Dorney Park
vs
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Dorney Park and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom queue about the same on a typical day - 20 minutes against 21 minutes across 13 and 18 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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Dorney ParkUnited States	Six Flags Discovery KingdomUnited States
Average wait per ride	20 min (best of the two)	21 min
Rides with recorded waits	13	18 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Wild Mouse42 min	WONDER WOMAN Lasso of Truth44 min
Shortest typical queue	Dominator Red9 min	Thrilla Gorilla5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	90% (best of the two)	84%

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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom compared on live queue times
Right now	Dorney ParkUnited States	Six Flags Discovery KingdomUnited 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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom queue about the same on a typical day - 20 minutes against 21 minutes across 13 and 18 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 20 minutes a ride
You would rather not find rides shut: Dorney Park's rides run 90% of opening hours against 84% at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Wild Mouse is on your list - it is Dorney Park's longest typical queue at about 42 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Dorney Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags Discovery Kingdom if…

Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 21 minutes a ride
You want more to do: 18 rides here have recorded wait data against 13 at Dorney Park
WONDER WOMAN Lasso of Truth is on your list - it is Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's longest typical queue at about 44 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Discovery Kingdom'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

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom sits in Vallejo, California, on San Francisco Bay's northern edge. The park combines a theme park with a marine-animal section, running coasters like Medusa (the West Coast's first floorless), Kong (an inverted coaster), Superman: Ultimate Flight, Joker 4-D Free Fly Coaster, and the newer DC Stunt Coaster. Dolphin, sea lion and bird shows run throughout the day.

Bay Area weekend visits, California school holidays, and the Fright Fest event drive Discovery Kingdom's peak crowds. Weekdays in April, September and October are dramatically quieter, with queue times on most rides staying short. Check live wait times for Medusa and Superman on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for shorter waits. The bayside setting makes for pleasant walking even on quieter days.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom live queue times

05 · Questions

Dorney Park or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

Which is better, Dorney Park or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 20 minutes a ride on a typical day. Dorney Park has 13 rides with recorded waits against 18 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Dorney Park also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 84%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Dorney Park or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

They are level. Dorney Park averages 20 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom averages 21 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Dorney Park best time to visit and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Dorney Park and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for the full ride lists.

Is Dorney Park bigger than Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is the bigger day out: 18 rides against 13. 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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