Six Flags Magic Mountain
vs
Six Flags New England

On a typical day Six Flags Magic Mountain queues less: about 9 minutes a ride against 11 at Six Flags New England, a difference of roughly 2 minutes on every queue you join.

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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.

Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags New England compared on their typical recorded queue times
Typically	Six Flags Magic MountainUnited States	Six Flags New EnglandUnited States
Average wait per ride	9 min (best of the two)	11 min
Rides with recorded waits	37	37
Longest typical queue	West Coast Racers22 min	Quantum Accelerator34 min
Shortest typical queue	Taz’s Tazmanian Train Tours5 min	Ships Ahoy!5 min
Average ride uptime Share of opening hours a ride is running	86% (best of the two)	73%

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.

Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags New England compared on live queue times
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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 On a typical day Six Flags Magic Mountain queues less: about 9 minutes a ride against 11 at Six Flags New England, a difference of roughly 2 minutes on every queue you join.

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 Six Flags Magic Mountain if…

You want shorter queues: Six Flags Magic Mountain averages 9 minutes a ride against 11 at Six Flags New England
You would rather not find rides shut: Six Flags Magic Mountain's rides run 86% of opening hours against 73% at Six Flags New England
West Coast Racers is on your list - it is Six Flags Magic Mountain's longest typical queue at about 22 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags Magic Mountain's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Six Flags New England if…

You will accept a longer queue - 11 minutes a ride here against 9 at Six Flags Magic Mountain - for what Six Flags New England has that Six Flags Magic Mountain does not
Quantum Accelerator is on your list - it is Six Flags New England's longest typical queue at about 34 minutes, so it is the one to do first
You want Six Flags New England's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, holds the world record for most roller coasters at a single park - currently 20 distinct coasters. Highlights include X2 (a 4-D prototype), Twisted Colossus, Tatsu (a flying coaster), Full Throttle, Superman: Escape from Krypton, Goliath, and Wonder Woman Flight of Courage. The park's hilly footprint gives many rides dramatic terrain-following drops.

Magic Mountain's LA-area weekend visits, US school holidays, Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park events drive peak crowds. Weekdays outside school breaks can be dramatically quieter. Check live queue times for X2 and Twisted Colossus on arrival - they build up fastest - and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd midweek date if you want to ride all 20 coasters in a single day.

Six Flags Magic Mountain live queue times

Six Flags New England

Six Flags New England sits in Agawam, Massachusetts, near the Connecticut state line. The coaster line-up includes Superman: The Ride (consistently rated one of the world's best steel coasters), Wicked Cyclone (a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid), Goliath inverted coaster, Flashback, Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster, and the classic Thunderbolt. A Hurricane Harbor water park is included with admission.

Massachusetts and Connecticut school holidays, Fright Fest and US summer weekends drive Six Flags New England's peak crowds. Weekdays in May, September and October stay dramatically calmer. Check live wait times for Superman and Wicked Cyclone on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a midweek date - queue times on most rides drop into single digits on quieter days.

Six Flags New England live queue times

05 · Questions

Six Flags Magic Mountain or Six Flags New England?

Which is better, Six Flags Magic Mountain or Six Flags New England?

If you are judging on queues, Six Flags Magic Mountain: it averages about 9 minutes a ride on a typical day against 11 at Six Flags New England, roughly 2 minutes back on every queue you join. Six Flags Magic Mountain has 37 rides with recorded waits against 37 at Six Flags New England. Six Flags Magic Mountain also runs its rides more reliably - 86% of opening hours against 73%.

Which has shorter queues, Six Flags Magic Mountain or Six Flags New England?

Six Flags Magic Mountain, by about 2 minutes a ride. On a typical day Six Flags Magic Mountain averages 9 minutes against 11 at Six Flags New England. Queues still move hour by hour, and a midweek day outside school holidays beats the gap at either park. See Six Flags Magic Mountain best time to visit and Six Flags New England best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags New England 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 Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags New England for the full ride lists.

Is Six Flags Magic Mountain bigger than Six Flags New England?

They track the same number of rides here - 37 each. Acreage matters less than how many of those you can actually get on in a day, which comes down to queues and opening hours, and there Six Flags Magic Mountain is ahead.

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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