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New Feature v7.1.014 June 2026

Every Ride, One Tap Away — and Easier to Find on Google

Each park page now ends with a complete A–Z index of its rides, each showing its typical wait, so you can jump straight to any ride's live times, busiest hours and reliability — even the smaller ones that were harder to reach before. Crowd calendars are now browsable month by month too (e.g. how busy a park will be in August or over October half term), and the best-time page now shows full monthly and day-of-week crowd breakdowns. Behind the scenes we gave park, ride and best-time pages clearer titles in search results (so it's easier to find us when you look up a park's crowd calendar or 'is [ride] open today'), added richer structured data, and fixed a handful of rides whose accented names stopped their pages loading.

Bug Fix v7.0.214 June 2026

Live Wait Times Refresh the Moment You Return

If you left Park Queue Times open in the background and came back a little later, the on-screen clock would tick back to the right time but the queue times sometimes stayed frozen until the next refresh. We've fixed that: when you return to a park or comparison page, we now check how old the data really is and pull fresh wait times straight away if they're stale - so what you see is current the instant you look. This works even when your phone parks the page in memory, which is common on iPhone.

Bug Fix v7.0.112 June 2026

No More Phantom “Update Available” Nags

If you've added Park Queue Times to your home screen, you may have seen a “new version available” banner that kept coming back even when you were already up to date - especially on iPhone. We've reworked how the app detects updates: it now compares the live deployed version against the exact build you're running, so the banner only appears when there's genuinely something newer - and it tells you which version (like 7.0.1) is ready. Once you're on the latest, it stays quiet.

New Feature v7.0.011 June 2026

Our Public API Is Here

Developers can now build with our live theme park data - free. The new Park Queue Times API serves live wait times, opening hours, schedules and crowd predictions for every park we track, through a clean versioned API. Create your free key from the new API Keys page in your dashboard (you can view and copy it any time), check out the docs at /developers, and you're away - 60 requests a minute, 10,000 a day, at no cost. All we ask is a 'Powered by ParkQueueTimes.com' credit in your app or site. Your dashboard also shows live usage stats for your key: requests per day, response times, top endpoints and which countries your traffic comes from.

New Feature v7.0.011 June 2026

Set Ride Alerts Right From the Ride Page

You can now set a wait-time alert straight from any ride's page - just tap the bell next to the live wait. If a ride is closed or broken down, a one-tap 'Notify me when it reopens' button appears so you can catch the exact moment it's back up. And you no longer need an account first: choose your alert, and we'll keep your choice while you sign in, then set it up automatically the moment you're back.

Improvement v7.0.011 June 2026

A More Cinematic Homepage

The homepage now opens like a title sequence: the headline melts into focus word by word, the park backdrop slowly settles into place, and the live queue board and crowd calendar glide in just behind it. As you scroll, each section now rises into view with the same soft focus-pull, so the whole page moves as one. And if your device prefers reduced motion, everything simply appears instantly - no animations attached.

Improvement v6.0.110 June 2026

A Brand-New Plus Page

We've completely rebuilt the Plus page so it actually shows you what Plus does. There's now a live 'command centre' that flips real wait times, predicts the quietest day and fires a queue-drop alert right in front of you, followed by an animated walkthrough of every feature - weather-powered crowd forecasts, the best days to visit months ahead, the smartest ride order, instant drop alerts and deep trend reports - each with its own interactive demo. The whole page rides one golden-hour sky from top to bottom, and the simple Free-vs-Plus plan picker you already know is still right where you'd expect it.

Bug Fix v6.0.110 June 2026

Shared Trip Links Work Again

We fixed a routing issue that broke direct links to some pages - opening a shared trip link or refreshing certain dashboard pages could show a 404 error instead of the page. Those links now load correctly every time, and old bookmarks to our previous Pro page now land on the new Plus page as intended. We've also retired the little-used embeddable widget - old widget links now simply take you to the homepage, where live wait times are front and centre.

New Feature v6.0.09 June 2026

Make Your Plus + Your Own

Plus members now get a colourful + next to the Park Queue Times logo - and you can choose its colour. Head to Appearance in your dashboard to pick from a set of free colours, with extra colours (and an animated Aurora) unlocking the longer you stay with Plus. A small thank-you for being part of Plus.

