The Great Escape
vs
Worlds Of Fun

Side-by-side queue times, ride counts and opening hours for The Great Escape and Worlds Of Fun, with a straight recommendation.

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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.

The Great Escape and Worlds Of Fun compared on live queue times
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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 The Great Escape if…

You want The Great Escape's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Worlds Of Fun if…

You want Worlds Of Fun's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

The Great Escape

The Great Escape sits in Queensbury, New York, near Lake George in the Adirondack region. The park has been running since 1954 and combines older classic rides with a newer Ghost Town themed area. Headline coasters include Comet (a rebuilt classic wooden coaster, originally from Crystal Beach Park), Steamin' Demon, and a Ghost Town coaster. A Great Escape Splashwater Kingdom water park is included with admission.

The Great Escape has a short operating season (roughly Memorial Day to Labor Day, plus Fright Fest weekends) with peak crowds on summer weekends and US school holidays. Weekdays are usually very pleasant. Check live wait times for Comet on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek visit - the Lake George location pairs well with a full Adirondacks holiday.

The Great Escape live queue times

Worlds Of Fun

Worlds of Fun is a theme park in Kansas City, Missouri, opened in 1973 and now run under the Six Flags banner. The park covers 235 acres with themed areas based on continents and a varied coaster line-up: Mamba (a 205-foot Morgan hyper coaster), Prowler (a GCI wooden coaster), Patriot (an inverted coaster), and Timber Wolf. An Oceans of Fun water park operates on the same site in summer.

Kansas City school holidays and the Halloween Haunt drive Worlds of Fun's peak crowds, particularly weekend days in July, August and October. Weekdays in May, September and early October are much quieter. Check live queue times for Mamba and Prowler before committing, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd midweek date for shorter waits.

Worlds Of Fun live queue times

05 · Questions

The Great Escape or Worlds Of Fun?

Which is better, The Great Escape or Worlds Of Fun?

Neither is better across the board - it depends whether you are optimising for shorter queues or for the rides you actually want. This page puts live queue times, ride counts and opening hours side by side so you can judge on your own priorities.

Which has shorter queues, The Great Escape or Worlds Of Fun?

Queues change hour by hour. The typical figures above are the fair answer for planning; the live table answers today. Mid-week visits outside school holidays give the shortest queues at either park. See The Great Escape best time to visit and Worlds Of Fun best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit The Great Escape and Worlds Of Fun 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 The Great Escape and Worlds Of Fun for the full ride lists.

Is The Great Escape bigger than Worlds Of Fun?

Park size is less useful than how many rides you can actually get on in a day - that comes down to queue times and opening hours. The comparison above shows ride counts and wait times for both.

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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