October are dramatically quieter. Check live wait times for Pantheon and Alpengeist first thing on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd date - the park's wooded setting keeps temperatures pleasant.

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Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Six Flags Fiesta Texas sits in a former limestone quarry in San Antonio, Texas - one of the most distinctive settings of any US theme park. The coaster line-up includes Iron Rattler (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Batman: The Ride (a 4-D free-fly coaster), Superman Krypton Coaster, Poltergeist, and Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster. A Hurricane Harbor Pirate Cove water park is included with admission.

Texas school holidays, Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park drive Fiesta Texas's peak crowds. Summer San Antonio heat pushes queue times up in the afternoons as guests head to the shaded quarry walls and water rides. Check live wait times for Iron Rattler and Wonder Woman on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a cooler midweek date for shorter queues.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas live queue times

05 · Questions

Busch Gardens Williamsburg or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

Which is better, Busch Gardens Williamsburg or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

If you are judging on queues, Busch Gardens Williamsburg: it averages about 17 minutes a ride on a typical day against 23 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, roughly 6 minutes back on every queue you join. Busch Gardens Williamsburg has 9 rides with recorded waits against 20 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Busch Gardens Williamsburg also runs its rides more reliably - 86% of opening hours against 69%.

Which has shorter queues, Busch Gardens Williamsburg or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

Busch Gardens Williamsburg, by about 6 minutes a ride. On a typical day Busch Gardens Williamsburg averages 17 minutes against 23 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Busch Gardens Williamsburg best time to visit and Six Flags Fiesta Texas best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Six Flags Fiesta Texas 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 Williamsburg and Six Flags Fiesta Texas for the full ride lists.

Is Busch Gardens Williamsburg bigger than Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the bigger day out: 20 rides against 9. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Busch Gardens Williamsburg 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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