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Kings Dominion
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Silver Dollar City

Kings Dominion and Silver Dollar City queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 17 minutes across 25 and 27 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 Silver Dollar City compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyKings DominionUnited StatesSilver Dollar CityUnited States
Average wait per ride 18 min17 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 2527 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Flight of Fear42 minElephant March58 min
Shortest typical queue Carousel4 minRoyal Tea Party6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running69%90% (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 Silver Dollar City compared on live queue times
Right nowKings DominionUnited StatesSilver Dollar CityUnited 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 Silver Dollar City queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 17 minutes across 25 and 27 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
  • 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 Silver Dollar City if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 17 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 27 rides here have recorded wait data against 25 at Kings Dominion
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Silver Dollar City's rides run 90% of opening hours against 69% at Kings Dominion
  • Elephant March is on your list - it is Silver Dollar City's longest typical queue at about 58 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Silver Dollar City'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

Silver Dollar City

Silver Dollar City is a 1880s-themed park in Branson, Missouri, sitting above the famous Marvel Cave. It mixes a traditional craftsmen village with a strong modern coaster line-up: Outlaw Run (one of the world's best wooden coasters), Time Traveler (a record-breaking spinning coaster), Powder Keg, and the newer Wildfire and Mystic River Falls. Live music and period crafts are core to the park's identity.

Silver Dollar City's peak periods are the US summer break, the extremely popular Pumpkin Nights and Old Time Christmas events, and weekend visits from Branson tourists. Weekdays in May, September and early December stay calmer. Check live queue times for Time Traveler and Outlaw Run first thing, and use our crowd calendar to plan around peak event weekends.

Silver Dollar City live queue times

05 · Questions

Kings Dominion or Silver Dollar City?

Which is better, Kings Dominion or Silver Dollar City?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 17 minutes a ride on a typical day. Kings Dominion has 25 rides with recorded waits against 27 at Silver Dollar City. Silver Dollar City also runs its rides more reliably - 90% 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 Silver Dollar City?

They are level. Kings Dominion averages 18 minutes a ride on a typical day and Silver Dollar City averages 17 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Kings Dominion best time to visit and Silver Dollar City best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Kings Dominion and Silver Dollar City 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 Silver Dollar City for the full ride lists.

Is Kings Dominion bigger than Silver Dollar City?

By rides we track waits for, Silver Dollar City is the bigger day out: 27 rides against 25. 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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