Dollywood
vs
Six Flags Frontier City

On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 15 at Dollywood, a difference of roughly 8 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.

Dollywood and Six Flags Frontier City compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	DollywoodUnited States	Six Flags Frontier CityUnited States
Average wait per ride	15 min	7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	31 (best of the two)	21
Longest typical queue	NightFlight Expedition68 min	Renegade Rapids12 min
Shortest typical queue	Lucky Ducky5 min	Tina's Tea Cup Twirl5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	81%	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.

Dollywood and Six Flags Frontier City compared on live queue times
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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 15 at Dollywood, a difference of roughly 8 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 Dollywood if…

You will accept a longer queue - 15 minutes a ride here against 7 at Six Flags Frontier City - for what Dollywood has that Six Flags Frontier City does not
You want more to do: 31 rides here have recorded wait data against 21 at Six Flags Frontier City
NightFlight Expedition is on your list - it is Dollywood's longest typical queue at about 68 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Dollywood's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags Frontier City if…

You want shorter queues: Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 minutes a ride against 15 at Dollywood
You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Frontier City's rides run 90% of opening hours against 81% at Dollywood
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.

Dollywood

Dollywood is Dolly Parton's theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, tucked into the Smoky Mountain foothills. It's a large park with a strong coaster line-up: Lightning Rod (a wooden-launched coaster, since converted to a steel track), Wild Eagle (the first wing coaster in the USA), Thunderhead (a GCI wooden coaster), and Mystery Mine. Southern-style food, craftsmen and live country music are integral to the park's character.

Dollywood's season runs March to early January, with peak crowds during the Smoky Mountain Christmas event and US summer school holidays. Weekdays in spring and autumn stay far calmer. Check live queue times for Lightning Rod and Wild Eagle on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a quieter date - the mountain weather also affects ride availability day to day.

Dollywood live queue times

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

Dollywood or Six Flags Frontier City?

Which is better, Dollywood 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 15 at Dollywood, roughly 8 minutes back on every queue you join. Dollywood has 31 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 81%.

Which has shorter queues, Dollywood or Six Flags Frontier City?

Six Flags Frontier City, by about 8 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 minutes against 15 at Dollywood. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Dollywood best time to visit and Six Flags Frontier City best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Dollywood 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 Dollywood and Six Flags Frontier City for the full ride lists.

Is Dollywood bigger than Six Flags Frontier City?

By rides we track waits for, Dollywood is the bigger day out: 31 rides against 21. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Six Flags Frontier City 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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