Seaworld Orlando
vs
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Seaworld Orlando and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom queue about the same on a typical day - 20 minutes against 21 minutes across 17 and 18 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.

Seaworld Orlando and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Seaworld OrlandoUnited States	Six Flags Discovery KingdomUnited States
Average wait per ride	20 min (best of the two)	21 min
Rides with recorded waits	17	18 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	ALL NEW! - Expedition Odyssey Fire & Ice47 min	WONDER WOMAN Lasso of Truth44 min
Shortest typical queue	Super Grover's Box Car Derby7 min	Thrilla Gorilla5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	54%	84% (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.

Seaworld Orlando and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom compared on live queue times
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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 Seaworld Orlando and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom queue about the same on a typical day - 20 minutes against 21 minutes across 17 and 18 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 Seaworld Orlando if…

Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 20 minutes a ride
ALL NEW! - Expedition Odyssey Fire & Ice is on your list - it is Seaworld Orlando's longest typical queue at about 47 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Seaworld Orlando'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 21 minutes a ride
You want more to do: 18 rides here have recorded wait data against 17 at Seaworld Orlando
You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's rides run 84% of opening hours against 54% at Seaworld Orlando
WONDER WOMAN Lasso of Truth is on your list - it is Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's longest typical queue at about 44 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.

Seaworld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando is the Florida flagship of the SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment group. Beyond the marine animal exhibits, the park has a strong coaster line-up: Mako (one of Florida's tallest coasters at 200 feet), Manta (a flying coaster), Ice Breaker, Kraken (a floorless coaster), Pipeline (a surfing-style stand-up coaster), and the newer Penguin Trek.

SeaWorld Orlando is usually less crowded than Disney and Universal, but Florida school holidays, Halloween Spooktacular and Christmas Celebration push peak attendance higher. Weekdays in September, October and January are dramatically quieter. Check live queue times for Mako and Pipeline on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date for shorter waits across the coaster line-up.

Seaworld Orlando 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

Seaworld Orlando or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

Which is better, Seaworld Orlando or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 20 minutes a ride on a typical day. Seaworld Orlando has 17 rides with recorded waits against 18 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom also runs its rides more reliably - 84% of opening hours against 54%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Seaworld Orlando or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

They are level. Seaworld Orlando averages 20 minutes a ride on a typical day and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom averages 21 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Seaworld Orlando best time to visit and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Seaworld Orlando 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 Seaworld Orlando and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for the full ride lists.

Is Seaworld Orlando bigger than Six Flags Discovery Kingdom?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is the bigger day out: 18 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.

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