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Disneyland Park
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Seaworld San Antonio

On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 8 minutes a ride against 18 at Disneyland Park, a difference of roughly 10 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 Seaworld San Antonio compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDisneyland ParkUnited StatesSeaworld San AntonioUnited States
Average wait per ride 18 min8 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 34 (best of the two)9
Longest typical queue Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance43 minRio Loco23 min
Shortest typical queue Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes5 minTexas Stingray5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running89% (best of the two)85%

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 Seaworld San Antonio compared on live queue times
Right nowDisneyland ParkUnited StatesSeaworld San AntonioUnited 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 Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 8 minutes a ride against 18 at Disneyland Park, a difference of roughly 10 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 8 at Seaworld San Antonio - for what Disneyland Park has that Seaworld San Antonio does not
  • You want more to do: 34 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Seaworld San Antonio
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Disneyland Park's rides run 89% of opening hours against 85% at Seaworld San Antonio
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is on your list - it is Disneyland Park's longest typical queue at about 43 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Disneyland Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Seaworld San Antonio if…

  • You want shorter queues: Seaworld San Antonio averages 8 minutes a ride against 18 at Disneyland Park
  • Rio Loco is on your list - it is Seaworld San Antonio's longest typical queue at about 23 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Seaworld San Antonio'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

Seaworld San Antonio

SeaWorld San Antonio is the largest marine-life theme park in the world by area, sitting on 250 acres in San Antonio, Texas. It combines marine animal shows with a solid coaster line-up: Wave Breaker (a jet-ski themed coaster), Great White (an inverted coaster), Steel Eel (a hyper coaster), Texas Stingray wooden coaster, and the newer Tidal Surge swing ride. A separate Aquatica water park operates next door.

Texas heat drives summer crowds into early mornings and late evenings, with the coolest queue times usually at the start of the day. Halloween Spooktacular, Christmas Celebration and US school holidays are the peak periods. Check live wait times for Texas Stingray and Wave Breaker on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek day for shorter queues.

Seaworld San Antonio live queue times

05 · Questions

Disneyland Park or Seaworld San Antonio?

Which is better, Disneyland Park or Seaworld San Antonio?

If you are judging on queues, Seaworld San Antonio: it averages about 8 minutes a ride on a typical day against 18 at Disneyland Park, roughly 10 minutes back on every queue you join. Disneyland Park has 34 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Seaworld San Antonio. Disneyland Park also runs its rides more reliably - 89% of opening hours against 85%.

Which has shorter queues, Disneyland Park or Seaworld San Antonio?

Seaworld San Antonio, by about 10 minutes a ride. On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio averages 8 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 Seaworld San Antonio best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Disneyland Park and Seaworld San Antonio 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 Seaworld San Antonio for the full ride lists.

Is Disneyland Park bigger than Seaworld San Antonio?

By rides we track waits for, Disneyland Park is the bigger day out: 34 rides against 9. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Seaworld San Antonio 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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