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Lake Compounce
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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Lake Compounce and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom queue about the same on a typical day - 16 minutes against 15 minutes across 25 and 17 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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyLake CompounceUnited StatesSix Flags Discovery KingdomUnited States
Average wait per ride 16 min15 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 25 (best of the two)17
Longest typical queue Boulder Dash37 minTHE JOKER35 min
Shortest typical queue Rainbow Riders5 minAcme Fun Factory1 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running67%87% (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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom compared on live queue times
Right nowLake CompounceUnited StatesSix Flags Discovery KingdomUnited 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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom queue about the same on a typical day - 16 minutes against 15 minutes across 25 and 17 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 17 at Six Flags Discovery 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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 15 minutes a ride
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's rides run 87% of opening hours against 67% at Lake Compounce
  • THE JOKER is on your list - it is Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's longest typical queue at about 35 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags Discovery 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

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom sits in Vallejo, California, on San Francisco Bay's northern edge. The park combines a theme park with a marine-animal section, running coasters like Medusa (the West Coast's first floorless), Kong (an inverted coaster), Superman: Ultimate Flight, Joker 4-D Free Fly Coaster, and the newer DC Stunt Coaster. Dolphin, sea lion and bird shows run throughout the day.

Bay Area weekend visits, California school holidays, and the Fright Fest event drive Discovery Kingdom's peak crowds. Weekdays in April, September and October are dramatically quieter, with queue times on most rides staying short. Check live wait times for Medusa and Superman on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for shorter waits. The bayside setting makes for pleasant walking even on quieter days.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom live queue times

05 · Questions

Lake Compounce or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

Which is better, Lake Compounce or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 15 minutes a ride on a typical day. Lake Compounce has 25 rides with recorded waits against 17 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom also runs its rides more reliably - 87% of opening hours against 67%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Lake Compounce or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

They are level. Lake Compounce averages 16 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom averages 15 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Lake Compounce best time to visit and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Lake Compounce and Six Flags Discovery 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 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for the full ride lists.

Is Lake Compounce bigger than Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

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

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom calendar