Lake Compounce
vs
Magic Kingdom

On a typical day Lake Compounce queues less: about 16 minutes a ride against 23 at Magic Kingdom, a difference of roughly 7 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.

Lake Compounce and Magic Kingdom compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Lake CompounceUnited States	Magic KingdomUnited States
Average wait per ride	16 min (best of the two)	23 min
Rides with recorded waits	25 (best of the two)	24
Longest typical queue	Boulder Dash37 min	TRON Lightcycle / Run58 min
Shortest typical queue	Rainbow Riders5 min	Prince Charming Regal Carrousel8 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	67%	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.

Lake Compounce and Magic Kingdom compared on live queue times
Right now	Lake CompounceUnited States	Magic KingdomUnited States
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Longest queue	-	-
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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 Lake Compounce queues less: about 16 minutes a ride against 23 at Magic Kingdom, a difference of roughly 7 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 Lake Compounce if…

You want shorter queues: Lake Compounce averages 16 minutes a ride against 23 at Magic Kingdom
You want more to do: 25 rides here have recorded wait data against 24 at Magic Kingdom
Boulder Dash is on your list - it is Lake Compounce's longest typical queue at about 37 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Lake Compounce's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Magic Kingdom if…

You will accept a longer queue - 23 minutes a ride here against 16 at Lake Compounce - for what Magic Kingdom has that Lake Compounce does not
You would rather not find rides shut: Magic Kingdom's rides run 90% of opening hours against 67% at Lake Compounce
TRON Lightcycle / Run is on your list - it is Magic Kingdom's longest typical queue at about 58 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Magic Kingdom's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Lake Compounce

Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, opened in 1846 and is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in North America. Boulder Dash is the standout, a wooden coaster that runs along the side of the mountain, alongside the 1927 Wildcat, the triple-launch Phobia Phear and Thunder N Lightning. The park also has the Crocodile Cove water park, and in the autumn it adds Halloween haunts on select dates.

Summer weekends and the July holiday week are the busiest. Weekdays in June and the autumn weekends before the haunts open are quieter. Check the live queue times before you go and use the crowd calendar to choose a day.

Lake Compounce live queue times

Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom is the original Florida Disney park, opened in 1971, and still the most-visited theme park in the world. The classic line-up is iconic: Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, TRON Lightcycle / Run, and Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Cinderella Castle anchors the central hub with nightly fireworks.

Magic Kingdom is busy almost every day of the year, with peak crowds during US school holidays, the December holidays, and special events like Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. Mid-January through early February is the quietest period. Check live wait times across Disney's free Lightning Lane system, and use our crowd calendar to plan your visit around Disney's Extended Evening Hours and holiday patterns.

Magic Kingdom live queue times

05 · Questions

Lake Compounce or Magic Kingdom?

Which is better, Lake Compounce or Magic Kingdom?

If you are judging on queues, Lake Compounce: it averages about 16 minutes a ride on a typical day against 23 at Magic Kingdom, roughly 7 minutes back on every queue you join. Lake Compounce has 25 rides with recorded waits against 24 at Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 67%.

Which has shorter queues, Lake Compounce or Magic Kingdom?

Lake Compounce, by about 7 minutes a ride. On a typical day Lake Compounce averages 16 minutes against 23 at Magic Kingdom. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Lake Compounce best time to visit and Magic Kingdom best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Lake Compounce and Magic Kingdom 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 Lake Compounce and Magic Kingdom for the full ride lists.

Is Lake Compounce bigger than Magic Kingdom?

By rides we track waits for, Lake Compounce is the bigger day out: 25 rides against 24. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Lake Compounce 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.

Magic Kingdom calendar