Cedar Point
vs
Disney California Adventure

On a typical day Disney California Adventure queues less: about 26 minutes a ride against 28 at Cedar Point, a difference of roughly 2 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.

Cedar Point and Disney California Adventure compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Cedar PointUnited States	Disney California AdventureUnited States
Average wait per ride	28 min	26 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	21	21
Longest typical queue	Siren's Curse74 min	Radiator Springs Racers70 min
Shortest typical queue	Power Tower Shot6 min	Jessie's Critter Carousel5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	85% (best of the two)	75%

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.

Cedar Point and Disney California Adventure compared on live queue times
Right now	Cedar PointUnited States	Disney California AdventureUnited States
Average wait right now	-	-
Rides open	-	-
Opening hours today	-	-
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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 Disney California Adventure queues less: about 26 minutes a ride against 28 at Cedar Point, a difference of roughly 2 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 Cedar Point if…

You will accept a longer queue - 28 minutes a ride here against 26 at Disney California Adventure - for what Cedar Point has that Disney California Adventure does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Cedar Point's rides run 85% of opening hours against 75% at Disney California Adventure
Siren's Curse is on your list - it is Cedar Point's longest typical queue at about 74 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Cedar Point's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Disney California Adventure if…

You want shorter queues: Disney California Adventure averages 26 minutes a ride against 28 at Cedar Point
Radiator Springs Racers is on your list - it is Disney California Adventure's longest typical queue at about 70 minutes, so it is the one to do first

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Cedar Point

Cedar Point is a legendary coaster park on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio. Founded in 1870, it's one of the oldest operating amusement parks in North America and consistently rated as one of the world's best coaster parks. The line-up is staggering: Steel Vengeance, Millennium Force, Magnum XL-200, Maverick, Gatekeeper, Raptor, Top Thrill 2, and many more across the park's 364 acres.

Cedar Point's season runs May to early November, with US summer school holidays, HalloWeekends and weekend days driving the biggest crowds. Midweek days in May, September and early October are dramatically quieter. Check live wait times for Steel Vengeance and Maverick immediately on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a quieter date for marathon coaster days.

Cedar Point live queue times

05 · Questions

Cedar Point or Disney California Adventure?

Which is better, Cedar Point or Disney California Adventure?

If you are judging on queues, Disney California Adventure: it averages about 26 minutes a ride on a typical day against 28 at Cedar Point, roughly 2 minutes back on every queue you join. Cedar Point has 21 rides with recorded waits against 21 at Disney California Adventure. Cedar Point also runs its rides more reliably - 85% of opening hours against 75%.

Which has shorter queues, Cedar Point or Disney California Adventure?

Disney California Adventure, by about 2 minutes a ride. On a typical day Disney California Adventure averages 26 minutes against 28 at Cedar Point. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Cedar Point best time to visit and Disney California Adventure best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Cedar Point and Disney California Adventure 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 Cedar Point and Disney California Adventure for the full ride lists.

Is Cedar Point bigger than Disney California Adventure?

They track the same number of rides here - 21 each. Acreage matters less than how many of those you can actually get on in a day, which comes down to queues and opening hours, and there Disney California Adventure is ahead.

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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