New Feature v6.0.09 June 2026

Introducing Park Queue Times Plus

Our premium tier has a new name and a sharper focus: Plus. Everything that makes Park Queue Times great stays completely free, and Plus unlocks the full planning toolkit - weather-powered crowd predictions, the best days to visit months ahead, an optimised trip planner with the smartest ride order, smart queue-drop alerts, deep trend analysis and an ad-free experience. Plus is £3.99/month or £29.99/year (save 37%), with no fiddly free trial - just a straightforward 14-day money-back guarantee and cancel anytime. See everything included on the new Plus page.

Improvement v6.0.09 June 2026

A Safer Way to Delete Your Account

Account deletion is now handled as a request that our team reviews, rather than an instant one-click wipe. From your account settings you can still start the process at any time - it opens a pre-filled email to our team, who will verify it's really you before permanently removing your profile, favourites, alerts and trips and cancelling any active subscription. This small extra step protects you against accidental or unauthorised deletions, and we still action genuine requests promptly (usually within 30 days).

Bug Fix v6.0.09 June 2026

A Smoother Month & Year Picker on the Crowd Calendar

We fixed and improved the month picker on the crowd calendar. Tapping the month and year at the top now opens and closes cleanly - previously clicking it a second time just reopened it instead of closing. You can now tap the year inside the picker to jump straight to a different year from a simple grid, rather than stepping through one year at a time with the arrows. And opening the picker no longer nudges the calendar grid downwards - it floats neatly over the days instead.

Improvement v6.0.09 June 2026

Privacy-Friendly Sign-In Checks and Refreshed Policies

We've replaced the old Google reCAPTCHA on our sign-in and registration forms with Cloudflare Turnstile - a privacy-friendly human check that doesn't track you across the web and protects your account with far less of your data. We've also refreshed our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy to spell out exactly which services we rely on (such as Cloudflare and Stripe) and what each one does. There's nothing you need to do - just a quieter, more private way to keep bots out.

Improvement v5.0.36 June 2026

The Parks List Now Opens to Your Own Country

When you open the Theme Parks list, it now automatically filters to the country you're browsing from - so a visitor in Germany lands on German parks, someone in the US sees US parks, and so on, instead of always defaulting to the UK. If we don't track any parks in your country, we simply show every park rather than an empty list. You can still change or clear the country filter at any time, and your choice is remembered as you browse.

Improvement v5.0.25 June 2026

A Cleaner, Modern Navigation Bar

We rebuilt the navigation bar from scratch. It's now a crisp floating glass bar with a refreshed Park Queue Times logo and clear, simple links: Parks (with a quick menu of popular parks), Live Queues, and Best Times to Visit. The language picker now shows proper country flags on every device instead of a plain country code, the whole bar adapts cleanly between light and dark mode with visible keyboard focus outlines, and the mobile menu has been completely redesigned as a smooth, easy-to-tap slide-in panel - so getting around on a phone is effortless.

Improvement v5.0.25 June 2026

A Cleaner Crowd Calendar with Clearer Weather

We gave the crowd calendar a proper polish. Each day now has a clearer layout - the predicted busyness sits front and centre, the crowd level (Low, Average, Busy and so on) reads on its own line, and the opening hours are tucked neatly along the bottom. Best of all, the weather is finally easy to read: every day shows a colour-coded icon - a yellow sun for clear skies, a blue cloud for rain, slate for cloudy, violet for storms - next to the temperature, so you can tell the forecast at a glance instead of squinting at a faint grey symbol. The muddy coloured borders are gone, replaced with a soft tint that still tells you how busy each day is, and it all works just as smoothly on a phone as on a desktop.

Bug Fix v5.0.25 June 2026

Ride Pages Only Show Ride Info We Can Stand Behind

Until now, every ride carried a little type label - "Dark ride", "Coaster", "Log flume" and so on - that we guessed purely from the ride's name. It got things wrong: George's Dinosaur Adventure at Paultons Park was tagged a "Dark ride" just because its name contains the word "Adventure". Since we have no reliable way to know a ride's true category, we've removed that guess everywhere it appeared: the badge beside the ride name, the placeholder for rides we don't have a photo of, the FAQ and "About" text, and the description search engines see. Rides without a photo now show a clean initials tile instead of a guessed type. The result: nothing on a ride page claims a category we can't actually verify.

