Skip to main content
Park Queue TimesPQT

Cedar Point
vs
Silver Dollar City

Cedar Point and Silver Dollar City queue about the same on a typical day - 21 minutes against 21 minutes across 21 and 27 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

See both right nowCompare other parks

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 Silver Dollar City compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyCedar PointUnited StatesSilver Dollar CityUnited States
Average wait per ride 21 min21 min
Rides with recorded waits 2127 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Siren's Curse56 minElephant March47 min
Shortest typical queue Power Tower Shot6 minMighty Galleon6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running77%92% (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.

Cedar Point and Silver Dollar City compared on live queue times
Right nowCedar PointUnited StatesSilver Dollar CityUnited States
Average wait right now --
Rides open --
Opening hours today --
Longest queue --
Shortest queue --

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 Cedar Point and Silver Dollar City queue about the same on a typical day - 21 minutes against 21 minutes across 21 and 27 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 Cedar Point if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 21 minutes a ride
  • Siren's Curse is on your list - it is Cedar Point's longest typical queue at about 56 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Cedar Point's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Silver Dollar City if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 21 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 27 rides here have recorded wait data against 21 at Cedar Point
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Silver Dollar City's rides run 92% of opening hours against 77% at Cedar Point
  • Elephant March is on your list - it is Silver Dollar City's longest typical queue at about 47 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Silver Dollar City's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

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

Silver Dollar City

Silver Dollar City is a 1880s-themed park in Branson, Missouri, sitting above the famous Marvel Cave. It mixes a traditional craftsmen village with a strong modern coaster line-up: Outlaw Run (one of the world's best wooden coasters), Time Traveler (a record-breaking spinning coaster), Powder Keg, and the newer Wildfire and Mystic River Falls. Live music and period crafts are core to the park's identity.

Silver Dollar City's peak periods are the US summer break, the extremely popular Pumpkin Nights and Old Time Christmas events, and weekend visits from Branson tourists. Weekdays in May, September and early December stay calmer. Check live queue times for Time Traveler and Outlaw Run first thing, and use our crowd calendar to plan around peak event weekends.

Silver Dollar City live queue times

05 · Questions

Cedar Point or Silver Dollar City?

Which is better, Cedar Point or Silver Dollar City?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 21 minutes a ride on a typical day. Cedar Point has 21 rides with recorded waits against 27 at Silver Dollar City. Silver Dollar City also runs its rides more reliably - 92% of opening hours against 77%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Cedar Point or Silver Dollar City?

They are level. Cedar Point averages 21 minutes a ride on a typical day and Silver Dollar City averages 21 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Cedar Point best time to visit and Silver Dollar City best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Cedar Point and Silver Dollar City 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 Silver Dollar City for the full ride lists.

Is Cedar Point bigger than Silver Dollar City?

By rides we track waits for, Silver Dollar City is the bigger day out: 27 rides against 21. 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.

Cedar Point calendarSilver Dollar City calendarCompare other parks