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Lake Compounce
vs
Sesame Place Langhorne

On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 6 minutes a ride against 16 at Lake Compounce, a difference of roughly 10 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 Sesame Place Langhorne compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyLake CompounceUnited StatesSesame Place LanghorneUnited States
Average wait per ride 16 min6 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 25 (best of the two)9
Longest typical queue Boulder Dash37 minElmo's Cloud Chaser8 min
Shortest typical queue Rainbow Riders5 minVapor Trail Coaster5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running67% (best of the two)43%

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 Sesame Place Langhorne compared on live queue times
Right nowLake CompounceUnited StatesSesame Place LanghorneUnited 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 Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 6 minutes a ride against 16 at Lake Compounce, a difference of roughly 10 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 will accept a longer queue - 16 minutes a ride here against 6 at Sesame Place Langhorne - for what Lake Compounce has that Sesame Place Langhorne does not
  • You want more to do: 25 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Lake Compounce's rides run 67% of opening hours against 43% at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • 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 Sesame Place Langhorne if…

  • You want shorter queues: Sesame Place Langhorne averages 6 minutes a ride against 16 at Lake Compounce
  • Elmo's Cloud Chaser is on your list - it is Sesame Place Langhorne's longest typical queue at about 8 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Sesame Place Langhorne'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

Sesame Place Langhorne

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania is the original Sesame Street theme park, a short drive north of Philadelphia and aimed squarely at children under ten. It mixes a dry side of family rides such as Oscar's Wacky Taxi Coaster, Vapor Trail Coaster and Elmo's Cloud Chaser with a water park of slides and splash areas, plus daily character parades and shows.

Because the audience is young and the park is small, queues build fast in the middle of the day and thin out again as families leave in the afternoon. Wait times here rarely reach big-park levels, but the crowd calendar will still show you which summer weekends to avoid, and checking live before you arrive helps you decide whether to start on the rides or the water side.

Sesame Place Langhorne live queue times

05 · Questions

Lake Compounce or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Which is better, Lake Compounce or Sesame Place Langhorne?

If you are judging on queues, Sesame Place Langhorne: it averages about 6 minutes a ride on a typical day against 16 at Lake Compounce, roughly 10 minutes back on every queue you join. Lake Compounce has 25 rides with recorded waits against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne. Lake Compounce also runs its rides more reliably - 67% of opening hours against 43%.

Which has shorter queues, Lake Compounce or Sesame Place Langhorne?

Sesame Place Langhorne, by about 10 minutes a ride. On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne averages 6 minutes against 16 at Lake Compounce. 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 Sesame Place Langhorne best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Lake Compounce and Sesame Place Langhorne 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 Sesame Place Langhorne for the full ride lists.

Is Lake Compounce bigger than Sesame Place Langhorne?

By rides we track waits for, Lake Compounce is the bigger day out: 25 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 Sesame Place Langhorne 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.

Sesame Place Langhorne calendar