Paultons Park cheat sheet

Quietest weekday

Sunday

Busiest weekday

Wednesday

Quietest month

February

Busiest month

August

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. 10:009mpeak
2. 11:009m
3. 12:008m
4. 13:008m
5. 14:008m
6. 15:008m
7. 16:007mquietest

Arrive for 10:00. Queues climb to their peak around 10:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Flight of the Pterosaur ~18 min typical · up to 31 at peak · worst around 5pm18m
2. 2Velociraptor ~17 min typical · up to 22 at peak · worst around 4pm17m
3. 3Raven ~16 min typical · up to 27 at peak · worst around 5pm16m

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

1. 1EDGE~14 min typical · about 6 min after 7pm6m

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

1. 1EDGErunning 63% of the park's open hours63%
2. 2Kontikirunning 71% of the park's open hours71%
3. 3Velociraptorrunning 74% of the park's open hours74%
4. 4Cat-O-Pillar Coasterrunning 75% of the park's open hours75%
5. 5Splash Lagoonrunning 75% of the park's open hours75%

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.