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Best time to visit Silver Dollar City

184 days recorded53 operating days of waits

Silver Dollar City is quietest in September, August, April, averaging around 49% crowd levels in September. Monday is typically the calmest day of the week, at about 58%. Avoid July and June - July peaks near 68%.

Quietest month to visit

September

Averages 49% crowd level across 11 recorded days, 19 points below July. The busiest is July at 68%.

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Quietest months to visit Silver Dollar City

Crowd level by month

184 recorded days · % crowd level - how full the park was: queue length on one scale (50% is about a 17-minute queue) or, where it sells dated tickets, the share of capacity sold

September averages 49% crowd level at Silver Dollar City - typical - from 11 recorded days. That is 11 points below the typical month.

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Quietest 0-15%Quieter 15-35%Typical 35-65%Busier 65-88%Busiest 88-100%

Silver Dollar City season by season

Which season to visit

Quietest is September to November at 49%, busiest is June to August at 63%

Spring. March to May averages 60% crowd level at Silver Dollar City, from 80 recorded days. Within it, April is the calmest at 57% and May the busiest at 64%.

Summer. June to August averages 63% crowd level at Silver Dollar City, from 92 recorded days. Within it, August is the calmest at 54% and July the busiest at 68%.

Autumn. September to November averages 49% crowd level at Silver Dollar City, from 12 recorded days.

Winter. Silver Dollar City has too few recorded operating days from December to February to rank the season honestly - usually a closed or reduced-hours period.

Quietest day of the week at Silver Dollar City

Crowd level by day of the week

Averaged across 184 recorded days

  1. Mon58%Quietest day of the week here
  2. Tue58%
  3. Wed61%
  4. Thu59%
  5. Fri61%
  6. Sat70%
  7. Sun62%

Monday is the calmest day at Silver Dollar City, averaging 58% against 70% on Saturday. Weekdays run 7 points below weekends.

Best time of day to arrive at Silver Dollar City

Average wait by hour

Park-wide, across the last 53 operating days · minutes

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2012pm
191pm
192pm
193pm
184pm
175pm
196pm

The park-wide average is 19 minutes at 10am, peaking at 20 minutes around 11am and easing to 17 minutes by 5pm. Walking in at opening rather than at the peak is worth about 1 minutes on every queue you join, across every tracked ride.

How the Silver Dollar City crowd figures are worked out

Every figure on this page comes from queue times recorded at Silver Dollar City itself, sampled every few minutes across every ride the park publishes and stored day by day. A day's crowd score is that day's average wait expressed against this park's own busiest recorded day, so 100% means "as bad as it gets here" rather than "as bad as it gets anywhere" - a quiet day at a small park and a quiet day at Silver Dollar City are not the same number of minutes, and scoring each park against itself is the only way the months stay comparable. In plain minutes, the park-wide average across the last 53 operating days runs from 17 minutes at its calmest hour to 20 minutes at 11am. Months with fewer than 10 recorded operating days are left unranked rather than averaged from a handful of days, and holidays, school terms and weather are all part of the model.

We publish how well those forecasts actually hold up: the crowd forecast accuracy ledger scores every past prediction against what the queues did on the day, versioned so you can see whether the model is getting better or worse. If you are choosing between parks rather than dates, the best time to visit a theme park guide covers the seasonal patterns that hold across every park we track, and the Silver Dollar City crowd calendar gives you a day-by-day forecast for the specific dates you are considering. Always check the park's own site for opening hours and closures before travelling.

Frequently asked

When is the best time to visit Silver Dollar City?

Weekdays in term-time are usually the quietest at Silver Dollar City, with midweek (Tuesday-Thursday) typically calmer than weekends and school holidays. Arrive at opening to beat the longest queues.

What are the quietest days at Silver Dollar City?

Midweek days outside school holidays are normally the quietest. Saturdays, Sundays and holiday periods see the biggest crowds.

Is Silver Dollar City busy today?

Crowd levels change daily. See Silver Dollar City's live crowd calendar for a day-by-day forecast and today's expected crowd level.

When does Silver Dollar City get busiest?

Weekends, school holidays and major event days (e.g. public holidays and school breaks and seasonal events) are the busiest. Crowds also peak in the middle of the day.

What time should I arrive at Silver Dollar City?

Be at the gates for opening. The park-wide average is 19 minutes a ride at 10am, rising to 20 minutes around 11am - so arriving at opening rather than at the peak saves roughly 1 minutes on every queue you join.

How long are the queues at Silver Dollar City?

Across the last 53 recorded operating days, the park-wide average has run between 17 and 20 minutes a ride depending on the hour. Individual headline rides queue considerably longer than the park-wide average.

Is it worth visiting Silver Dollar City midweek?

Yes. Monday to Friday averages 59% crowd level at Silver Dollar City against 66% at weekends - 7 points quieter - so a midweek day in term time is the single biggest saving available.