Six Flags Great America
vs
Six Flags New England

On a typical day Six Flags New England queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 24 at Six Flags Great America, a difference of roughly 12 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.

Six Flags Great America and Six Flags New England compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Six Flags Great AmericaUnited States	Six Flags New EnglandUnited States
Average wait per ride	24 min	12 min (best of the two)
Rides with recorded waits	23	38 (best of the two)
Longest typical queue	Wrath of Rakshasa48 min	Quantum Accelerator40 min
Shortest typical queue	Rue Le Dodge6 min	Houdini - The Great Escape5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	75%	80% (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.

Six Flags Great America and Six Flags New England 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 Six Flags New England queues less: about 12 minutes a ride against 24 at Six Flags Great America, a difference of roughly 12 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 Six Flags Great America if…

You will accept a longer queue - 24 minutes a ride here against 12 at Six Flags New England - for what Six Flags Great America has that Six Flags New England does not
Wrath of Rakshasa is on your list - it is Six Flags Great America's longest typical queue at about 48 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Great America's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags New England if…

You want shorter queues: Six Flags New England averages 12 minutes a ride against 24 at Six Flags Great America
You want more to do: 38 rides here have recorded wait data against 23 at Six Flags Great America
You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags New England's rides run 80% of opening hours against 75% at Six Flags Great America
Quantum Accelerator is on your list - it is Six Flags New England's longest typical queue at about 40 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags New England's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Six Flags Great America

Six Flags Great America sits in Gurnee, Illinois, between Chicago and Milwaukee. The coaster line-up includes Maxx Force (with one of the world's fastest inversions), X Flight wing coaster, Goliath (a Rocky Mountain Construction wooden coaster), Raging Bull, American Eagle duelling wooden coaster, and Batman: The Ride. A Hurricane Harbor water park is included during summer.

Illinois and Wisconsin school holidays, Chicago-area weekend visits, and the popular Fright Fest event drive Six Flags Great America's busiest periods. Weekdays in May, June, September and October are dramatically quieter. Check live wait times for Maxx Force and Goliath on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd midweek date for shorter queues.

Six Flags Great America live queue times

Six Flags New England

Six Flags New England sits in Agawam, Massachusetts, near the Connecticut state line. The coaster line-up includes Superman: The Ride (consistently rated one of the world's best steel coasters), Wicked Cyclone (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Goliath inverted coaster, Flashback, Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster, and the classic Thunderbolt. A Hurricane Harbor water park is included with admission.

Massachusetts and Connecticut school holidays, Fright Fest and US summer weekends drive Six Flags New England's peak crowds. Weekdays in May, September and October stay dramatically calmer. Check live wait times for Superman and Wicked Cyclone on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date - queue times on most rides drop into single digits on quieter days.

Six Flags New England live queue times

05 · Questions

Six Flags Great America or Six Flags New England?

Which is better, Six Flags Great America or Six Flags New England?

If you are judging on queues, Six Flags New England: it averages about 12 minutes a ride on a typical day against 24 at Six Flags Great America, roughly 12 minutes back on every queue you join. Six Flags Great America has 23 rides with recorded waits against 38 at Six Flags New England. Six Flags New England also runs its rides more reliably - 80% of opening hours against 75%.

Which has shorter queues, Six Flags Great America or Six Flags New England?

Six Flags New England, by about 12 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags New England averages 12 minutes against 24 at Six Flags Great America. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Six Flags Great America best time to visit and Six Flags New England best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Six Flags Great America and Six Flags New England 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 Six Flags Great America and Six Flags New England for the full ride lists.

Is Six Flags Great America bigger than Six Flags New England?

By rides we track waits for, Six Flags New England is the bigger day out: 38 rides against 23. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours - and on those Six Flags New England 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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