What's New
Latest updates and improvements
Improved Park Maps
Park maps now use OpenStreetMap instead of satellite imagery. New rides and attractions appear faster on the map since OpenStreetMap is community-maintained and updated more frequently.
Queue Times Refresh After Returning
Queue times now refresh instantly when you return to the site after locking your phone or switching tabs, instead of waiting for the old countdown timer to finish.
Interactive Park Maps
Explore parks with a new satellite map view. See every ride on the map with live queue times, tap for full ride details including descriptions, images, and restrictions. Available for all parks with coordinate data.
Walk to Any Ride
When you're at a park, tap the directions button on any ride to get a walking route with estimated time. Routes follow real pathways powered by OpenStreetMap.
Near Me: Ride Distances
Enable 'Near Me' to see how far you are from every ride while at the park. Sort rides by distance to find what's closest. Distances update as you move around the park.
Enhanced Ride Information
Ride popups on the map now show official descriptions, images, height and age restrictions, and opening hours. Currently available for Paultons Park and Europa Park, with more parks coming soon.
Improved Rising/Dropping/Unchanged Indicators
Queue status badges now accurately track how long a ride has been rising, dropping, or unchanged. Timers properly reset after 30 minutes and at the start of each operating day. Rides without tracking data no longer show a misleading 'Unchanged' badge.
Ride Hours Timezone Fix
Fixed a bug where individual ride operating hours could display in the wrong timezone depending on your location. Hours now always show correctly in the park's local time.
More Accurate Ride Downtime
The 'Down for' timer on closed rides no longer counts overnight hours. It now caps at the time since the park opened today, so you see how long the ride has actually been down during the current operating day.
Redesigned Mobile Navigation
The mobile menu has been redesigned as a sleek side panel with compact navigation, better scrolling, and safe area support for notched phones. Multi-park tabs now scroll horizontally instead of overflowing the page.
Best Time to Visit Pages
Each park now has a 'Best Time to Visit' page showing historical crowd levels by month and day of week. Find the quietest months and days to plan your visit, with data-driven recommendations.
My Day Ride Tracker
Track your park day as it happens. Tick off rides as you complete them, see your total rides and estimated wait time, and get a shareable summary card at the end of the day. No account needed.
Walk On & Go Now Badges
Ride cards now show 'Walk On' badges when waits are under 5 minutes, and 'Go Now' when a queue is dropping below 15 minutes. Spot the best opportunities at a glance.
SEO & Accessibility Improvements
Added hreflang tags for all 5 languages, dynamic social share images for park and ride pages, and improved service worker caching for offline resilience.
Embeddable Queue Times Widget
Embed live queue times on your own website with a simple iframe. The widget shows crowd level, average wait, and the top 5 longest queues for any park. Auto-refreshes every 60 seconds.
Ride Reliability Leaderboard
New per-park reliability page showing monthly uptime rankings. See which rides break down most vs least, with uptime percentages, downtime durations, and closure counts.
Park Comparison Page
Compare 2-3 theme parks side by side with live stats including average wait times, ride counts, crowd levels, opening hours, and longest/shortest queues. Shareable via URL.
New Floating Navigation Bar
The site navigation has been completely redesigned with a floating island-style bar that feels more modern and spacious. The mobile menu is now full-screen with card-based navigation and a segmented theme toggle.
Redesigned Ride Pages
Ride pages now feature a cleaner two-column layout on desktop with redesigned Day Summary, Wait Breakdown, Reliability, Peak Records, and Downtime History cards. Three-digit wait times no longer overflow the hourly heatmap.
New Park Overview Design
The park hero section has been rebuilt with a crowd gauge, cleaner stats layout, and smarter ride recommendations. The 'What should I ride next?' section now shows clear numbered suggestions, and the troubled rides section highlights actual issues more accurately.
Refreshed Calendar & Daily Analytics
The crowd calendar and daily analytics pages have been redesigned with cleaner layouts, accurate crowd levels based on real data, and auto-cycling ride highlights when multiple rides are tied for longest or shortest waits.
New Homepage Design
The homepage hero section now features animated background effects, a live queue preview on mobile, and a more impactful first impression so you can see exactly what PQT offers at a glance.
Individual Ride Operating Hours
For parks that support it, each ride card now shows its own opening and closing hours right next to the area tag. Easily see which rides open later or close earlier than the rest of the park.
Crowd Calendar Fixed on Mobile
Resolved an issue where the crowd calendar wouldn't display crowd levels or schedule data on mobile devices in certain timezones.
Navbar Search Now Works
The search bar in the navbar and mobile menu now correctly carries your query through to the parks page, so you can search from anywhere on the site.
Multi-Language Support
The entire site is now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German. Use the language selector in the navbar to switch — all text, labels, and dates update instantly.
