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Disney California Adventure
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Knotts Berry Farm

On a typical day Knotts Berry Farm queues less: about 24 minutes a ride against 26 at Disney California Adventure, 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.

Disney California Adventure and Knotts Berry Farm compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDisney California AdventureUnited StatesKnotts Berry FarmUnited States
Average wait per ride 26 min24 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 21 (best of the two)16
Longest typical queue Radiator Springs Racers70 minGhostRider64 min
Shortest typical queue Jessie's Critter Carousel5 minLos Voladores7 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running75%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.

Disney California Adventure and Knotts Berry Farm compared on live queue times
Right nowDisney California AdventureUnited StatesKnotts Berry FarmUnited 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 Knotts Berry Farm queues less: about 24 minutes a ride against 26 at Disney California Adventure, 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 Disney California Adventure if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 26 minutes a ride here against 24 at Knotts Berry Farm - for what Disney California Adventure has that Knotts Berry Farm does not
  • You want more to do: 21 rides here have recorded wait data against 16 at Knotts Berry Farm
  • 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

Pick Knotts Berry Farm if…

  • You want shorter queues: Knotts Berry Farm averages 24 minutes a ride against 26 at Disney California Adventure
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Knotts Berry Farm's rides run 90% of opening hours against 75% at Disney California Adventure
  • GhostRider is on your list - it is Knotts Berry Farm's longest typical queue at about 64 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Knotts Berry Farm's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Knotts Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm sits in Buena Park, Orange County, California, with a long history dating back to Walter Knott's original berry farm and boysenberry jam stand from the 1920s. It's now a full theme park famous for its coaster line-up: HangTime, Silver Bullet, Xcelerator (a hydraulic launch coaster), GhostRider (a large wooden coaster), and the classic Timber Mountain Log Ride.

Southern California locals keep Knott's busy all year round, but peak crowds align with US school holidays, the extremely popular Scary Farm Halloween event, and Knott's Merry Farm at Christmas. Check live wait times for Xcelerator and HangTime on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a weekday outside local school breaks for shorter queues.

Knotts Berry Farm live queue times

05 · Questions

Disney California Adventure or Knotts Berry Farm?

Which is better, Disney California Adventure or Knotts Berry Farm?

If you are judging on queues, Knotts Berry Farm: it averages about 24 minutes a ride on a typical day against 26 at Disney California Adventure, roughly 2 minutes back on every queue you join. Disney California Adventure has 21 rides with recorded waits against 16 at Knotts Berry Farm. Knotts Berry Farm also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 75%.

Which has shorter queues, Disney California Adventure or Knotts Berry Farm?

Knotts Berry Farm, by about 2 minutes a ride. On a typical day Knotts Berry Farm averages 24 minutes against 26 at Disney California Adventure. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Disney California Adventure best time to visit and Knotts Berry Farm best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Disney California Adventure and Knotts Berry Farm 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 Disney California Adventure and Knotts Berry Farm for the full ride lists.

Is Disney California Adventure bigger than Knotts Berry Farm?

By rides we track waits for, Disney California Adventure is the bigger day out: 21 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 Knotts Berry Farm 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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