The longest queue
Fire In The Hole.
It usually holds the longest line at Silver Dollar City. Ride it first thing, or late in the day.
- Usual wait for Fire In The Hole
- 44min
- Park average
- 21min
Silver Dollar City is forecast at a 62% crowd level today, which is moderately busy. Its lines average 21 minutes across the days we have recorded.
Queue times are read from Silver Dollar City's own live feed every few minutes. The typical figures each ride is compared against - its usual wait, the hour it eases, its quietest and busiest readings - come from this ride's own recorded history, not from other parks.
The longest queue
It usually holds the longest line at Silver Dollar City. Ride it first thing, or late in the day.
Short waits
That many usually queue for ten minutes or less, so most of the day is spent riding, not waiting.
The quietest day ahead
Silver Dollar City is a 1880s-themed park in Branson, Missouri, sitting above the famous Marvel Cave. It mixes a traditional craftsmen village with a strong modern coaster line-up: Outlaw Run (one of the world's best wooden coasters), Time Traveler (a record-breaking spinning coaster), Powder Keg, and the newer Wildfire and Mystic River Falls. Live music and period crafts are core to the park's identity.
Rides with enough recorded history have their own page - tap for the typical-day pattern and reliability.
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Live wait times at Silver Dollar City vary through the day and by season. Across its recorded history the park averages 21 minutes. Most signature rides see 30-60 minute waits during peak hours (11am-3pm), while early mornings and the last hour before closing are typically the quietest. Check the live Silver Dollar City wait times page for up-to-the-minute queue times on every ride.
Silver Dollar City is forecast at a 62% crowd level today, which is moderately busy - about a normal day for this park. The live board shows what every ride is running right now, and the Silver Dollar City crowd calendar has the same figure for every other date.
Tomorrow is forecast at a 62% crowd level at Silver Dollar City - about a normal day for this park. Today is forecast at 62%, so tomorrow looks much the same. See the Silver Dollar City crowd calendar for the rest of the month and the quietest upcoming days.
Silver Dollar City's opening hours change seasonally, typically opening between 9:30am and 10:30am and closing between 5pm and 8pm. Late-opening events and firework nights run later still. Check the Silver Dollar City opening times calendar for today's exact hours.
The live board on this page shows which rides are closed right now, and updates itself. Closures are normal here: on a typical day there are about 17 ride closures at Silver Dollar City (a ride going down, however briefly), and over the last 44 operating days the park lost around 19% of ride hours to them. The Silver Dollar City ride reliability page ranks every ride, and a reopen alert tells you the moment a shut ride comes back.
The quietest days at Silver Dollar City are usually mid-week (Tuesday-Thursday) outside school breaks, with weekends and public holidays and school breaks being the busiest. For the shortest lines, arrive at opening and head to the biggest rides first. Our Silver Dollar City best time to visit tool analyses historical wait times to recommend the quietest upcoming days.
Three proven tactics: 1) arrive before the gates open and sprint to the biggest ride first, 2) ride popular attractions during lunch hours (12pm-1pm) or the final hour before closing when families start leaving, 3) check the live wait times to dynamically plan your next ride. Silver Dollar City crowds follow predictable patterns - the best time to visit tool breaks these down day by day.
Silver Dollar City is located in Branson, Missouri, United States. Full address details, directions and opening hours are available on the park's official website.
Yes - wait times on this page come directly from Silver Dollar City's own ride system, the same data shown on the park's official app and in-park signs. They refresh every few minutes. Parks occasionally over-estimate lines by 5-15% to manage expectations, so actual walk times are sometimes shorter than posted.