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Knott's Berry Farm
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Seaworld San Antonio

Knott's Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio queue about the same on a typical day - 14 minutes against 15 minutes across 17 and 14 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

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01 · On a typical day

What you would normally queue.

Averages across recent weeks, so one broken ride or one wet Tuesday cannot decide it. This is the comparison to plan a trip on; the live figures below are the one to act on today.

Knott's Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio compared on their typical recorded queue times
TypicallyKnott's Berry FarmUnited StatesSeaworld San AntonioUnited States
Average wait per ride 14 min (best of the two)15 min
Rides with recorded waits 17 (best of the two)14
Longest typical queue GhostRider37 minI Know What You Did Last Summer: The Final Catch45 min
Shortest typical queue Supreme Scream7 minTexas Stingray5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running93% (best of the two)57%

Averaged across every ride at each park with recorded waits. A ride that never opened is left out, so a park is not flattered by counting a shut ride as a queue of zero.

02 · Right now

Both parks, this minute.

Live queue times at both parks. These fill in as soon as the page loads, and keep updating while you are here.

Knott's Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio compared on live queue times
Right nowKnott's Berry FarmUnited StatesSeaworld San AntonioUnited States
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These keep refreshing while this page is open. A closed park posts no waits, so its rows read as dashes rather than zeroes.

Verdict, on a typical day Knott's Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio queue about the same on a typical day - 14 minutes against 15 minutes across 17 and 14 tracked rides. Pick on travel time or on which rides you actually want.

03 · Choosing

Which one is your day out.

Every line here is earned by one of the figures above - nothing is a generic sentence with a park name dropped into it.

Pick Knott's Berry Farm if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 14 minutes a ride
  • You want more to do: 17 rides here have recorded wait data against 14 at Seaworld San Antonio
  • You would rather not find rides shut: Knott's Berry Farm's rides run 93% of opening hours against 57% at Seaworld San Antonio
  • GhostRider is on your list - it is Knott's Berry Farm's longest typical queue at about 37 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Knott's Berry Farm's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Seaworld San Antonio if…

  • Queue length will not decide it: both parks average around 15 minutes a ride
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Final Catch is on your list - it is Seaworld San Antonio's longest typical queue at about 45 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Seaworld San Antonio's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm sits in Buena Park, Orange County, California, with a long history dating back to Walter Knott's original berry farm and boysenberry jam stand from the 1920s. It's now a full theme park famous for its coaster line-up: HangTime, Silver Bullet, Xcelerator (a hydraulic launch coaster), GhostRider (a large wooden coaster), and the classic Timber Mountain Log Ride.

Southern California locals keep Knott's busy all year round, but peak crowds align with US school holidays, the extremely popular Scary Farm Halloween event, and Knott's Merry Farm at Christmas. Check live wait times for Xcelerator and HangTime on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a weekday outside local school breaks for shorter queues.

Knott's Berry Farm live queue times

Seaworld San Antonio

SeaWorld San Antonio is the largest marine-life theme park in the world by area, sitting on 250 acres in San Antonio, Texas. It combines marine animal shows with a solid coaster line-up: Wave Breaker (a jet-ski themed coaster), Great White (an inverted coaster), Steel Eel (a hyper coaster), Texas Stingray wooden coaster, and the newer Tidal Surge swing ride. A separate Aquatica water park operates next door.

Texas heat drives summer crowds into early mornings and late evenings, with the coolest queue times usually at the start of the day. Halloween Spooktacular, Christmas Celebration and US school holidays are the peak periods. Check live wait times for Texas Stingray and Wave Breaker on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek day for shorter queues.

Seaworld San Antonio live queue times

05 · Questions

Knott's Berry Farm or Seaworld San Antonio?

Which is better, Knott's Berry Farm or Seaworld San Antonio?

On queues there is nothing in it: both average about 14 minutes a ride on a typical day. Knott's Berry Farm has 17 rides with recorded waits against 14 at Seaworld San Antonio. Knott's Berry Farm also runs its rides more reliably - 93% of opening hours against 57%. So pick on travel time, or on which park has the rides you actually want.

Which has shorter queues, Knott's Berry Farm or Seaworld San Antonio?

They are level. Knott's Berry Farm averages 14 minutes a ride on a typical day and Seaworld San Antonio averages 15 - close enough that the day you pick matters more than the park. See Knott's Berry Farm best time to visit and Seaworld San Antonio best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Knott's Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in United States, so a two-park trip is realistic over a long weekend. Split the days so you start at whichever opens earliest and drive to the other in the evening.

How many rides does each park have?

See the tables above for ride counts - or jump to Knott's Berry Farm and Seaworld San Antonio for the full ride lists.

Is Knott's Berry Farm bigger than Seaworld San Antonio?

By rides we track waits for, Knott's Berry Farm is the bigger day out: 17 rides against 14. Acreage matters less than how many you can actually get on, which comes down to queues and opening hours.

Then pick
the quiet day.

Both parks have a crowd calendar with six weeks of forecast and the best day left to go.

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