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Seaworld Orlando
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Six Flags Frontier City

On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 20 at Seaworld Orlando, a difference of roughly 13 minutes on every queue you join.

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 Frontier City compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallySeaworld OrlandoUnited StatesSix Flags Frontier CityUnited States
Average wait per ride 20 min7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 1721 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue ALL NEW! - Expedition Odyssey Fire & Ice47 minRenegade Rapids12 min
Shortest typical queue Super Grover's Box Car Derby7 minTina's Tea Cup Twirl5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running54%90% (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 Frontier City compared on live queue times
Right nowSeaworld OrlandoUnited StatesSix Flags Frontier CityUnited 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 Six Flags Frontier City queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 20 at Seaworld Orlando, a difference of roughly 13 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 Seaworld Orlando if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 20 minutes a ride here against 7 at Six Flags Frontier City - for what Seaworld Orlando has that Six Flags Frontier City does not
  • 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 Frontier City if…

  • You want shorter queues: Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 minutes a ride against 20 at Seaworld Orlando
  • You want more to do: 21 rides here have recorded wait data against 17 at Seaworld Orlando
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Frontier City's rides run 90% of opening hours against 54% at Seaworld Orlando
  • Renegade Rapids is on your list - it is Six Flags Frontier City's longest typical queue at about 12 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Six Flags Frontier City'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 Frontier City

Frontier City sits in Oklahoma City and is the smallest of the Six Flags parks, themed around an Old West town. The coaster line-up includes Steel Lasso, Silver Bullet (a Vekoma corkscrew), Diamond Back (a shuttle-style coaster), Wildcat wooden coaster, and Mystery River Log Flume. A White Water Bay water park operates at a separate nearby site during summer.

Oklahoma school holidays, US summer weekends and the Fright Fest event drive Frontier City's peak crowds. Weekdays outside school breaks stay very quiet, often with walk-on queue times. Check live wait times on arrival and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit - Frontier City pairs well with a road-trip stop rather than a destination-park holiday.

Six Flags Frontier City live queue times

05 · Questions

Seaworld Orlando or Six Flags Frontier City?

Which is better, Seaworld Orlando or Six Flags Frontier City?

If you are judging on queues, Six Flags Frontier City: it averages about 7 minutes a ride on a typical day against 20 at Seaworld Orlando, roughly 13 minutes back on every queue you join. Seaworld Orlando has 17 rides with recorded waits against 21 at Six Flags Frontier City. Six Flags Frontier City also runs its rides more reliably - 90% of opening hours against 54%.

Which has shorter queues, Seaworld Orlando or Six Flags Frontier City?

Six Flags Frontier City, by about 13 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 minutes against 20 at Seaworld Orlando. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Seaworld Orlando best time to visit and Six Flags Frontier City best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Seaworld Orlando and Six Flags Frontier City 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 Frontier City for the full ride lists.

Is Seaworld Orlando bigger than Six Flags Frontier City?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Frontier City is the bigger day out: 21 rides against 17. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Six Flags Frontier City 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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