Six Flags Darien Lake cheat sheet

Quietest month

August

Busiest month

May

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. 12:0010mquietest
2. 13:0013m
3. 14:0015mpeak
4. 15:0015m
5. 16:0015m
6. 17:0015m
7. 18:0014m
8. 19:0014m
9. 20:0014m

Arrive for 12:00. Queues climb to their peak around 14:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Tantrum ~26 min typical · up to 30 at peak · worst around 6pm26m
2. 2Predator ~25 min typical · up to 37 at peak · worst around 5pm25m
3. 3Motocoaster ~24 min typical · up to 55 at peak · worst around 8pm24m

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

1. 1Mind Eraser~15 min typical · about 5 min after 4pm5m

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

1. 1Tantrumrunning 46% of the park's open hours46%
2. 2Mind Eraserrunning 47% of the park's open hours47%
3. 3Blast Offrunning 56% of the park's open hours56%
4. 4Motocoasterrunning 67% of the park's open hours67%
5. 5Predatorrunning 79% of the park's open hours79%

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.