Carowinds
vs
Six Flags Over Georgia

Carowinds and Six Flags Over Georgia queue about the same on a typical day - 14 minutes against 13 minutes across 37 and 17 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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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 Six Flags Over Georgia compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	CarowindsUnited States	Six Flags Over GeorgiaUnited States
Average wait per ride	14 min	13 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	37 (best of the two)	17
Longest typical queue	Snoopy’s Racing Railway34 min	Monster Mansion23 min
Shortest typical queue	Kite Eating Tree3 min	Acrophobia4 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	56%	57% (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.

Carowinds and Six Flags Over Georgia 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 Carowinds and Six Flags Over Georgia queue about the same on a typical day - 14 minutes against 13 minutes across 37 and 17 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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…

Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 14 minutes a ride
You want more to do: 37 rides here have recorded wait data against 17 at Six Flags Over Georgia
Snoopy’s Racing Railway is on your list - it is Carowinds's longest typical queue at about 34 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Carowinds's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags Over Georgia if…

Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 13 minutes a ride
Monster Mansion is on your list - it is Six Flags Over Georgia's longest typical queue at about 23 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Over Georgia'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

Six Flags Over Georgia

Six Flags Over Georgia sits in Austell, just west of Atlanta, and has been running since 1967. The coaster line-up includes Goliath (a 200-foot hyper coaster), Twisted Cyclone (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Batman the Ride, Superman: Ultimate Flight, and the classic Mind Bender. A Hurricane Harbor water park operates on the same site.

Georgia school holidays, the Fright Fest Halloween event, and Atlanta-area weekend visits drive peak crowds. Summer heat and humidity push queue times up in the afternoon as guests head to shaded and indoor rides. Check live wait times for Goliath and Twisted Cyclone on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit in May, September or October for far shorter waits.

Six Flags Over Georgia live queue times

05 · Questions

Carowinds or Six Flags Over Georgia?

Which is better, Carowinds or Six Flags Over Georgia?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 13 minutes a ride on a typical day. Carowinds has 37 rides with recorded waits against 17 at Six Flags Over Georgia. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Carowinds or Six Flags Over Georgia?

They are level. Carowinds averages 14 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags Over Georgia averages 13 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Carowinds best time to visit and Six Flags Over Georgia best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Carowinds and Six Flags Over Georgia 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 Six Flags Over Georgia for the full ride lists.

Is Carowinds bigger than Six Flags Over Georgia?

By rides we track waits for, Carowinds is the bigger day out: 37 rides against 17. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours.

Then pick
the quiet day.

Both parks have a crowd calendar with six weeks of forecast and the best day left to go.

Carowinds calendar Six Flags Over Georgia calendar