Kings Island
vs
Six Flags Over Texas

On a typical day Kings Island queues less: about 29 minutes a ride against 44 at Six Flags Over Texas, a difference of roughly 15 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 Island and Six Flags Over Texas compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Kings IslandUnited States	Six Flags Over TexasUnited States
Average wait per ride	29 min (best of the two)	44 min
Rides with recorded waits	21 (best of the two)	20
Longest typical queue	Flight of Fear53 min	MR. FREEZE78 min
Shortest typical queue	Delirium13 min	CATWOMAN Whip21 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	72%	79% (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 Island and Six Flags Over Texas compared on live queue times
Right now	Kings IslandUnited States	Six Flags Over TexasUnited 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 Kings Island queues less: about 29 minutes a ride against 44 at Six Flags Over Texas, a difference of roughly 15 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 Island if…

You want shorter queues: Kings Island averages 29 minutes a ride against 44 at Six Flags Over Texas
You want more to do: 21 rides here have recorded wait data against 20 at Six Flags Over Texas
Flight of Fear is on your list - it is Kings Island's longest typical queue at about 53 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Kings Island's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags Over Texas if…

You will accept a longer queue - 44 minutes a ride here against 29 at Kings Island - for what Six Flags Over Texas has that Kings Island does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Over Texas's rides run 79% of opening hours against 72% at Kings Island
MR. FREEZE is on your list - it is Six Flags Over Texas's longest typical queue at about 78 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Over Texas's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Kings Island

Kings Island is a huge theme park in Mason, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. It's one of the Cedar Fair (now Six Flags) parks and runs a strong coaster line-up: The Beast (the world's longest wooden coaster, opened 1979), Diamondback, Mystic Timbers, Orion (a giga coaster), Banshee (the world's longest inverted coaster), and Racer. A full water park operates on the same site during summer.

The Ohio summer school break and Halloween Haunt event drive Kings Island's busiest periods, with weekend queue times on Orion and The Beast often exceeding 90 minutes. Weekdays in May, September and October are dramatically quieter. Check live wait times on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit if you want to ride everything in a day.

Kings Island live queue times

Six Flags Over Texas

Six Flags Over Texas is the original Six Flags park, opened in 1961 in Arlington - the location that gave the whole chain its name. The coaster line-up includes New Texas Giant (a record-setting Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Titan (a 255-foot hyper coaster), Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast, Judge Roy Scream, Shock Wave, and the classic Runaway Mine Train.

Texas school holidays, the extremely popular Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park events drive most of Six Flags Over Texas's peak crowds. Summer heat can push queue times up as guests seek the shadier rides and water attractions. Check live wait times for New Texas Giant and Titan on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a cooler, lower-crowd midweek date.

Six Flags Over Texas live queue times

05 · Questions

Kings Island or Six Flags Over Texas?

Which is better, Kings Island or Six Flags Over Texas?

If you are judging on queues, Kings Island: it averages about 29 minutes a ride on a typical day against 44 at Six Flags Over Texas, roughly 15 minutes back on every queue you join. Kings Island has 21 rides with recorded waits against 20 at Six Flags Over Texas. Six Flags Over Texas also runs its rides more reliably - 79% of opening hours against 72%.

Which has shorter queues, Kings Island or Six Flags Over Texas?

Kings Island, by about 15 minutes a ride. On a typical day Kings Island averages 29 minutes against 44 at Six Flags Over Texas. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Kings Island best time to visit and Six Flags Over Texas best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Kings Island and Six Flags Over Texas 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 Island and Six Flags Over Texas for the full ride lists.

Is Kings Island bigger than Six Flags Over Texas?

By rides we track waits for, Kings Island is the bigger day out: 21 rides against 20. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Kings Island 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.

Kings Island calendar Six Flags Over Texas calendar