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Cedar Point
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Six Flags Great Adventure

On a typical day Cedar Point queues less: about 21 minutes a ride against 30 at Six Flags Great Adventure, a difference of roughly 9 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 Six Flags Great Adventure compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyCedar PointUnited StatesSix Flags Great AdventureUnited States
Average wait per ride 21 min (best of the two)30 min
Rides with recorded waits 2123 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Siren's Curse56 minTHE FLASH™: Vertical Velocity52 min
Shortest typical queue Power Tower Shot6 minBuccaneer11 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running77%89% (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 Six Flags Great Adventure 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 On a typical day Cedar Point queues less: about 21 minutes a ride against 30 at Six Flags Great Adventure, a difference of roughly 9 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 want shorter queues: Cedar Point averages 21 minutes a ride against 30 at Six Flags Great Adventure
  • 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 Six Flags Great Adventure if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 30 minutes a ride here against 21 at Cedar Point - for what Six Flags Great Adventure has that Cedar Point does not
  • You want more to do: 23 rides here have recorded wait data against 21 at Cedar Point
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Great Adventure's rides run 89% of opening hours against 77% at Cedar Point
  • THE FLASH™: Vertical Velocity is on your list - it is Six Flags Great Adventure's longest typical queue at about 52 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags Great Adventure'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

Six Flags Great Adventure

Six Flags Great Adventure sits in Jackson, New Jersey, and has long been one of Six Flags' flagship coaster parks. The line-up is exceptional: El Toro (one of the world's top-rated wooden coasters), Nitro, Jersey Devil Coaster, Superman: Ultimate Flight, Batman: The Ride, Skull Mountain, and Green Lantern stand-up. Kingda Ka was the park's signature ride until its closure; a Safari Off Road Adventure drive-through exhibit also operates on the property.

NJ and NYC school holidays, Fright Fest and US summer weekends drive huge crowds. Weekdays in May, September and October are dramatically calmer. Check live queue times for El Toro and Nitro on arrival - they build up fast - and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit for shorter waits across the whole coaster line-up.

Six Flags Great Adventure live queue times

05 · Questions

Cedar Point or Six Flags Great Adventure?

Which is better, Cedar Point or Six Flags Great Adventure?

If you are judging on queues, Cedar Point: it averages about 21 minutes a ride on a typical day against 30 at Six Flags Great Adventure, roughly 9 minutes back on every queue you join. Cedar Point has 21 rides with recorded waits against 23 at Six Flags Great Adventure. Six Flags Great Adventure also runs its rides more reliably - 89% of opening hours against 77%.

Which has shorter queues, Cedar Point or Six Flags Great Adventure?

Cedar Point, by about 9 minutes a ride. On a typical day Cedar Point averages 21 minutes against 30 at Six Flags Great Adventure. 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 Six Flags Great Adventure best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Cedar Point and Six Flags Great 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 Six Flags Great Adventure for the full ride lists.

Is Cedar Point bigger than Six Flags Great Adventure?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Great Adventure is the bigger day out: 23 rides against 21. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Cedar Point 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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