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Disneyland Paris
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Parc Asterix

On a typical day Parc Asterix queues less: about 15 minutes a ride against 27 at Disneyland Paris, a difference of roughly 12 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.

Disneyland Paris and Parc Asterix compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDisneyland ParisFranceParc AsterixFrance
Average wait per ride 27 min15 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 39 (best of the two)37
Longest typical queue Crush's Coaster80 minToutatis37 min
Shortest typical queue Main Street Vehicles5 minLes Petits Drakkars5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running84%93% (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.

Disneyland Paris and Parc Asterix compared on live queue times
Right nowDisneyland ParisFranceParc AsterixFrance
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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 Parc Asterix queues less: about 15 minutes a ride against 27 at Disneyland Paris, a difference of roughly 12 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 Disneyland Paris if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 27 minutes a ride here against 15 at Parc Asterix - for what Disneyland Paris has that Parc Asterix does not
  • You want more to do: 39 rides here have recorded wait data against 37 at Parc Asterix
  • Crush's Coaster is on your list - it is Disneyland Paris's longest typical queue at about 80 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Disneyland Paris's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Parc Asterix if…

  • You want shorter queues: Parc Asterix averages 15 minutes a ride against 27 at Disneyland Paris
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Parc Asterix's rides run 93% of opening hours against 84% at Disneyland Paris
  • Toutatis is on your list - it is Parc Asterix's longest typical queue at about 37 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Parc Asterix's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris is Europe's largest Disney resort, set in Chessy on the Marne-la-Vallée RER line about 40 minutes east of central Paris. The resort includes two parks - Disneyland Park (Sleeping Beauty Castle, Big Thunder Mountain, Phantom Manor, Hyperspace Mountain) and Walt Disney Studios Park (Tower of Terror, Ratatouille, Avengers Campus) - plus seven Disney hotels and Disney Village.

Disneyland Paris is busy all year round, with peak periods during French, UK and Spanish school holidays, plus Christmas, Halloween and the 33rd-anniversary celebrations. Quiet periods do exist: mid-January to mid-March and early November. Check live wait times across both parks to plan your route, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd date for your visit.

Disneyland Paris live queue times

Parc Asterix

Parc Astérix is a French theme park in Plailly, about 35 km north of Paris, themed around the Asterix comics. It opened in 1989 and is now one of France's biggest parks - highlights include OzIris (an inverted coaster through Egyptian theming), Tonnerre 2 Zeus (a large wooden coaster), Pegase Express, Goudurix, and the newer Toutatis double-launch coaster.

French school holidays - particularly the summer break in July and August - drive most of Parc Astérix's peak crowds, along with the Peur sur le Parc Halloween event. Midweek days in June and September are much calmer. Check live queue times for Toutatis and OzIris on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to plan your visit around French school holidays for shorter waits.

Parc Asterix live queue times

05 · Questions

Disneyland Paris or Parc Asterix?

Which is better, Disneyland Paris or Parc Asterix?

If you are judging on queues, Parc Asterix: it averages about 15 minutes a ride on a typical day against 27 at Disneyland Paris, roughly 12 minutes back on every queue you join. Disneyland Paris has 39 rides with recorded waits against 37 at Parc Asterix. Parc Asterix also runs its rides more reliably - 93% of opening hours against 84%.

Which has shorter queues, Disneyland Paris or Parc Asterix?

Parc Asterix, by about 12 minutes a ride. On a typical day Parc Asterix averages 15 minutes against 27 at Disneyland Paris. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Disneyland Paris best time to visit and Parc Asterix best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Disneyland Paris and Parc Asterix in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in France, 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 Disneyland Paris and Parc Asterix for the full ride lists.

Is Disneyland Paris bigger than Parc Asterix?

By rides we track waits for, Disneyland Paris is the bigger day out: 39 rides against 37. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Parc Asterix 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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