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Dorney Park
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Six Flags New England

Dorney Park and Six Flags New England queue about the same on a typical day - 13 minutes against 12 minutes across 10 and 38 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 New England compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyDorney ParkUnited StatesSix Flags New EnglandUnited States
Average wait per ride 13 min12 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 1038 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Wild Mouse26 minQuantum Accelerator45 min
Shortest typical queue Dominator Red8 minThe Great Chase5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running65%80% (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 Six Flags New England 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 Dorney Park and Six Flags New England queue about the same on a typical day - 13 minutes against 12 minutes across 10 and 38 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 Six Flags New England if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 12 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 38 rides here have recorded wait data against 10 at Dorney Park
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags New England's rides run 80% of opening hours against 65% at Dorney Park
  • Quantum Accelerator is on your list - it is Six Flags New England's longest typical queue at about 45 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags New England'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 New England

Six Flags New England sits in Agawam, Massachusetts, near the Connecticut state line. The coaster line-up includes Superman: The Ride (consistently rated one of the world's best steel coasters), Wicked Cyclone (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Goliath inverted coaster, Flashback, Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster, and the classic Thunderbolt. A Hurricane Harbor water park is included with admission.

Massachusetts and Connecticut school holidays, Fright Fest and US summer weekends drive Six Flags New England's peak crowds. Weekdays in May, September and October stay dramatically calmer. Check live wait times for Superman and Wicked Cyclone on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date - queue times on most rides drop into single digits on quieter days.

Six Flags New England live queue times

05 · Questions

Dorney Park or Six Flags New England?

Which is better, Dorney Park or Six Flags New England?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 12 minutes a ride on a typical day. Dorney Park has 10 rides with recorded waits against 38 at Six Flags New England. Six Flags New England also runs its rides more reliably - 80% 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 Six Flags New England?

They are level. Dorney Park averages 13 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags New England averages 12 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Dorney Park best time to visit and Six Flags New England best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Dorney Park and Six Flags New England 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 New England for the full ride lists.

Is Dorney Park bigger than Six Flags New England?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags New England is the bigger day out: 38 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 calendarSix Flags New England calendar