Houdinis Great Escape wait times
Houdinis Great Escape at Six Flags Great Adventure averages 20 minutes. It is shortest at 12am and worst at 9pm. It has run 72% of the park's opening hours recently.
Houdinis Great Escape queue times, day by day
Houdinis Great Escape over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Houdinis Great Escape has averaged about 20 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 29 minutes, with the longest queues near 9pm, and the shortest near 12am. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
Houdinis Great Escape queue times by hour
Average wait by hour
Across the last 28 days · minutes
Houdinis Great Escape peaks at 5pm with 25 minutes, and is at its shortest at 10am with 0. Riding it at the right hour saves 25 minutes on a single ride.
Best time to ride Houdinis Great Escape
Best time to ride
Houdinis Great Escape averages 0 minutes at 10am against 25 at the 5pm peak - 25 minutes for turning up at the right hour. The longest queue it has ever held is 40 minutes.
Houdinis Great Escape by day of the week
Average wait by day
6 days with a recorded queue
- Fri0m
- Sat20m
- Sun0m
Friday is the quietest day for Houdinis Great Escape, at 0 minutes against 20 on Saturday.
Does Houdinis Great Escape break down?
Uptime and closures
73% of opening hours · 6 days recorded
↑ improvingRunning 73% of the minutes Six Flags Great Adventure was open, across the last 6 recorded days.
Last 6 days uptime
- 5%
- 100%
- 100%
- 91%
- 98%
- 22%
Houdinis Great Escape ran 73% of Six Flags Great Adventure's opening hours across 6 recorded days, and is improving. It ran without a recorded stop on Thursday 1 Oct.
Longest Houdinis Great Escape queues on record
Peaks in the last 14 days
Every one a real date · tap through to that day
- 1Saturday 19 Sept40m
The worst queue recorded for Houdinis Great Escape was 40 minutes on Saturday 19 Sept.
Houdinis Great Escape through the year
All-time average by month
From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes
Queue times are the figures Six Flags Great Adventure 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 Houdinis Great Escape
Houdinis Great Escape is one of 20 rides tracked at Six Flags Great Adventure, 19th longest of 20 by usual wait. It queues about 20 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 33-minute park average.
Houdinis Great Escape has averaged about 20 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 9pm and quietest around 12am. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 72% of the park's operating hours.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Houdinis Great Escape?
The live wait time for Houdinis Great Escape at Six Flags Great Adventure is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Houdinis Great Escape wait times.
Is Houdinis Great Escape open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Houdinis Great Escape is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Six Flags Great Adventure's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Houdinis Great Escape has been open around 72% of Six Flags Great Adventure's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Six Flags Great Adventure.
What's the best time of day to ride Houdinis Great Escape?
Based on historical wait time data, Houdinis Great Escape is typically quietest around 12am. 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.
How long is the line for Houdinis Great Escape usually?
Over recent weeks, Houdinis Great Escape has averaged about 20 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 Houdinis Great Escape at Six Flags Great Adventure.
Is Houdinis Great Escape often closed or broken down?
Over the last two weeks, Houdinis Great Escape has been running about 72% of the time. We track Houdinis Great Escape'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 Houdinis Great Escape at Six Flags Great Adventure?
Houdinis Great Escape is at Six Flags Great Adventure - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Six Flags Great Adventure page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.
Can I get wait time alerts for Houdinis Great Escape?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Houdinis Great Escape's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Houdinis Great Escape is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.