Epcot
vs
Six Flags Great Adventure

Epcot and Six Flags Great Adventure queue about the same on a typical day - 29 minutes against 30 minutes across 11 and 23 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.

Epcot and Six Flags Great Adventure compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	EpcotUnited States	Six Flags Great AdventureUnited States
Average wait per ride	29 min (best of the two)	30 min
Rides with recorded waits	11	23 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind71 min	THE FLASH™: Vertical Velocity52 min
Shortest typical queue	Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros7 min	Buccaneer11 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	92% (best of the two)	89%

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.

Epcot and Six Flags Great Adventure 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 Epcot and Six Flags Great Adventure queue about the same on a typical day - 29 minutes against 30 minutes across 11 and 23 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 Epcot if…

Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 29 minutes a ride
You would rather not find rides shut: Epcot's rides run 92% of opening hours against 89% at Six Flags Great Adventure
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is on your list - it is Epcot's longest typical queue at about 71 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Epcot's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags Great Adventure if…

Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 30 minutes a ride
You want more to do: 23 rides here have recorded wait data against 11 at Epcot
THE FLASH™: Vertical Velocity is on your list - it is Six Flags Great Adventure's longest typical queue at about 52 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Great Adventure's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Epcot

EPCOT sits at the centre of Walt Disney World, split between Future World (with Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Test Track, Spaceship Earth, Soarin', and Frozen Ever After) and the World Showcase - eleven pavilions themed around countries including Japan, Germany, France, and the UK. Flower & Garden, Food & Wine and Festival of the Holidays events run through much of the year.

EPCOT's biggest crowd drivers are its festivals rather than just ride popularity. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind consistently posts the longest wait times in the park. Check live queue times on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd date outside the peak festival weekends - the World Showcase pavilions can take a full afternoon to properly explore.

Epcot live queue times

Six Flags Great Adventure

Six Flags Great Adventure sits in Jackson, New Jersey, and has long been one of Six Flags' flagship coaster parks. The line-up is exceptional: El Toro (one of the world's top-rated wooden coasters), Nitro, Jersey Devil Coaster, Superman: Ultimate Flight, Batman: The Ride, Skull Mountain, and Green Lantern stand-up. Kingda Ka was the park's signature ride until its closure; a Safari Off Road Adventure drive-through exhibit also operates on the property.

NJ and NYC school holidays, Fright Fest and US summer weekends drive huge crowds. Weekdays in May, September and October are dramatically calmer. Check live queue times for El Toro and Nitro on arrival - they build up fast - and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit for shorter waits across the whole coaster line-up.

Six Flags Great Adventure live queue times

05 · Questions

Epcot or Six Flags Great Adventure?

Which is better, Epcot or Six Flags Great Adventure?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 29 minutes a ride on a typical day. Epcot has 11 rides with recorded waits against 23 at Six Flags Great Adventure. Epcot also runs its rides more reliably - 92% of opening hours against 89%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Epcot or Six Flags Great Adventure?

They are level. Epcot averages 29 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags Great Adventure averages 30 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Epcot best time to visit and Six Flags Great Adventure best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Epcot and Six Flags Great Adventure 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 Epcot and Six Flags Great Adventure for the full ride lists.

Is Epcot bigger than Six Flags Great Adventure?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Great Adventure is the bigger day out: 23 rides against 11. 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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