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Kings Dominion
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Kings Dominion and Knott's Berry Farm queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 19 minutes across 25 and 17 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.

Kings Dominion and Knott's Berry Farm compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyKings DominionUnited StatesKnott's Berry FarmUnited States
Average wait per ride 18 min (best of the two)19 min
Rides with recorded waits 25 (best of the two)17
Longest typical queue Flight of Fear42 minGhostRider57 min
Shortest typical queue Carousel4 minSupreme Scream8 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running69%93% (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.

Kings Dominion and Knott's Berry Farm compared on live queue times
Right nowKings DominionUnited StatesKnott's Berry FarmUnited 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 Kings Dominion and Knott's Berry Farm queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 19 minutes across 25 and 17 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 Kings Dominion if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 18 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 25 rides here have recorded wait data against 17 at Knott's Berry Farm
  • Flight of Fear is on your list - it is Kings Dominion's longest typical queue at about 42 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Kings Dominion's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Knott's Berry Farm if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 19 minutes a ride
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Knott's Berry Farm's rides run 93% of opening hours against 69% at Kings Dominion
  • GhostRider is on your list - it is Knott's Berry Farm's longest typical queue at about 57 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Knott's Berry Farm's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Kings Dominion

Kings Dominion sits in Doswell, Virginia, about 25 minutes north of Richmond. The park has one of the strongest regional coaster line-ups on the US East Coast: Intimidator 305 (a 305-foot giga coaster), Twisted Timbers (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Apple Zapple, Dominator (a 215-foot floorless coaster), and Racer 75. A Soak City water park is included with admission during summer.

Virginia summer school breaks, weekend visits from the DC / Richmond area, and the Halloween Haunt drive Kings Dominion's busiest periods. Weekdays in May, September and October are dramatically calmer. Check live queue times for Intimidator 305 and Twisted Timbers first thing on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for shorter waits.

Kings Dominion live queue times

Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm sits in Buena Park, Orange County, California, with a long history dating back to Walter Knott's original berry farm and boysenberry jam stand from the 1920s. It's now a full theme park famous for its coaster line-up: HangTime, Silver Bullet, Xcelerator (a hydraulic launch coaster), GhostRider (a large wooden coaster), and the classic Timber Mountain Log Ride.

Southern California locals keep Knott's busy all year round, but peak crowds align with US school holidays, the extremely popular Scary Farm Halloween event, and Knott's Merry Farm at Christmas. Check live wait times for Xcelerator and HangTime on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a weekday outside local school breaks for shorter queues.

Knott's Berry Farm live queue times

05 · Questions

Kings Dominion or Knott's Berry Farm?

Which is better, Kings Dominion or Knott's Berry Farm?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 18 minutes a ride on a typical day. Kings Dominion has 25 rides with recorded waits against 17 at Knott's Berry Farm. Knott's Berry Farm also runs its rides more reliably - 93% of opening hours against 69%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Kings Dominion or Knott's Berry Farm?

They are level. Kings Dominion averages 18 minutes a ride on a typical day and Knott's Berry Farm averages 19 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Kings Dominion best time to visit and Knott's Berry Farm best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Kings Dominion and Knott's Berry Farm 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 Kings Dominion and Knott's Berry Farm for the full ride lists.

Is Kings Dominion bigger than Knott's Berry Farm?

By rides we track waits for, Kings Dominion is the bigger day out: 25 rides against 17. 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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