Improvement v5.0.14 June 2026

Ride Pages Rebuilt as a Full Stats Dashboard

Every ride page is now a proper data dashboard. Up top, live stat tiles show the wait right now, today's average and peak, how that compares to a normal day, uptime, closures, where the ride ranks for busyness in its park, and its busiest and quietest hours. Then the data: today's wait plotted minute-by-minute against the ride's typical pattern, a clear 'best time to ride' recommendation, a 'typical day' chart of average waits by hour, the busiest days of the week, a recent-days trend line, a wait-mix breakdown (short/medium/long queues), a 'compared to the park' leaderboard ranking every ride by busyness, how weather affects the crowds, a reliability score with a 7-day uptime trend, a Top 10 busiest days on record (tap any to jump to it), and the day's downtime history. It's packed with genuinely useful data, works in light and dark, and is fully mobile-friendly.

Improvement v5.0.14 June 2026

Real Ride Photos on Almost Every Attraction

Ride cards used to fall back to a coloured gradient with an icon whenever we didn't have a photo - which, until now, was most of them. We've added genuine, on-brand photographs for nearly 3,000 rides across 80+ parks, sourced straight from each park's own website. So Cedar Point's Steel Vengeance, Blackpool's ICON, Phantasialand's Taron, Disney's Space Mountain and thousands more now show the actual ride instead of a placeholder. Attractions we still don't have a photo for keep the clean gradient fallback, so nothing ever looks broken.

Bug Fix v5.0.03 June 2026

Fixed "Unable to Load Parks" for Returning Visitors

Some visitors were getting stuck on an "Unable to Load Parks" error and could only recover by fully clearing their browser cache - something no one should ever have to do. The cause: our park-data API told browsers to hold each response for five minutes, so if a momentary hiccup ever slipped through, the browser kept replaying that broken copy instead of trying again. We now tell browsers to always re-check for fresh data (while our edge cache still keeps things fast), so a one-off blip recovers by itself on the very next load.

Improvement v5.0.03 June 2026

A Brand-New Homepage: The Park Board at Golden Hour

We completely rebuilt the homepage around one idea - arriving at the park at golden hour. The whole page is a single sky that ripens from a warm dusk at the top down into night as you scroll, with our hand-drawn ride skyline on the horizon. At its centre is a tactile split-flap "ride board": pick a park (Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Europa-Park) and watch every row mechanically flip to that park's wait times. Below, the data story shows how queues build through the day and which days are quietest, and it closes on a free "admit one" ticket. It loads fast (no live data on the homepage), works beautifully in light and dark, and is fully keyboard- and screen-reader accessible.

Improvement v4.2.624 May 2026

We're Now LLM-Friendly: Park Queue Times in AI Answers

Added an llms.txt summary, expanded our robots.txt to explicitly welcome answer-engine crawlers (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Common Crawl, etc.), and shipped a fuller Organization + WebApplication JSON-LD block so AI assistants can introduce us correctly when they cite the site. If you ask an AI for live theme-park queue times, we should be one of the sources it can recommend by name and link.

Bug Fix v4.2.624 May 2026

Fixed Ride Pages Being De-Duplicated by Google

Google was canonicalising ~450 unique ride pages onto each other (e.g. Knott's 'Calico Mine Ride' pointing to Energylandia's 'Viking Ride') because our TouristAttraction structured data only emitted client-side after the live API responded. At build time the HTML had no per-ride schema, so the prerendered pages looked near-identical. Now every ride page ships a unique TouristAttraction schema with its own name, classification and parent-park reference baked into the static HTML.

Bug Fix v4.2.624 May 2026

Caught Legacy Calendar URLs Soft-404'ing

Old URLs like /parks/1/calendar/2-Feb-2026 - left over from the numeric-ID era - were falling through to the SPA shell and showing up as Soft 404s in Search Console. The redirect rule that should have caught them only matched the bare /parks/{id}/calendar form, not the dated suffix. Widened the .htaccess pattern so any /parks/{numeric-id}/* legacy URL now 301s to /parks.

Bug Fix v4.2.515 May 2026

Mobile View-Toggle: List Icon Now Renders

On the mobile park page the view-mode toggle had an empty square between the grid and map icons - the list-view button was there but its icon glyph wasn't being included in the font subset we ship. Tracked it down to a regex that only picked up icons ending in -line or -fill, silently dropping standalone ones like ri-list-check. Subset font now includes every icon class we actually reference.

