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Lake Compounce
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Six Flags Fiesta Texas

On a typical day Lake Compounce queues less: about 16 minutes a ride against 36 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, a difference of roughly 20 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 Six Flags Fiesta Texas compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyLake CompounceUnited StatesSix Flags Fiesta TexasUnited States
Average wait per ride 16 min (best of the two)36 min
Rides with recorded waits 25 (best of the two)21
Longest typical queue Boulder Dash37 minPoltergeist63 min
Shortest typical queue Rainbow Riders5 minMETROPOLIS™ Transit Authority13 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running67%79% (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 Fiesta Texas compared on live queue times
Right nowLake CompounceUnited 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 On a typical day Lake Compounce queues less: about 16 minutes a ride against 36 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, a difference of roughly 20 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 36 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
  • You want more to do: 25 rides here have recorded wait data against 21 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
  • 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 Fiesta Texas if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 36 minutes a ride here against 16 at Lake Compounce - for what Six Flags Fiesta Texas has that Lake Compounce does not
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Fiesta Texas's rides run 79% of opening hours against 67% at Lake Compounce
  • Poltergeist is on your list - it is Six Flags Fiesta Texas's longest typical queue at about 63 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.

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 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

Lake Compounce or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

Which is better, Lake Compounce or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

If you are judging on queues, Lake Compounce: it averages about 16 minutes a ride on a typical day against 36 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, roughly 20 minutes back on every queue you join. Lake Compounce has 25 rides with recorded waits against 21 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Six Flags Fiesta Texas also runs its rides more reliably - 79% of opening hours against 67%.

Which has shorter queues, Lake Compounce or Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

Lake Compounce, by about 20 minutes a ride. On a typical day Lake Compounce averages 16 minutes against 36 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. 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 Six Flags Fiesta Texas best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Lake Compounce 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 Lake Compounce and Six Flags Fiesta Texas for the full ride lists.

Is Lake Compounce bigger than Six Flags Fiesta Texas?

By rides we track waits for, Lake Compounce is the bigger day out: 25 rides against 21. 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.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas calendar