Port Aventura World cheat sheet

Quietest weekday

Friday

Busiest weekday

Sunday

Quietest month

March

Busiest month

January

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. 11:0026m
2. 12:0027mpeak
3. 13:0025m
4. 14:0022m
5. 15:0020mquietest
6. 16:0020m
7. 17:0022m

Arrive for 11:00. Queues climb to their peak around 12:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Uncharted ~65 min typical · up to 100 at peak · worst around 7pm65m
2. 2Red Force ~64 min typical · up to 84 at peak · worst around 8pm64m
3. 3Ferrari Land Gallery ~55 min typical55m

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

1. 1Maranello Grand Race~37 min typical · about 16 min after 4pm16m
2. 2Flying Dreams~35 min typical · about 19 min after 4pm19m
3. 3Kiddie Balloons~18 min typical · about 5 min after 4pm5m
4. 4Grand Canyon Rapids~23 min typical · about 13 min after 7pm13m
5. 5Kid's Tower~18 min typical · about 9 min after 5pm9m

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

1. 1VolPaiuterunning 3% of the park's open hours3%
2. 2Crazy Pistonsrunning 16% of the park's open hours16%
3. 3Red Forcerunning 18% of the park's open hours18%
4. 4Templo del Fuegorunning 20% of the park's open hours20%
5. 5Junior Red Forcerunning 20% of the park's open hours20%

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.