Improvement v4.2.515 May 2026

Best Time to Visit Loads Faster

The Best Time to Visit page used to wait for all 12 months of crowd data to come back before showing anything, so on a slow day the spinner stuck around for 3+ seconds. Now months stream in as their fetch resolves - you see the first chart fill in almost immediately, and the rest paint as they arrive. Results are also cached for an hour so revisiting the page (or coming back from a ride detail) is instant.

Improvement v4.2.515 May 2026

Parks Page Renders Instantly

The Parks listing used to flash a grey skeleton on first load while it fetched the park list, then swap to the real cards. The full set of 83 parks is now baked into the page HTML at build time, so the list is on screen before the JavaScript has even finished loading. Country flags and park logos are still lazy so we're not blowing up first-paint either.

Bug Fix v4.2.515 May 2026

Fixed Occasional Missing-Styles Error

Some users were seeing a 'Refused to apply style' console error and briefly unstyled content on first visit. Traced it to an older deploy where two different versions of the same JavaScript chunk got cached at the CDN edge and one of them referenced a CSS file that no longer existed. Bumped our service-worker cache so affected browsers flush their stale copies on next visit.

Bug Fix v4.2.47 May 2026

Search Console Indexing Cleanup

Fixed a long-standing soft-404 problem where any unknown URL was returning HTTP 200 with the SPA shell - Google was treating thousands of those as 'Crawled, currently not indexed'. Unknown URLs now return a real 404. Also added X-Robots-Tag noindex headers for /widget, /trip, /dashboard, /auth and the per-park my-day / calendar/days routes (these are SPA shells with no unique content), and added missing canonical tags to the privacy, terms, cookies and updates pages.

Bug Fix v4.2.31 May 2026

Sharper Auto-Generated Ride Descriptions

Tightened the keywords used to auto-detect each ride's type so generic words like 'Flight', 'Express' and 'Expedition' no longer misclassify rides (e.g. The Flight of the Pterosaur was being labelled a motion simulator, Prof. Blast's Expedition Express a park railway). Also added hand-written 'About' sections for both rides at Paultons Park.

Bug Fix v4.2.228 April 2026

Downtime History Now Reflects Reason Changes

When a park updates a ride's closure message partway through the day (e.g. 'Closed All Day' to 'Closed Until 1st of May'), the Downtime History timeline now splits into separate entries instead of sticking with the original reason. Each entry shows the time window it applied to, so you can see how the operator's messaging evolved.

Improvement v4.2.127 April 2026

Auto-Generated Ride Descriptions

Every ride page now has an 'About this ride' section. For the 53 rides we've hand-written, you get a curated description; for the rest, we generate a short paragraph based on the ride's type (coaster, dark ride, water ride, drop tower etc.) so each page has its own context. Helps the FAQ stay relevant per ride type too.

New Feature v4.2.024 April 2026

Week-on-Week Park Trend Stats

Each park page now shows three small stat cards just below the hero - whether the park is busier or quieter than last week, plus the quietest and busiest days from the past 7 days. Useful at a glance for picking a return visit.

New Feature v4.2.024 April 2026

School Holiday Badges on the Crowd Calendar

Crowd calendar days now flag school-holiday windows so you can spot busier dates at a glance. UK parks show England + Scotland separately (their term dates differ); German parks show generic Germany dates; French parks show whichever of zones A/B/C are off. Hover or tap a badge for the full breakdown.

New Feature v4.2.024 April 2026

Plan Your Day Route Suggestions

Each park now has a Plan Day page that recommends an order to hit the major rides. Coasters that build long queues by mid-morning go in the 'Hit first thing' bucket; rides whose queues drop late get pushed to the evening. Built from each ride's typical hour-by-hour wait pattern over the last 28 days.

New Feature v4.2.024 April 2026

How Busy is the Park Through the Day?

Each park page now includes a chart showing the park's average wait time hour by hour across the last 28 days, with today's actual curve overlaid. Use it to spot the quieter windows in a typical day or check whether queues are running heavier than usual.

Improvement v4.2.024 April 2026

Richer Weather Forecasts

Weather cards now show the 'feels like' temperature (accounting for humidity and wind) alongside the daily high/low, plus the peak wind speed for the day. High winds often close exposed rollercoasters, so this is worth checking before you set off.

New Feature v4.2.024 April 2026

Single-Rider Queue Indicator

Rides with a single-rider queue now show a small SR badge on the ride card. Currently flagged across the major UK and US parks (Thorpe Park, Alton Towers, Disney, Universal, Cedar Point, Busch Gardens, Six Flags, and more). Missing a ride? Let us know.

