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Legoland Windsor
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Thorpe Park

On a typical day Thorpe Park queues less: about 24 minutes a ride against 30 at Legoland Windsor, a difference of roughly 6 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.

Legoland Windsor and Thorpe Park compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyLegoland WindsorUnited KingdomThorpe ParkUnited Kingdom
Average wait per ride 30 min24 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 33 (best of the two)21
Longest typical queue LEGO® Festival: LEGO® Pokémon™ Trainer Centre148 minHyperia54 min
Shortest typical queue Splash Safari5 minVortex5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running94% (best of the two)85%

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.

Legoland Windsor and Thorpe Park compared on live queue times
Right nowLegoland WindsorUnited KingdomThorpe ParkUnited Kingdom
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Rides open --
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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 Thorpe Park queues less: about 24 minutes a ride against 30 at Legoland Windsor, a difference of roughly 6 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 Legoland Windsor if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 30 minutes a ride here against 24 at Thorpe Park - for what Legoland Windsor has that Thorpe Park does not
  • You want more to do: 33 rides here have recorded wait data against 21 at Thorpe Park
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Legoland Windsor's rides run 94% of opening hours against 85% at Thorpe Park
  • LEGO® Festival: LEGO® Pokémon™ Trainer Centre is on your list - it is Legoland Windsor's longest typical queue at about 148 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Legoland Windsor's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Thorpe Park if…

  • You want shorter queues: Thorpe Park averages 24 minutes a ride against 30 at Legoland Windsor
  • Hyperia is on your list - it is Thorpe Park's longest typical queue at about 54 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Thorpe Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Legoland Windsor

LEGOLAND Windsor is a family theme park built on the former site of the Windsor Safari Park, 30 minutes west of London. The park is aimed squarely at families with children aged 2-12, with highlights including the Haunted House Monster Party drop tower, the Dragon coaster through LEGOLAND Castle, the MINILAND models, and a full LEGO-themed water playground.

School holidays and weekends get extremely busy - Windsor is a long-standing family day-trip destination for London. Check live wait times before heading to the busiest attractions, and use the crowd calendar to pick a quieter midweek day if possible. The park is quite compact, so queues on popular rides can stretch quickly once the gates open.

Legoland Windsor live queue times

Thorpe Park

Thorpe Park is the UK's premier thrill-ride destination, sitting on a lake-filled 500-acre site in Chertsey, Surrey. Owned by Merlin Entertainments, the park is built around adrenaline: Stealth rockets from 0 to 80 mph in under two seconds, Hyperia stands as Britain's tallest and fastest rollercoaster at 236 feet, and Nemesis Inferno, Saw and Colossus round out one of the most coaster-heavy line-ups in Europe.

Queue times at Thorpe Park swing dramatically with the seasons - quiet in spring and on weekdays, extremely busy during Fright Nights in October and summer weekends. Check live queue times before your ride priorities, and use the crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit if you want to hit every major coaster in a single day.

Thorpe Park live queue times

05 · Questions

Legoland Windsor or Thorpe Park?

Which is better, Legoland Windsor or Thorpe Park?

If you are judging on queues, Thorpe Park: it averages about 24 minutes a ride on a typical day against 30 at Legoland Windsor, roughly 6 minutes back on every queue you join. Legoland Windsor has 33 rides with recorded waits against 21 at Thorpe Park. Legoland Windsor also runs its rides more reliably - 94% of opening hours against 85%.

Which has shorter queues, Legoland Windsor or Thorpe Park?

Thorpe Park, by about 6 minutes a ride. On a typical day Thorpe Park averages 24 minutes against 30 at Legoland Windsor. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Legoland Windsor best time to visit and Thorpe Park best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Legoland Windsor and Thorpe Park in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in United Kingdom, 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 Legoland Windsor and Thorpe Park for the full ride lists.

Is Legoland Windsor bigger than Thorpe Park?

By rides we track waits for, Legoland Windsor is the bigger day out: 33 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 Thorpe Park 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.

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