Cedar Point
vs
Six Flags Great America

On a typical day Cedar Point queues less: about 21 minutes a ride against 27 at Six Flags Great America, a difference of roughly 6 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 America compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Cedar PointUnited States	Six Flags Great AmericaUnited States
Average wait per ride	21 min (best of the two)	27 min
Rides with recorded waits	21	23 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Siren's Curse56 min	Maxx Force46 min
Shortest typical queue	Power Tower Shot6 min	Chubasco7 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	77%	79% (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 America compared on live queue times
Right now	Cedar PointUnited States	Six Flags Great AmericaUnited 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 Cedar Point queues less: about 21 minutes a ride against 27 at Six Flags Great America, a difference of roughly 6 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 27 at Six Flags Great America
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 America if…

You will accept a longer queue - 27 minutes a ride here against 21 at Cedar Point - for what Six Flags Great America has that Cedar Point does not
You want more to do: 23 rides here have recorded wait data against 21 at Cedar Point
Maxx Force is on your list - it is Six Flags Great America's longest typical queue at about 46 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Great America'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 America

Six Flags Great America sits in Gurnee, Illinois, between Chicago and Milwaukee. The coaster line-up includes Maxx Force (with one of the world's fastest inversions), X Flight wing coaster, Goliath (a Rocky Mountain Construction wooden coaster), Raging Bull, American Eagle duelling wooden coaster, and Batman: The Ride. A Hurricane Harbor water park is included during summer.

Illinois and Wisconsin school holidays, Chicago-area weekend visits, and the popular Fright Fest event drive Six Flags Great America's busiest periods. Weekdays in May, June, September and October are dramatically quieter. Check live wait times for Maxx Force and Goliath on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd midweek date for shorter queues.

Six Flags Great America live queue times

05 · Questions

Cedar Point or Six Flags Great America?

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

If you are judging on queues, Cedar Point: it averages about 21 minutes a ride on a typical day against 27 at Six Flags Great America, roughly 6 minutes back on every queue you join. Cedar Point has 21 rides with recorded waits against 23 at Six Flags Great America. Six Flags Great America also runs its rides more reliably - 79% of opening hours against 77%.

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

Cedar Point, by about 6 minutes a ride. On a typical day Cedar Point averages 21 minutes against 27 at Six Flags Great America. 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 America best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

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

Is Cedar Point bigger than Six Flags Great America?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Great America 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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