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Lake Compounce
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Seaworld Orlando

Lake Compounce and Seaworld Orlando queue about the same on a typical day - 16 minutes against 17 minutes across 25 and 13 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.

Lake Compounce and Seaworld Orlando compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyLake CompounceUnited StatesSeaworld OrlandoUnited States
Average wait per ride 16 min (best of the two)17 min
Rides with recorded waits 25 (best of the two)13
Longest typical queue Boulder Dash37 minALL NEW! - Expedition Odyssey Fire & Ice29 min
Shortest typical queue Rainbow Riders5 minSuper Grover's Box Car Derby5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running67% (best of the two)58%

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 Seaworld Orlando compared on live queue times
Right nowLake CompounceUnited StatesSeaworld OrlandoUnited 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 Lake Compounce and Seaworld Orlando queue about the same on a typical day - 16 minutes against 17 minutes across 25 and 13 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 Lake Compounce if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 16 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 25 rides here have recorded wait data against 13 at Seaworld Orlando
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Lake Compounce's rides run 67% of opening hours against 58% at Seaworld Orlando
  • 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 Seaworld Orlando if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 17 minutes a ride
  • ALL NEW! - Expedition Odyssey Fire & Ice is on your list - it is Seaworld Orlando's longest typical queue at about 29 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Seaworld Orlando'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

Seaworld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando is the Florida flagship of the SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment group. Beyond the marine animal exhibits, the park has a strong coaster line-up: Mako (one of Florida's tallest coasters at 200 feet), Manta (a flying coaster), Ice Breaker, Kraken (a floorless coaster), Pipeline (a surfing-style stand-up coaster), and the newer Penguin Trek.

SeaWorld Orlando is usually less crowded than Disney and Universal, but Florida school holidays, Halloween Spooktacular and Christmas Celebration push peak attendance higher. Weekdays in September, October and January are dramatically quieter. Check live queue times for Mako and Pipeline on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for shorter waits across the coaster line-up.

Seaworld Orlando live queue times

05 · Questions

Lake Compounce or Seaworld Orlando?

Which is better, Lake Compounce or Seaworld Orlando?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 16 minutes a ride on a typical day. Lake Compounce has 25 rides with recorded waits against 13 at Seaworld Orlando. Lake Compounce also runs its rides more reliably - 67% of opening hours against 58%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Lake Compounce or Seaworld Orlando?

They are level. Lake Compounce averages 16 minutes a ride on a typical day and Seaworld Orlando averages 17 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Lake Compounce best time to visit and Seaworld Orlando best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Lake Compounce and Seaworld Orlando 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 Seaworld Orlando for the full ride lists.

Is Lake Compounce bigger than Seaworld Orlando?

By rides we track waits for, Lake Compounce is the bigger day out: 25 rides against 13. 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.

Seaworld Orlando calendar