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Up The Ladder wait times

Silver Dollar City1,619 recorded readings

Up The Ladder at Silver Dollar City averages 11 minutes. It is shortest at 6pm and worst at 9pm. It has run 97% of the park's opening hours recently.

Up The Ladder queue times, day by day

Up The Ladder over recent weeks

Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings

Up The Ladder has averaged about 11 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 18 minutes, with the longest queues near 9pm, and the shortest near 6pm. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.

Typical11m
Peak18m
Uptime97%
Busiest at9pm
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Thursday 17 SeptTap a dayMonday 28 Sept

Up The Ladder queue times by hour

Average wait by hour

Across the last 28 days · minutes

39a
310a
711a
812p
41p
72p
33p
64p
115p
36p
207p
08p

Up The Ladder peaks at 7pm with 20 minutes, and is at its shortest at 8pm with 0. Riding it at the right hour saves 20 minutes on a single ride.

Walk on under 10 minShort 10-19 minModerate 20-34 minLong 35-59 minVery long 60 min and up

Best time to ride Up The Ladder

Best time to ride

8pm on a Thursday

Up The Ladder averages 0 minutes at 8pm against 20 at the 7pm peak - 20 minutes for turning up at the right hour. The longest queue it has ever held is 65 minutes.

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Up The Ladder by day of the week

Average wait by day

10 days with a recorded queue

  1. Mon33m
  2. Thu3m
  3. Fri26m
  4. Sat28m
  5. Sun7m

Thursday is the quietest day for Up The Ladder, at 3 minutes against 33 on Monday.

Does Up The Ladder break down?

Uptime and closures

97% of opening hours · 10 days recorded

97%
Excellent

Running 97% of the minutes Silver Dollar City was open, across the last 10 recorded days.

Last 10 days uptime

  1. 100%
  2. 100%
  3. 100%
  4. 87%
  5. 96%
  6. 100%
  7. 96%
  8. 99%
  9. 96%
  10. 100%

Up The Ladder ran 97% of Silver Dollar City's opening hours across 10 recorded days. It ran without a recorded stop on Thursday 1 Oct.

Longest Up The Ladder queues on record

Peaks in the last 14 days

Every one a real date · tap through to that day

  1. 1Monday 28 Sept65m
  2. 2Friday 18 Sept45m
  3. 3Saturday 19 Sept40m
  4. 4Saturday 26 Sept20m
  5. 5Friday 25 Sept10m
  6. 6Sunday 27 Sept10m
  7. 7Sunday 20 Sept5m
  8. 8Thursday 24 Sept5m

The worst queue recorded for Up The Ladder was 65 minutes on Monday 28 Sept.

Up The Ladder through the year

All-time average by month

From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes

10Mar
8Apr
9May
8Jun
14Jul
12Aug
14Sep

Queue times are the figures Silver Dollar City publishes for this ride, recorded every few minutes through the park's own opening hours. The hourly pattern is this ride's own last 28 days; the day-by-day rail is its last 14 days. Uptime is the share of the park's operating minutes the ride was running.

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About Up The Ladder

Up The Ladder is one of 27 rides tracked at Silver Dollar City, 20th longest of 27 by usual wait. It queues about 11 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 17-minute park average.

Up The Ladder has averaged about 11 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 9pm and quietest around 6pm. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 97% of the park's operating hours. It's typically quietest on Thursdays and busiest on Mondays.

Frequently asked

What's the current wait time for Up The Ladder?

The live wait time for Up The Ladder at Silver Dollar City is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Up The Ladder wait times.

Is Up The Ladder open right now?

The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Up The Ladder is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Silver Dollar City's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Up The Ladder has been open around 97% of Silver Dollar City's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Silver Dollar City.

What's the best time of day to ride Up The Ladder?

Based on historical wait time data, Up The Ladder is typically quietest around 6pm. For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window.

What is the best day to ride Up The Ladder?

Up The Ladder is usually quietest on Thursdays, and busiest on Mondays based on recent weeks - visit on a Thursday for shorter waits.

How long is the line for Up The Ladder usually?

Over recent weeks, Up The Ladder has averaged about 11 minutes, with lines usually longest around 9pm. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak lines for Up The Ladder at Silver Dollar City.

Is Up The Ladder often closed or broken down?

Over the last two weeks, Up The Ladder has been running about 97% of the time. We track Up The Ladder's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.

Where can I find Up The Ladder at Silver Dollar City?

Up The Ladder is at Silver Dollar City - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Silver Dollar City page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.

Can I get wait time alerts for Up The Ladder?

Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Up The Ladder's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Up The Ladder is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.