Faster Page Loads
Pages now load significantly faster, especially on mobile. We've self-hosted all fonts and icons, cut animation delays, and optimised caching — so the site feels snappier whether you're on Wi-Fi or 4G.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Added
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is now live on Park Queue Times. Track real-time wait times for rides like Icon, The Big One, and Valhalla.
Redesigned Homepage
The homepage has been completely redesigned with a cleaner, more modern hero section. You'll find a new park search bar, feature highlights, popular park quick links, and a live queue demo — all optimised for mobile.
Search from the Homepage
You can now search for a park directly from the homepage hero section or the navbar. Results are pre-filtered when you land on the parks page.
Smarter Ride Recommendations
The ride recommendation engine now uses a popularity-aware algorithm. Instead of just surfacing the shortest queues, it highlights headliner rides with unusually low waits — so you'll see the best deals on rides that actually matter.
Today's Park Overview Cards
Park pages now show scrollable insight cards at the top with today's peak and quiet hours, the busiest ride, and how many attractions are walk-on right now.
Live Park Status Badges
Park cards on the homepage now show whether a park is Open, Closed, or Operating instead of a generic "Live" badge, so you can tell at a glance which parks are active.
Backend Service Architecture Overhaul
The entire data ingestion pipeline has been rebuilt into dedicated service classes for queue times, rides, schedules, and more. This makes updates faster and more reliable across all parks.
More Accurate Ride Downtime
Downtime tracking now properly scopes to today's data only, preventing inflated or stale downtime numbers from carrying over between days.
Major API Performance Boost
Overhauled the backend for significantly faster queue time updates. Ride data now processes in fewer database queries, and Pro endpoints like Insights, Trends, and Reports are cached intelligently so they load almost instantly on repeat visits.
Faster Ride History Pages
Ride history pages for past dates now load much faster thanks to response caching and optimised database queries. Reliability scores and top queue records are also calculated more efficiently.
Snappier Pro Reports & Insights
Weekly and Monthly reports, Insights, Trends, Recommendations, and Park Comparisons now use smart caching. Data refreshes every few minutes so you always get near-live results without the wait.
Faster Load Times & SEO Improvements
Pages now load significantly faster thanks to code splitting — only the page you're viewing is loaded, not the entire app. We've also added unique page titles and descriptions for every park and ride, making it easier to find us on Google.
Breadcrumb Navigation
Every park, ride, and calendar page now has breadcrumb navigation at the top so you can easily see where you are and jump back to parent pages. This also helps search engines understand the structure of the site.
Accessibility Improvements
Added skip-to-content link for keyboard users, better screen reader support for live queue time updates, and improved navigation across the site for assistive technologies.
Fixed Ride Downtime Display
Resolved an issue where ride downtime could show as "Down for 0m" even when a ride had been closed for much longer. Downtime is now calculated more accurately from timestamps.
26 New Parks: SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Six Flags & More
Massive expansion! We've added SeaWorld Orlando, San Antonio & San Diego, Busch Gardens Tampa & Williamsburg, plus 18 Six Flags parks including Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, and Over Texas. Also added Plopsaland, Plopsaland Deutschland, and Energylandia.
Swipe Navigation & Crowd Calendar
You can now swipe between parks on mobile. We've also added crowd calendar utilities to help you pick the best day to visit.
9 New Parks: Walt Disney World & Universal
All four Walt Disney World parks are here — Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. Plus Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay, Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood.
Improved Park Hours Accuracy
Park opening and closing times now use UTC for accurate comparisons across timezones. No more confusing time mismatches.
27 New Parks Across Europe, Asia & North America
Added Disneyland Paris, Europa-Park, Phantasialand, Efteling, Parc Astérix, Heide Park, Movie Park Germany, Liseberg, Toverland, Gardaland, Mirabilandia, Bobbejaanland, Bellewaerde, Walibi Holland, Walibi Belgium, Walibi Rhône-Alpes, Parque de Atracciones Madrid, Parque Warner Madrid, Djurs Sommerland, Energylandia, LEGOLAND Japan, LEGOLAND Korea, Peppa Pig Florida, Peppa Pig Germany, Knoebels, Kennywood, Dollywood, and Silver Dollar City.
Sibling Park Navigation
Easily switch between parks at the same destination with the new park toggle. Perfect for multi-park resorts.
Ride Name & Data Tracking Updates
Ride names now stay up to date automatically when parks rename attractions. We also track when data changes for better accuracy.
Trip Planner with Weather Integration
Pro users can now plan trips with weather forecasts built in. Get live guidance during your visit to optimise your day.
Push Notifications for Ride Alerts
Get notified on your phone when queue times drop below your threshold. Never miss a short wait again.
Dark Mode Improvements
Refined the dark mode experience with better contrast and readability across all pages.
Crowd Calendar Launched
View historical crowd levels on a calendar for any supported park. See which days are busiest and plan accordingly.