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Knott's Berry Farm
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Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Fiesta Texas queue about the same on a typical day - 19 minutes against 20 minutes across 17 and 21 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.

Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Fiesta Texas compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyKnott's Berry FarmUnited StatesSix Flags Fiesta TexasUnited States
Average wait per ride 19 min (best of the two)20 min
Rides with recorded waits 1721 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue GhostRider57 minBugs' White Water Rapids44 min
Shortest typical queue Supreme Scream8 minMETROPOLIS™ Transit Authority6 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running93% (best of the two)84%

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.

Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Fiesta Texas compared on live queue times
Right nowKnott's Berry FarmUnited StatesSix Flags Fiesta 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 Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Fiesta Texas queue about the same on a typical day - 19 minutes against 20 minutes across 17 and 21 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 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 84% at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
  • 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

Pick Six Flags Fiesta Texas if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 20 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 21 rides here have recorded wait data against 17 at Knott's Berry Farm
  • Bugs' White Water Rapids is on your list - it is Six Flags Fiesta Texas's longest typical queue at about 44 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags Fiesta Texas's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

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

Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Six Flags Fiesta Texas sits in a former limestone quarry in San Antonio, Texas - one of the most distinctive settings of any US theme park. The coaster line-up includes Iron Rattler (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Batman: The Ride (a 4-D free-fly coaster), Superman Krypton Coaster, Poltergeist, and Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster. A Hurricane Harbor Pirate Cove water park is included with admission.

Texas school holidays, Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park drive Fiesta Texas's peak crowds. Summer San Antonio heat pushes queue times up in the afternoons as guests head to the shaded quarry walls and water rides. Check live wait times for Iron Rattler and Wonder Woman on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a cooler midweek date for shorter queues.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas live queue times

05 · Questions

Knott's Berry Farm or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

Which is better, Knott's Berry Farm or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 19 minutes a ride on a typical day. Knott's Berry Farm has 17 rides with recorded waits against 21 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Knott's Berry Farm also runs its rides more reliably - 93% of opening hours against 84%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Knott's Berry Farm or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

They are level. Knott's Berry Farm averages 19 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags Fiesta Texas averages 20 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Knott's Berry Farm best time to visit and Six Flags Fiesta Texas best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Fiesta 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 Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Fiesta Texas for the full ride lists.

Is Knott's Berry Farm bigger than Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the bigger day out: 21 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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