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Disneyland Park
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Lake Compounce

On a typical day Lake Compounce queues less: about 16 minutes a ride against 18 at Disneyland Park, 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.

Disneyland Park and Lake Compounce compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDisneyland ParkUnited StatesLake CompounceUnited States
Average wait per ride 18 min16 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 37 (best of the two)25
Longest typical queue Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance47 minBoulder Dash37 min
Shortest typical queue King Arthur Carrousel6 minRainbow Riders5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running82% (best of the two)67%

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 Park and Lake Compounce compared on live queue times
Right nowDisneyland ParkUnited StatesLake CompounceUnited 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 Lake Compounce queues less: about 16 minutes a ride against 18 at Disneyland Park, 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 Disneyland Park if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 18 minutes a ride here against 16 at Lake Compounce - for what Disneyland Park has that Lake Compounce does not
  • You want more to do: 37 rides here have recorded wait data against 25 at Lake Compounce
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Disneyland Park's rides run 82% of opening hours against 67% at Lake Compounce
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is on your list - it is Disneyland Park's longest typical queue at about 47 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Disneyland Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Lake Compounce if…

  • You want shorter queues: Lake Compounce averages 16 minutes a ride against 18 at Disneyland Park
  • Boulder Dash is on your list - it is Lake Compounce's longest typical queue at about 37 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Lake Compounce's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Disneyland Park

Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California is the original Disney park, opened in 1955 and still built around the hub-and-spoke layout every later castle park copied. It is compact by Disney standards, which means a lot of classic rides in a small space: Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Indiana Jones Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and the Matterhorn Bobsleds are all within a few minutes' walk of each other. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge added Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, and Tiana's Bayou Adventure took over the old Splash Mountain flume.

Because locals visit on annual passes as well as tourists, weekends and school holidays fill the park quickly and queue times at the headline rides can pass an hour by late morning. Check the live wait times before you set off and use the crowd calendar to find the quieter weekdays.

Disneyland Park live queue times

Lake Compounce

Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, opened in 1846 and is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in North America. Boulder Dash is the standout, a wooden coaster that runs along the side of the mountain, alongside the 1927 Wildcat, the triple-launch Phobia Phear and Thunder N Lightning. The park also has the Crocodile Cove water park, and in the autumn it adds Halloween haunts on select dates.

Summer weekends and the July holiday week are the busiest. Weekdays in June and the autumn weekends before the haunts open are quieter. Check the live queue times before you go and use the crowd calendar to choose a day.

Lake Compounce live queue times

05 · Questions

Disneyland Park or Lake Compounce?

Which is better, Disneyland Park or Lake Compounce?

If you are judging on queues, Lake Compounce: it averages about 16 minutes a ride on a typical day against 18 at Disneyland Park, roughly 2 minutes back on every queue you join. Disneyland Park has 37 rides with recorded waits against 25 at Lake Compounce. Disneyland Park also runs its rides more reliably - 82% of opening hours against 67%.

Which has shorter queues, Disneyland Park or Lake Compounce?

Lake Compounce, by about 2 minutes a ride. On a typical day Lake Compounce averages 16 minutes against 18 at Disneyland Park. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Disneyland Park best time to visit and Lake Compounce best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Disneyland Park and Lake Compounce 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 Disneyland Park and Lake Compounce for the full ride lists.

Is Disneyland Park bigger than Lake Compounce?

By rides we track waits for, Disneyland Park is the bigger day out: 37 rides against 25. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Lake Compounce 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.

Disneyland Park calendar