When to queue
Go at 10am.
- Typical wait at 10am
- 1min
- At 4pm, its worst hour
- 33min
Californias Great America
Drop Tower wait times
- Typical wait
- 9min
- At its busiest
- 13min
- Shortest queue
- 11am
9minTypical wait
A typical day, opening to close
Drop Tower at Californias Great America averages 9 minutes. It is shortest at 11am and worst at 12pm. It has run 52% of the park's opening hours recently.
Drop Tower queue times, day by day
Every reading through the day, against what Drop Tower usually does at that hour. Pick another day underneath.
Drop Tower over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Drop Tower has averaged about 9 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 13 minutes, with the longest queues near 12pm, and the shortest near 11am. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
- Typical
- 9min
- Peak
- 13min
- Running
- -%
- Busiest at
- 12pm
Last 3 days, tap one
Which day
Pick a Saturday.
- Typical wait on a Saturday
- 5min
- On a Sunday
- 6min
The record
20 minutes.
The longest queue posted for Drop Tower, on Saturday 31 October.
Every ride at Californias Great America →When is the Drop Tower queue shortest?
Usually at 10am, about 1 minutes, against 33 at 4pm. Turning up at the right hour saves 32 minutes on a single ride.
Drop Tower queue times by hour
Typical wait, last 90 days · minutes
110a
1111a
1312p
251p
252p
293p
334p
175p
206p
147p
198p
19p
Walk on under 10 minShort 10-19 minModerate 20-34 minLong 35-59 minVery long 60 min and up
Best time to ride Drop Tower
10am on a Saturday
Drop Tower averages 1 minutes at 10am. The longest queue it has ever held is 20 minutes.
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Which day is quietest for Drop Tower?
Saturday, at 5 minutes on average, against 6 on Sunday.
Drop Tower by day of the week
3 days with a recorded queue
- Sat5m
- Sun6m
Does Drop Tower break down?
It ran 52% of Californias Great America's opening hours across 3 recorded days. It ran without a recorded stop on Tuesday 10 Nov.
Uptime and closures
52% of opening hours · 3 days recorded
52%
Poor
Running 52% of the minutes Californias Great America was open.
Each square is one day, its share of opening hours running. Tap a day to open it above.
How long can the Drop Tower queue get?
The worst queue recorded for Drop Tower was 20 minutes on Saturday 31 Oct.
Longest Drop Tower queues on record
Peaks in the last 14 days · Every one a real date
- 1Saturday 31 Oct20m
- 2Sunday 1 Nov10m
Which months are busiest for Drop Tower?
August runs longest at 25 minutes on average, and November is quietest at 8.
Drop Tower through the year
All-time average by month · minutes
13Apr
23May
14Jun
20Jul
25Aug
24Sep
14Oct
8Nov
About Drop Tower
Drop Tower is one of 13 rides tracked at Californias Great America, 12th longest of 13 by usual wait. It queues about 9 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 28-minute park average.
Drop Tower has averaged about 9 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 12pm and quietest around 11am.
How we measure
- Readings
- The queue time Californias Great America publishes for this ride, read every few minutes while the park is open.
- By hour
- This ride's own last 90 days, within opening hours.
- Day by day
- Its last 14 days.
- Running
- The share of the park's open minutes the ride was running.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Drop Tower?
The live wait time for Drop Tower at Californias Great America is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Drop Tower wait times.
Is Drop Tower open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Drop Tower is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Californias Great America's own ride system. You can also see the live status of every ride at Californias Great America.
What's the best time of day to ride Drop Tower?
Based on historical wait time data, Drop Tower is typically quietest around 11am. For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window.
How long is the line for Drop Tower usually?
Over recent weeks, Drop Tower has averaged about 9 minutes, with lines usually longest around 12pm. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak lines for Drop Tower at Californias Great America.
Is Drop Tower often closed or broken down?
We track Drop Tower's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.
Where can I find Drop Tower at Californias Great America?
Drop Tower is at Californias Great America - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Californias Great America page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.
Can I get wait time alerts for Drop Tower?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Drop Tower's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Drop Tower is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.
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