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Flamingo Land
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Pleasurewood Hills

Flamingo Land and Pleasurewood Hills queue about the same on a typical day - 11 minutes against 10 minutes across 25 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.

Flamingo Land and Pleasurewood Hills compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyFlamingo LandUnited KingdomPleasurewood HillsUnited Kingdom
Average wait per ride 11 min10 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 25 (best of the two)22
Longest typical queue Mumbo Jumbo26 minWavebreaker20 min
Shortest typical queue Muddy Duck Tractor Ride5 minWoody's Tea Party5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running69%92% (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.

Flamingo Land and Pleasurewood Hills compared on live queue times
Right nowFlamingo LandUnited KingdomPleasurewood HillsUnited Kingdom
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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 Flamingo Land and Pleasurewood Hills queue about the same on a typical day - 11 minutes against 10 minutes across 25 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 Flamingo Land if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 11 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 25 rides here have recorded wait data against 22 at Pleasurewood Hills
  • Mumbo Jumbo is on your list - it is Flamingo Land's longest typical queue at about 26 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Flamingo Land's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Pleasurewood Hills if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 10 minutes a ride
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Pleasurewood Hills's rides run 92% of opening hours against 69% at Flamingo Land
  • Wavebreaker is on your list - it is Pleasurewood Hills's longest typical queue at about 20 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Pleasurewood Hills's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Flamingo Land

Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire is a theme park and zoo combined, set between Malton and Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors. The coaster line-up is one of the strongest in the north of England: Sik is a ten-inversion looping coaster, Kumali an inverted coaster, Mumbo Jumbo a beyond-vertical drop, Velocity a launched motorbike coaster, and Hero a flying coaster. The zoo side has lions, giraffes, rhinos and the flamingos that give the park its name.

As a day out that draws both coaster fans and families with young children, the park is busiest on fine summer weekends and through the Yorkshire school holidays. Check the live queue times before you set off and use the crowd calendar to pick a quieter day, especially if the big coasters are the reason you are going.

Flamingo Land live queue times

Pleasurewood Hills

Pleasurewood Hills is a family theme park in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. It's a small but well-regarded regional park with a mix of family and thrill rides: Wipeout boomerang coaster, Marble Madness indoor spinning coaster, Rage double-launch coaster, and a large Pirate Ship swing ride. The park sits on 50 acres of mixed woodland and open field.

Pleasurewood Hills' season runs roughly Easter to late October, with school holidays and UK summer weekends driving peak crowds. Weekdays in May, June and September are usually very relaxed. Check live queue times for Rage and Wipeout on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a quieter day - the park pairs well with a Suffolk or Norfolk coastal holiday.

Pleasurewood Hills live queue times

05 · Questions

Flamingo Land or Pleasurewood Hills?

Which is better, Flamingo Land or Pleasurewood Hills?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 10 minutes a ride on a typical day. Flamingo Land has 25 rides with recorded waits against 22 at Pleasurewood Hills. Pleasurewood Hills also runs its rides more reliably - 92% of opening hours against 69%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Flamingo Land or Pleasurewood Hills?

They are level. Flamingo Land averages 11 minutes a ride on a typical day and Pleasurewood Hills averages 10 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Flamingo Land best time to visit and Pleasurewood Hills best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Flamingo Land and Pleasurewood Hills in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in United Kingdom, 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 Flamingo Land and Pleasurewood Hills for the full ride lists.

Is Flamingo Land bigger than Pleasurewood Hills?

By rides we track waits for, Flamingo Land is the bigger day out: 25 rides against 22. 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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