Seaworld San Antonio
vs
Six Flags Darien Lake

On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 22 at Six Flags Darien Lake, a difference of roughly 10 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.

Seaworld San Antonio and Six Flags Darien Lake compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Seaworld San AntonioUnited States	Six Flags Darien LakeUnited States
Average wait per ride	12 min (best of the two)	22 min
Rides with recorded waits	9	13 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Rio Loco30 min	Brain Drain51 min
Shortest typical queue	Riptide Rescue5 min	Boomerang8 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	70% (best of the two)	67%

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 San Antonio and Six Flags Darien Lake 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 On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 22 at Six Flags Darien Lake, a difference of roughly 10 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 San Antonio if…

You want shorter queues: Seaworld San Antonio averages 12 minutes a ride against 22 at Six Flags Darien Lake
You would rather not find rides shut: Seaworld San Antonio's rides run 70% of opening hours against 67% at Six Flags Darien Lake
Rio Loco is on your list - it is Seaworld San Antonio's longest typical queue at about 30 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Seaworld San Antonio's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags Darien Lake if…

You will accept a longer queue - 22 minutes a ride here against 12 at Seaworld San Antonio - for what Six Flags Darien Lake has that Seaworld San Antonio does not
You want more to do: 13 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Seaworld San Antonio
Brain Drain is on your list - it is Six Flags Darien Lake's longest typical queue at about 51 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Darien Lake's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Seaworld San Antonio

SeaWorld San Antonio is the largest marine-life theme park in the world by area, sitting on 250 acres in San Antonio, Texas. It combines marine animal shows with a solid coaster line-up: Wave Breaker (a jet-ski themed coaster), Great White (an inverted coaster), Steel Eel (a hyper coaster), Texas Stingray wooden coaster, and the newer Tidal Surge swing ride. A separate Aquatica water park operates next door.

Texas heat drives summer crowds into early mornings and late evenings, with the coolest queue times usually at the start of the day. Halloween Spooktacular, Christmas Celebration and US school holidays are the peak periods. Check live wait times for Texas Stingray and Wave Breaker on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek day for shorter queues.

Seaworld San Antonio live queue times

Six Flags Darien Lake

Six Flags Darien Lake sits in Darien Center, New York, between Buffalo and Rochester. The coaster line-up includes Ride of Steel (a 208-foot hyper coaster from Intamin), Tantrum (a 98-foot Eurofighter), Motocoaster launched coaster, Predator wooden coaster, and the classic Viper stand-up. A Hurricane Harbor water park and a camping resort operate on the same property.

Western New York school holidays, US summer weekends and the Fright Fest event drive Darien Lake's peak crowds. Weekdays in May, September and early October stay dramatically quieter. Check live wait times for Ride of Steel and Tantrum on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit - many rides run near walk-on levels on quieter mornings.

Six Flags Darien Lake live queue times

05 · Questions

Seaworld San Antonio or Six Flags Darien Lake?

Which is better, Seaworld San Antonio or Six Flags Darien Lake?

If you are judging on queues, Seaworld San Antonio: it averages about 12 minutes a ride on a typical day against 22 at Six Flags Darien Lake, roughly 10 minutes back on every queue you join. Seaworld San Antonio has 9 rides with recorded waits against 13 at Six Flags Darien Lake. Seaworld San Antonio also runs its rides more reliably - 70% of opening hours against 67%.

Which has shorter queues, Seaworld San Antonio or Six Flags Darien Lake?

Seaworld San Antonio, by about 10 minutes a ride. On a typical day Seaworld San Antonio averages 12 minutes against 22 at Six Flags Darien Lake. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Seaworld San Antonio best time to visit and Six Flags Darien Lake best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Seaworld San Antonio and Six Flags Darien Lake 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 San Antonio and Six Flags Darien Lake for the full ride lists.

Is Seaworld San Antonio bigger than Six Flags Darien Lake?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Darien Lake is the bigger day out: 13 rides against 9. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Seaworld San Antonio 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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