Dorney Park cheat sheet

Quietest month

November

Busiest month

September

Each ride's own quietest and busiest day, tallied and weighted by how long its queue runs. For a dated answer use the crowd calendar, which scores every day of the year.

1. 12:0012mquietest
2. 13:0016m
3. 14:0016m
4. 15:0018m
5. 16:0018m
6. 17:0018m
7. 18:0019m
8. 19:0021mpeak

Arrive for 12:00. Queues climb to their peak around 19:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Thunder Canyon ~43 min typical · up to 79 at peak · worst around 7pm43m
2. 2Wild Mouse ~35 min typical · up to 48 at peak · worst around 4pm35m
3. 3Thunder Creek Mountain ~30 min typical · up to 37 at peak · worst around 7pm30m

Straight to these from the gate, in this order. Every minute before the park fills is worth three later.

1. 1Steel Force~14 min typical · about 4 min after 3pm4m
2. 2Possessed~12 min typical · about 2 min after 3pm2m
3. 3Dominator~14 min typical · about 6 min after 4pm6m
4. 4Dominator Red~12 min typical · about 6 min after 4pm6m

Save them for the last two hours, when the coach parties have gone and the queue is a fraction of the afternoon's.

1. 1Thunder Canyonrunning 0% of the park's open hours0%
2. 2Thunder Creek Mountainrunning 0% of the park's open hours0%
3. 3White Water Landingrunning 0% of the park's open hours0%
4. 4Snoopy's Rocket Expressrunning 15% of the park's open hours15%
5. 5Wild Mouserunning 72% of the park's open hours72%

If one of these is the reason you came, ride it the first time you see it running rather than saving it. The full picture is on the reliability page.