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Parque De Atracciones Madrid
vs
PortAventura World

Parque De Atracciones Madrid and PortAventura World queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 18 minutes across 16 and 50 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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.

Parque De Atracciones Madrid and PortAventura World compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyParque De Atracciones MadridSpainPortAventura WorldSpain
Average wait per ride 18 min18 min
Rides with recorded waits 1650 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Abismo38 minFerrari Land Gallery55 min
Shortest typical queue Nickelodeon Express5 minVolPaiute5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running97% (best of the two)54%

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.

Parque De Atracciones Madrid and PortAventura World compared on live queue times
Right nowParque De Atracciones MadridSpainPortAventura WorldSpain
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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 Parque De Atracciones Madrid and PortAventura World queue about the same on a typical day - 18 minutes against 18 minutes across 16 and 50 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 Parque De Atracciones Madrid if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 18 minutes a ride
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Parque De Atracciones Madrid's rides run 97% of opening hours against 54% at PortAventura World
  • Abismo is on your list - it is Parque De Atracciones Madrid's longest typical queue at about 38 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Parque De Atracciones Madrid's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick PortAventura World if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 18 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 50 rides here have recorded wait data against 16 at Parque De Atracciones Madrid
  • Ferrari Land Gallery is on your list - it is PortAventura World's longest typical queue at about 55 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want PortAventura World's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Parque De Atracciones Madrid

Parque de Atracciones de Madrid is a theme park inside Casa de Campo park in central Madrid, originally opened in 1969. It's compact but coaster-dense: Abismo (a vertical-lift Maurer coaster), Tornado (an inverted Vekoma boomerang), TNT Tren de la Mina, and Tifón. The park is split into themed zones including Nickelodeon Land for younger families.

Because it's inside the city, the park pulls strong weekend and evening attendance almost year-round. Madrid summers are hot and push crowds into the cooler evening hours. Check live queue times before tackling Abismo and Tornado, and use our crowd calendar to pick a weekday visit outside Spanish school holidays for much shorter waits on the major rides.

Parque De Atracciones Madrid live queue times

PortAventura World

PortAventura World sits in Salou on Spain's Costa Daurada, about an hour south of Barcelona, and is one of Europe's largest theme park resorts. The main PortAventura Park runs themed areas (Mediterrània, Polynesia, China, México, Far West, SésamoAventura) and major coasters including Shambhala, Dragon Khan, Furius Baco (with a 135 km/h launch), and the classic Stampida. A separate Ferrari Land with Red Force - Europe's tallest coaster at 112 m - sits next door.

Spanish, French and UK school holidays drive huge crowds to PortAventura, especially during July and August and the Halloween season. Midweek days in May, June and September are dramatically calmer. Check live wait times for Shambhala and Red Force on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd date - PortAventura's resort hotels make multi-day visits easy to plan.

PortAventura World live queue times

05 · Questions

Parque De Atracciones Madrid or PortAventura World?

Which is better, Parque De Atracciones Madrid or PortAventura World?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 18 minutes a ride on a typical day. Parque De Atracciones Madrid has 16 rides with recorded waits against 50 at PortAventura World. Parque De Atracciones Madrid also runs its rides more reliably - 97% of opening hours against 54%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Parque De Atracciones Madrid or PortAventura World?

They are level. Parque De Atracciones Madrid averages 18 minutes a ride on a typical day and PortAventura World averages 18 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Parque De Atracciones Madrid best time to visit and PortAventura World best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Parque De Atracciones Madrid and PortAventura World in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in Spain, 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 Parque De Atracciones Madrid and PortAventura World for the full ride lists.

Is Parque De Atracciones Madrid bigger than PortAventura World?

By rides we track waits for, PortAventura World is the bigger day out: 50 rides against 16. 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.