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Kings Dominion
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Sesame Place Langhorne

On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 11 at Kings Dominion, a difference of roughly 4 minutes on every queue you join.

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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 Sesame Place Langhorne compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyKings DominionUnited StatesSesame Place LanghorneUnited States
Average wait per ride 11 min7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 24 (best of the two)9
Longest typical queue Shenandoah Lumber Co.32 minElmo's Cloud Chaser9 min
Shortest typical queue Drop Tower3 minVapor Trail Coaster6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running62% (best of the two)48%

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 Sesame Place Langhorne compared on live queue times
Right nowKings DominionUnited StatesSesame Place LanghorneUnited 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 On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 11 at Kings Dominion, a difference of roughly 4 minutes on every queue you join.

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…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 11 minutes a ride here against 7 at Sesame Place Langhorne - for what Kings Dominion has that Sesame Place Langhorne does not
  • You want more to do: 24 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Kings Dominion's rides run 62% of opening hours against 48% at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • Shenandoah Lumber Co. is on your list - it is Kings Dominion's longest typical queue at about 32 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Kings Dominion's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Sesame Place Langhorne if…

  • You want shorter queues: Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes a ride against 11 at Kings Dominion
  • Elmo's Cloud Chaser is on your list - it is Sesame Place Langhorne's longest typical queue at about 9 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Sesame Place Langhorne'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

Sesame Place Langhorne

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania is the original Sesame Street theme park, a short drive north of Philadelphia and aimed squarely at children under ten. It mixes a dry side of family rides such as Oscar's Wacky Taxi Coaster, Vapor Trail Coaster and Elmo's Cloud Chaser with a water park of slides and splash areas, plus daily character parades and shows.

Because the audience is young and the park is small, queues build fast in the middle of the day and thin out again as families leave in the afternoon. Wait times here rarely reach big-park levels, but the crowd calendar will still show you which summer weekends to avoid, and checking live before you arrive helps you decide whether to start on the rides or the water side.

Sesame Place Langhorne live queue times

05 · Questions

Kings Dominion or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Which is better, Kings Dominion or Sesame Place Langhorne?

If you are judging on queues, Sesame Place Langhorne: it averages about 7 minutes a ride on a typical day against 11 at Kings Dominion, roughly 4 minutes back on every queue you join. Kings Dominion has 24 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne. Kings Dominion also runs its rides more reliably - 62% of opening hours against 48%.

Which has shorter queues, Kings Dominion or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Sesame Place Langhorne, by about 4 minutes a ride. On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes against 11 at Kings Dominion. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Kings Dominion best time to visit and Sesame Place Langhorne best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Kings Dominion and Sesame Place Langhorne 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 Sesame Place Langhorne for the full ride lists.

Is Kings Dominion bigger than Sesame Place Langhorne?

By rides we track waits for, Kings Dominion is the bigger day out: 24 rides against 9. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Sesame Place Langhorne is the quicker park.

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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