Carowinds
vs
Sesame Place Langhorne

On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 10 at Carowinds, a difference of roughly 3 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.

Carowinds and Sesame Place Langhorne compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	CarowindsUnited States	Sesame Place LanghorneUnited States
Average wait per ride	10 min	7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	38 (best of the two)	9
Longest typical queue	Snoopy’s Racing Railway27 min	Elmo's Cloud Chaser9 min
Shortest typical queue	Kite Eating Tree3 min	Vapor Trail Coaster6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	63% (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.

Carowinds and Sesame Place Langhorne compared on live queue times
Right now	CarowindsUnited States	Sesame Place LanghorneUnited 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 Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 10 at Carowinds, a difference of roughly 3 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 Carowinds if…

You will accept a longer queue - 10 minutes a ride here against 7 at Sesame Place Langhorne - for what Carowinds has that Sesame Place Langhorne does not
You want more to do: 38 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne
You would rather not find rides shut: Carowinds's rides run 63% of opening hours against 48% at Sesame Place Langhorne
Snoopy’s Racing Railway is on your list - it is Carowinds's longest typical queue at about 27 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Carowinds'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 10 at Carowinds
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.

Carowinds

Carowinds sits directly on the North Carolina / South Carolina state line in Charlotte and is best known for Fury 325 - one of the world's tallest and fastest full-circuit roller coasters at 325 feet. The rest of the line-up is strong too: Copperhead Strike, Intimidator, Afterburn inverted coaster, and the newer Top Gun: The Jet Coaster. A separate Carolina Harbor water park operates in the summer.

Carowinds' peak crowds come during US summer school holidays, Scarowinds (Halloween), and Charlotte-area weekend visits. Weekdays in May, September and October are much quieter. Check live queue times for Fury 325 and Copperhead Strike first thing on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd midweek date for shorter waits across the coaster line-up.

Carowinds 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

Carowinds or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Which is better, Carowinds 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 10 at Carowinds, roughly 3 minutes back on every queue you join. Carowinds has 38 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne. Carowinds also runs its rides more reliably - 63% of opening hours against 48%.

Which has shorter queues, Carowinds or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Sesame Place Langhorne, by about 3 minutes a ride. On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes against 10 at Carowinds. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Carowinds best time to visit and Sesame Place Langhorne best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

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

Is Carowinds bigger than Sesame Place Langhorne?

By rides we track waits for, Carowinds is the bigger day out: 38 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 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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