Six Flags Fiesta Texas cheat sheet

Quietest month

June

Busiest month

March

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. 13:0023mquietest
2. 14:0024m
3. 15:0028m
4. 16:0029m
5. 17:0026m
6. 18:0029m
7. 19:0030m
8. 20:0031mpeak
9. 21:0031m

Arrive for 13:00. Queues climb to their peak around 20:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Poltergeist ~65 min typical · up to 121 at peak · worst around 6pm65m
2. 2JOKER™: Carnival of Chaos ~58 min typical · up to 133 at peak · worst around 5pm58m
3. 3Iron Rattler ~47 min typical · up to 53 at peak · worst around 3pm47m

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

1. 1Road Runner Express~43 min typical · about 17 min after 3pm17m
2. 2SUPERMAN™ KRYPTON Coaster~33 min typical · about 7 min after 5pm7m
3. 3The Gully Washer~35 min typical · about 10 min after 6pm10m
4. 4Dr. Diabolical's Cliffhanger~36 min typical · about 19 min after 4pm19m
5. 5BATMAN™ The Ride~33 min typical · about 16 min after 7pm16m

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

1. 1Hurricane Force 5running 19% of the park's open hours19%
2. 2Dare Devil Dive Flying Machinesrunning 44% of the park's open hours44%
3. 3Bugs' White Water Rapidsrunning 45% of the park's open hours45%
4. 4SUPERGIRL™ Sky Flightrunning 50% of the park's open hours50%
5. 5Pirates of the Deep Searunning 54% of the park's open hours54%

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.