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Dorney Park
vs
Sesame Place Langhorne

On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 14 at Dorney Park, a difference of roughly 7 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.

Dorney Park and Sesame Place Langhorne compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDorney ParkUnited StatesSesame Place LanghorneUnited States
Average wait per ride 14 min7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 13 (best of the two)9
Longest typical queue Wild Mouse28 minElmo's Cloud Chaser9 min
Shortest typical queue White Water Landing5 minVapor Trail Coaster6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running64% (best of the two)48%

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 Sesame Place Langhorne compared on live queue times
Right nowDorney ParkUnited StatesSesame Place LanghorneUnited 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 Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 14 at Dorney Park, a difference of roughly 7 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 Dorney Park if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 14 minutes a ride here against 7 at Sesame Place Langhorne - for what Dorney Park has that Sesame Place Langhorne does not
  • You want more to do: 13 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Dorney Park's rides run 64% of opening hours against 48% at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • Wild Mouse is on your list - it is Dorney Park's longest typical queue at about 28 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Dorney Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Sesame Place Langhorne if…

  • You want shorter queues: Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes a ride against 14 at Dorney Park
  • Elmo's Cloud Chaser is on your list - it is Sesame Place Langhorne's longest typical queue at about 9 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Sesame Place Langhorne'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

Sesame Place Langhorne

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania is the original Sesame Street theme park, a short drive north of Philadelphia and aimed squarely at children under ten. It mixes a dry side of family rides such as Oscar's Wacky Taxi Coaster, Vapor Trail Coaster and Elmo's Cloud Chaser with a water park of slides and splash areas, plus daily character parades and shows.

Because the audience is young and the park is small, queues build fast in the middle of the day and thin out again as families leave in the afternoon. Wait times here rarely reach big-park levels, but the crowd calendar will still show you which summer weekends to avoid, and checking live before you arrive helps you decide whether to start on the rides or the water side.

Sesame Place Langhorne live queue times

05 · Questions

Dorney Park or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Which is better, Dorney Park or Sesame Place Langhorne?

If you are judging on queues, Sesame Place Langhorne: it averages about 7 minutes a ride on a typical day against 14 at Dorney Park, roughly 7 minutes back on every queue you join. Dorney Park has 13 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne. Dorney Park also runs its rides more reliably - 64% of opening hours against 48%.

Which has shorter queues, Dorney Park or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Sesame Place Langhorne, by about 7 minutes a ride. On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes against 14 at Dorney Park. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Dorney Park best time to visit and Sesame Place Langhorne best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Dorney Park and Sesame Place Langhorne 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 Sesame Place Langhorne for the full ride lists.

Is Dorney Park bigger than Sesame Place Langhorne?

By rides we track waits for, Dorney Park is the bigger day out: 13 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 Sesame Place Langhorne 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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