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Disney California Adventure
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Six Flags Frontier City

On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 26 at Disney California Adventure, a difference of roughly 19 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 Six Flags Frontier City compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDisney California AdventureUnited StatesSix Flags Frontier CityUnited States
Average wait per ride 26 min7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 2121
Longest typical queue Radiator Springs Racers70 minRenegade Rapids12 min
Shortest typical queue Jessie's Critter Carousel5 minTina's Tea Cup Twirl5 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 Six Flags Frontier City compared on live queue times
Right nowDisney California AdventureUnited StatesSix Flags Frontier CityUnited 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 Six Flags Frontier City queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 26 at Disney California Adventure, a difference of roughly 19 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 7 at Six Flags Frontier City - for what Disney California Adventure has that Six Flags Frontier City does not
  • 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 Six Flags Frontier City if…

  • You want shorter queues: Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 minutes a ride against 26 at Disney California Adventure
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Frontier City's rides run 90% of opening hours against 75% at Disney California Adventure
  • Renegade Rapids is on your list - it is Six Flags Frontier City's longest typical queue at about 12 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags Frontier City's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Six Flags Frontier City

Frontier City sits in Oklahoma City and is the smallest of the Six Flags parks, themed around an Old West town. The coaster line-up includes Steel Lasso, Silver Bullet (a Vekoma corkscrew), Diamond Back (a shuttle-style coaster), Wildcat wooden coaster, and Mystery River Log Flume. A White Water Bay water park operates at a separate nearby site during summer.

Oklahoma school holidays, US summer weekends and the Fright Fest event drive Frontier City's peak crowds. Weekdays outside school breaks stay very quiet, often with walk-on queue times. Check live wait times on arrival and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit - Frontier City pairs well with a road-trip stop rather than a destination-park holiday.

Six Flags Frontier City live queue times

05 · Questions

Disney California Adventure or Six Flags Frontier City?

Which is better, Disney California Adventure or Six Flags Frontier City?

If you are judging on queues, Six Flags Frontier City: it averages about 7 minutes a ride on a typical day against 26 at Disney California Adventure, roughly 19 minutes back on every queue you join. Disney California Adventure has 21 rides with recorded waits against 21 at Six Flags Frontier City. Six Flags Frontier City also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 75%.

Which has shorter queues, Disney California Adventure or Six Flags Frontier City?

Six Flags Frontier City, by about 19 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 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 Six Flags Frontier City best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Disney California Adventure and Six Flags Frontier 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 Disney California Adventure and Six Flags Frontier City for the full ride lists.

Is Disney California Adventure bigger than Six Flags Frontier City?

They track the same number of rides here - 21 each. Acreage matters less than how many of those you can actually get on in a day, which comes down to queues and opening hours, and there Six Flags Frontier City is ahead.

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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