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Chimelong Water Park
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Shanghai Disneyland Resort

On a typical day Chimelong Water Park queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 27 at Shanghai Disneyland Resort, a difference of roughly 20 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.

Chimelong Water Park and Shanghai Disneyland Resort compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyChimelong Water ParkChinaShanghai Disneyland ResortChina
Average wait per ride 7 min (best of the two)27 min
Rides with recorded waits 1626 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Double Storm Blaster17 minSeven Dwarfs Mine Train77 min
Shortest typical queue Mini Tornado5 minSiren's Revenge5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running80%90% (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.

Chimelong Water Park and Shanghai Disneyland Resort 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 Chimelong Water Park queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 27 at Shanghai Disneyland Resort, a difference of roughly 20 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 Chimelong Water Park if…

  • You want shorter queues: Chimelong Water Park averages 7 minutes a ride against 27 at Shanghai Disneyland Resort
  • Double Storm Blaster is on your list - it is Chimelong Water Park's longest typical queue at about 17 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Chimelong Water Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Shanghai Disneyland Resort if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 27 minutes a ride here against 7 at Chimelong Water Park - for what Shanghai Disneyland Resort has that Chimelong Water Park does not
  • You want more to do: 26 rides here have recorded wait data against 16 at Chimelong Water Park
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Shanghai Disneyland Resort's rides run 90% of opening hours against 80% at Chimelong Water Park
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is on your list - it is Shanghai Disneyland Resort's longest typical queue at about 77 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Shanghai Disneyland Resort's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Chimelong Water Park

Chimelong Water Park is the water park of the Chimelong resort in Guangzhou's Panyu district, next to Chimelong Paradise, and is among the busiest water parks in the world by visitors. Its slides include a vertical-drop slide, a cobra-style tube slide, a giant funnel, a bowl slide, a water coaster and a family raft slide, alongside a wave pool and a lazy river. Slide names here are shown in Chinese as the park publishes them.

Guangzhou's warm climate keeps the park open for most of the year, with the busiest days in the summer school holiday and over the Chinese public holidays, when queues for the biggest slides can be long by midday. Check the live queue times before you go and use the crowd calendar to find a quieter day.

Chimelong Water Park live queue times

Shanghai Disneyland Resort

Shanghai Disneyland opened in 2016 in Pudong and is the largest Disney castle park by land area, with the Enchanted Storybook Castle at its centre and TRON Lightcycle Power Run, Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure and Roaring Rapids as its headline rides. The Zootopia land opened in 2023 with Zootopia: Hot Pursuit, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Soaring Over the Horizon remain reliable favourites.

Crowd levels here follow the Chinese public holiday calendar rather than western school terms, so Golden Week in early October and the Lunar New Year period are the days to avoid if you can. Check the live queue times and the crowd calendar before you book, and remember that many days sell out of date-specific tickets well in advance.

Shanghai Disneyland Resort live queue times

05 · Questions

Chimelong Water Park or Shanghai Disneyland Resort?

Which is better, Chimelong Water Park or Shanghai Disneyland Resort?

If you are judging on queues, Chimelong Water Park: it averages about 7 minutes a ride on a typical day against 27 at Shanghai Disneyland Resort, roughly 20 minutes back on every queue you join. Chimelong Water Park has 16 rides with recorded waits against 26 at Shanghai Disneyland Resort. Shanghai Disneyland Resort also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 80%.

Which has shorter queues, Chimelong Water Park or Shanghai Disneyland Resort?

Chimelong Water Park, by about 20 minutes a ride. On a typical day Chimelong Water Park averages 7 minutes against 27 at Shanghai Disneyland Resort. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Chimelong Water Park best time to visit and Shanghai Disneyland Resort best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Chimelong Water Park and Shanghai Disneyland Resort in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in China, 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 Chimelong Water Park and Shanghai Disneyland Resort for the full ride lists.

Is Chimelong Water Park bigger than Shanghai Disneyland Resort?

By rides we track waits for, Shanghai Disneyland Resort is the bigger day out: 26 rides against 16. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Chimelong Water Park 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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