Knotts Berry Farm
vs
Seaworld San Antonio

On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 24 at Knotts Berry Farm, a difference of roughly 12 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.

Knotts Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Knotts Berry FarmUnited States	Seaworld San AntonioUnited States
Average wait per ride	24 min	12 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	16 (best of the two)	9
Longest typical queue	GhostRider64 min	Rio Loco30 min
Shortest typical queue	Los Voladores7 min	Riptide Rescue5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	90% (best of the two)	70%

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.

Knotts Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio compared on live queue times
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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 Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 24 at Knotts Berry Farm, a difference of roughly 12 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 Knotts Berry Farm if…

You will accept a longer queue - 24 minutes a ride here against 12 at Seaworld San Antonio - for what Knotts Berry Farm has that Seaworld San Antonio does not
You want more to do: 16 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Seaworld San Antonio
You would rather not find rides shut: Knotts Berry Farm's rides run 90% of opening hours against 70% at Seaworld San Antonio
GhostRider is on your list - it is Knotts Berry Farm's longest typical queue at about 64 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Knotts Berry Farm's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Seaworld San Antonio if…

You want shorter queues: Seaworld San Antonio averages 12 minutes a ride against 24 at Knotts Berry Farm
Rio Loco is on your list - it is Seaworld San Antonio's longest typical queue at about 30 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Seaworld San Antonio's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Knotts 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.

Knotts Berry Farm live queue times

Seaworld San Antonio

SeaWorld San Antonio is the largest marine-life theme park in the world by area, sitting on 250 acres in San Antonio, Texas. It combines marine animal shows with a solid coaster line-up: Wave Breaker (a jet-ski themed coaster), Great White (an inverted coaster), Steel Eel (a hyper coaster), Texas Stingray wooden coaster, and the newer Tidal Surge swing ride. A separate Aquatica water park operates next door.

Texas heat drives summer crowds into early mornings and late evenings, with the coolest queue times usually at the start of the day. Halloween Spooktacular, Christmas Celebration and US school holidays are the peak periods. Check live wait times for Texas Stingray and Wave Breaker on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek day for shorter queues.

Seaworld San Antonio live queue times

05 · Questions

Knotts Berry Farm or Seaworld San Antonio?

Which is better, Knotts Berry Farm or Seaworld San Antonio?

If you are judging on queues, Seaworld San Antonio: it averages about 12 minutes a ride on a typical day against 24 at Knotts Berry Farm, roughly 12 minutes back on every queue you join. Knotts Berry Farm has 16 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Seaworld San Antonio. Knotts Berry Farm also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 70%.

Which has shorter queues, Knotts Berry Farm or Seaworld San Antonio?

Seaworld San Antonio, by about 12 minutes a ride. On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio averages 12 minutes against 24 at Knotts Berry Farm. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Knotts Berry Farm best time to visit and Seaworld San Antonio best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Knotts Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio 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 Knotts Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio for the full ride lists.

Is Knotts Berry Farm bigger than Seaworld San Antonio?

By rides we track waits for, Knotts Berry Farm is the bigger day out: 16 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 Seaworld San Antonio 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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