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Seaworld San Antonio
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Six Flags Frontier City

On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 12 at Seaworld San Antonio, a difference of roughly 5 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 San Antonio and Six Flags Frontier City compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallySeaworld San AntonioUnited StatesSix Flags Frontier CityUnited States
Average wait per ride 12 min7 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits 921 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Rio Loco30 minRenegade Rapids12 min
Shortest typical queue Riptide Rescue5 minTina's Tea Cup Twirl5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running70%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 San Antonio and Six Flags Frontier City compared on live queue times
Right nowSeaworld San AntonioUnited 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 12 at Seaworld San Antonio, a difference of roughly 5 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 will accept a longer queue - 12 minutes a ride here against 7 at Six Flags Frontier City - for what Seaworld San Antonio has that Six Flags Frontier City does not
  • 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 Frontier City if…

  • You want shorter queues: Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 minutes a ride against 12 at Seaworld San Antonio
  • You want more to do: 21 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Seaworld San Antonio
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Frontier City's rides run 90% of opening hours against 70% at Seaworld San Antonio
  • 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 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 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 San Antonio or Six Flags Frontier City?

Which is better, Seaworld San Antonio 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 12 at Seaworld San Antonio, roughly 5 minutes back on every queue you join. Seaworld San Antonio has 9 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 70%.

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

Six Flags Frontier City, by about 5 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags Frontier City averages 7 minutes against 12 at Seaworld San Antonio. 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 Frontier City best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

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

Is Seaworld San Antonio bigger than Six Flags Frontier City?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags Frontier City is the bigger day out: 21 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 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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