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Sesame Place Langhorne
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Universal Islands Of Adventure

On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 18 at Universal Islands Of Adventure, a difference of roughly 11 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.

Sesame Place Langhorne and Universal Islands Of Adventure compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallySesame Place LanghorneUnited StatesUniversal Islands Of AdventureUnited States
Average wait per ride 7 min (best of the two)18 min
Rides with recorded waits 918 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue Elmo's Cloud Chaser9 minHagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™61 min
Shortest typical queue Vapor Trail Coaster6 minStorm Force Accelatron®5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running48%91% (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.

Sesame Place Langhorne and Universal Islands Of Adventure 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 Sesame Place Langhorne queues less: about 7 minutes a ride against 18 at Universal Islands Of Adventure, a difference of roughly 11 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 Sesame Place Langhorne if…

  • You want shorter queues: Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes a ride against 18 at Universal Islands Of Adventure
  • Elmo's Cloud Chaser is on your list - it is Sesame Place Langhorne's longest typical queue at about 9 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Sesame Place Langhorne's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Universal Islands Of Adventure if…

  • You will accept a longer queue - 18 minutes a ride here against 7 at Sesame Place Langhorne - for what Universal Islands Of Adventure has that Sesame Place Langhorne does not
  • You want more to do: 18 rides here have recorded wait data against 9 at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Universal Islands Of Adventure's rides run 91% of opening hours against 48% at Sesame Place Langhorne
  • Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™ is on your list - it is Universal Islands Of Adventure's longest typical queue at about 61 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Universal Islands Of Adventure's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Sesame Place Langhorne

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania is the original Sesame Street theme park, a short drive north of Philadelphia and aimed squarely at children under ten. It mixes a dry side of family rides such as Oscar's Wacky Taxi Coaster, Vapor Trail Coaster and Elmo's Cloud Chaser with a water park of slides and splash areas, plus daily character parades and shows.

Because the audience is young and the park is small, queues build fast in the middle of the day and thin out again as families leave in the afternoon. Wait times here rarely reach big-park levels, but the crowd calendar will still show you which summer weekends to avoid, and checking live before you arrive helps you decide whether to start on the rides or the water side.

Sesame Place Langhorne live queue times

Universal Islands Of Adventure

Universal's Islands of Adventure is widely regarded as one of the best theme parks in the world. Its line-up blends record-breaking coasters with detailed themed lands: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, VelociCoaster, The Incredible Hulk Coaster, Pteranodon Flyers, and the classic Jurassic Park River Adventure. The Wizarding World's Hogsmeade is the park's most iconic area.

Like its sister Studios park, Islands of Adventure stays busy year-round, with Hagrid's and VelociCoaster consistently posting the longest queues. Peak periods are US school holidays, Halloween Horror Nights and Christmas. Check live wait times immediately on arrival and head to Hagrid's first. Use our crowd calendar to pick the quietest possible date for your trip.

Universal Islands Of Adventure live queue times

05 · Questions

Sesame Place Langhorne or Universal Islands Of Adventure?

Which is better, Sesame Place Langhorne or Universal Islands Of Adventure?

If you are judging on queues, Sesame Place Langhorne: it averages about 7 minutes a ride on a typical day against 18 at Universal Islands Of Adventure, roughly 11 minutes back on every queue you join. Sesame Place Langhorne has 9 rides with recorded waits against 18 at Universal Islands Of Adventure. Universal Islands Of Adventure also runs its rides more reliably - 91% of opening hours against 48%.

Which has shorter queues, Sesame Place Langhorne or Universal Islands Of Adventure?

Sesame Place Langhorne, by about 11 minutes a ride. On a typical day Sesame Place Langhorne averages 7 minutes against 18 at Universal Islands Of Adventure. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Sesame Place Langhorne best time to visit and Universal Islands Of Adventure best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Sesame Place Langhorne and Universal Islands Of Adventure 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 Sesame Place Langhorne and Universal Islands Of Adventure for the full ride lists.

Is Sesame Place Langhorne bigger than Universal Islands Of Adventure?

By rides we track waits for, Universal Islands Of Adventure is the bigger day out: 18 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 Sesame Place Langhorne 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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