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Dorney Park
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Kings Dominion

Dorney Park and Kings Dominion queue about the same on a typical day - 13 minutes against 13 minutes across 10 and 22 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.

Dorney Park and Kings Dominion compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDorney ParkUnited StatesKings DominionUnited States
Average wait per ride 13 min13 min
Rides with recorded waits 1022 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Wild Mouse26 minWoodstock Express26 min
Shortest typical queue Dominator Red8 minCarousel4 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running65%69% (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.

Dorney Park and Kings Dominion compared on live queue times
Right nowDorney ParkUnited StatesKings DominionUnited 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 Dorney Park and Kings Dominion queue about the same on a typical day - 13 minutes against 13 minutes across 10 and 22 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 Dorney Park if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 13 minutes a ride
  • Wild Mouse is on your list - it is Dorney Park's longest typical queue at about 26 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Dorney Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Kings Dominion if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 13 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 22 rides here have recorded wait data against 10 at Dorney Park
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Kings Dominion's rides run 69% of opening hours against 65% at Dorney Park
  • Woodstock Express is on your list - it is Kings Dominion's longest typical queue at about 26 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Kings Dominion's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Dorney Park

Dorney Park sits in Allentown, Pennsylvania, about 90 minutes north of Philadelphia. It's a mid-sized theme park with a strong coaster line-up for its size: Steel Force (a 200-foot hyper coaster), Talon (an inverted coaster), Hydra the Revenge (a floorless coaster), and Possessed. A Wildwater Kingdom water park is included with park admission during the summer season.

Dorney Park's season runs May to October, with peak crowds on summer weekends and during the Halloween Haunt. Weekdays in May, September and October are dramatically quieter. Check live queue times for Steel Force and Hydra on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit - most of the coasters stay under 15 minutes of wait time on quieter days.

Dorney Park live queue times

Kings Dominion

Kings Dominion sits in Doswell, Virginia, about 25 minutes north of Richmond. The park has one of the strongest regional coaster line-ups on the US East Coast: Intimidator 305 (a 305-foot giga coaster), Twisted Timbers (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Apple Zapple, Dominator (a 215-foot floorless coaster), and Racer 75. A Soak City water park is included with admission during summer.

Virginia summer school breaks, weekend visits from the DC / Richmond area, and the Halloween Haunt drive Kings Dominion's busiest periods. Weekdays in May, September and October are dramatically calmer. Check live queue times for Intimidator 305 and Twisted Timbers first thing on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for shorter waits.

Kings Dominion live queue times

05 · Questions

Dorney Park or Kings Dominion?

Which is better, Dorney Park or Kings Dominion?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 13 minutes a ride on a typical day. Dorney Park has 10 rides with recorded waits against 22 at Kings Dominion. Kings Dominion also runs its rides more reliably - 69% of opening hours against 65%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Dorney Park or Kings Dominion?

They are level. Dorney Park averages 13 minutes a ride on a typical day and Kings Dominion averages 13 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Dorney Park best time to visit and Kings Dominion best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Dorney Park and Kings Dominion 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 Dorney Park and Kings Dominion for the full ride lists.

Is Dorney Park bigger than Kings Dominion?

By rides we track waits for, Kings Dominion is the bigger day out: 22 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.

Dorney Park calendarKings Dominion calendar