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Disneyland Park and Six Flags Darien Lake queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 17 minutes across 34 and 10 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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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 Six Flags Darien Lake compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDisneyland ParkUnited StatesSix Flags Darien LakeUnited States
Average wait per ride 18 min17 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 34 (best of the two)10
Longest typical queue Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance43 minTantrum26 min
Shortest typical queue Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes5 minRipCurl Racer5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running89% (best of the two)70%

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 Six Flags Darien Lake compared on live queue times
Right nowDisneyland ParkUnited StatesSix Flags Darien LakeUnited 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 Disneyland Park and Six Flags Darien Lake queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 17 minutes across 34 and 10 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 18 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 34 rides here have recorded wait data against 10 at Six Flags Darien Lake
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Disneyland Park's rides run 89% of opening hours against 70% at Six Flags Darien Lake
  • 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 Six Flags Darien Lake if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 17 minutes a ride
  • Tantrum is on your list - it is Six Flags Darien Lake's longest typical queue at about 26 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags Darien Lake'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

Six Flags Darien Lake

Six Flags Darien Lake sits in Darien Center, New York, between Buffalo and Rochester. The coaster line-up includes Ride of Steel (a 208-foot hyper coaster from Intamin), Tantrum (a 98-foot Eurofighter), Motocoaster launched coaster, Predator wooden coaster, and the classic Viper stand-up. A Hurricane Harbor water park and a camping resort operate on the same property.

Western New York school holidays, US summer weekends and the Fright Fest event drive Darien Lake's peak crowds. Weekdays in May, September and early October stay dramatically quieter. Check live wait times for Ride of Steel and Tantrum on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit - many rides run near walk-on levels on quieter mornings.

Six Flags Darien Lake live queue times

05 · Questions

Disneyland Park or Six Flags Darien Lake?

Which is better, Disneyland Park or Six Flags Darien Lake?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 17 minutes a ride on a typical day. Disneyland Park has 34 rides with recorded waits against 10 at Six Flags Darien Lake. Disneyland Park also runs its rides more reliably - 89% of opening hours against 70%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Disneyland Park or Six Flags Darien Lake?

They are level. Disneyland Park averages 18 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags Darien Lake averages 17 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Disneyland Park best time to visit and Six Flags Darien Lake best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Disneyland Park and Six Flags Darien Lake 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 Six Flags Darien Lake for the full ride lists.

Is Disneyland Park bigger than Six Flags Darien Lake?

By rides we track waits for, Disneyland Park is the bigger day out: 34 rides against 10. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours.

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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