Improvement v4.1.120 April 2026

About-This-Park Sections on Every Park

Each park page now starts with a short About section describing the park, its notable rides, and practical visitor tips. This gives search engines more context to rank each page and helps new visitors get their bearings at a glance.

Improvement v4.1.120 April 2026

SEO Content & Landing Page Improvements

Added a homepage FAQ section targeting common queue-time questions for rich-snippet eligibility. Created a dedicated /queue-times landing page. Park pages now include 'Queue Times' in the H1 and render correctly during static generation. Added a popular-parks section with keyword-rich internal links, plus H1 fixes on /about and the parks list.

Improvement v4.1.120 April 2026

SEO Indexing & Rich Snippet Improvements

Added missing canonical tags to ride, calendar, best-time and reliability pages. Added BreadcrumbList structured data so park sub-pages can earn breadcrumb rich snippets. Blocked Google from crawling /_nuxt/ assets directory and the SearchAction template URL. Optimized homepage title to lead with 'Queue Times' and tightened meta descriptions.

New Feature v4.1.019 April 2026

Sign In With Google

You can now create an account or sign in using your Google account. Existing email/password users can link their Google account by signing in with the matching email - both methods will work afterwards.

Improvement v4.0.517 April 2026

Closed Rides Now Show Last Wait Time Inline

For closed rides, the previous wait time (e.g. 'was 30m') now appears next to the 'Closed' label in the ride's wait-time color, making it easier to see how busy the ride was just before it shut down.

Improvement v4.0.416 April 2026

Improved Site Name in Google Search

Added structured data signals (WebSite @id, Organization @id, application-name meta) to help Google display 'Park Queue Times' as the site name in search results instead of the raw domain.

Improvement v4.0.416 April 2026

Comprehensive SEO Improvements

Added canonical URLs and og:url tags across park, ride, and static pages. Enriched AmusementPark and TouristAttraction structured data with @id, image, and publisher links. Sitemap now includes lastmod dates, and images have explicit width/height to reduce layout shift.

Bug Fix v4.0.416 April 2026

Fixed Black Bar at Bottom on iOS Safari

Fixed a visual glitch where a black stripe would appear at the bottom of the page on mobile, especially during overscroll or when the Safari toolbar animated. The page background and theme color now match the dark theme on iOS.

Bug Fix v4.0.416 April 2026

Park Pages Load Reliably on iOS Safari

Fixed a bug where park pages on iOS Safari could show 'The string did not match the expected pattern' or render with no rides and a missing park name. Invalid timezone values from the API are now handled gracefully, and load failures always show a clear retry prompt.

Bug Fix v4.0.416 April 2026

Closed Ride Downtime Now Always Shows

Fixed an issue where closed rides sometimes displayed their closure reason (e.g. 'Weather Delay') without the 'Down for X' duration. Duration now falls back to recent queue change data so it always appears when known.

Bug Fix v4.0.39 April 2026

Calendar Date Picker Fix

Fixed a bug where clicking a date on ride and calendar pages could select the wrong day. This affected users in timezones ahead of UTC, such as BST.

Bug Fix v4.0.39 April 2026

Ride Images Loading Fix

Fixed an issue where ride images could fail to load and show broken placeholders. Images now display correctly on all park pages.

Bug Fix v4.0.28 April 2026

Improved Search Engine Indexing

Fixed issues preventing pages from being indexed by Google. Best Time to Visit, Plan My Day, and Reliability pages are now fully pre-rendered. Sitemap is now dynamically generated with all park and ride pages.

Bug Fix v4.0.28 April 2026

More Reliable on Mobile

Park pages now automatically retry when your connection drops, instead of showing 'Unable to Load Park'. Ride images also retry loading on slow connections instead of showing initials.

Improvement v4.0.28 April 2026

Dark Mode by Default

Dark mode is now the default theme for all new visitors. Previously, users with a light OS theme would see light mode on their first visit. You can still switch to light mode in the navbar.

Improvement v4.0.28 April 2026

Better Loading Experience

The loading skeleton now matches the actual page layout with the park info card, search bar, filters, and ride cards - so the page feels faster and doesn't jump around when content loads.

Improvement v4.0.12 April 2026

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.

Bug Fix v4.0.12 April 2026

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.

New Feature v4.0.01 April 2026

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.

New Feature v4.0.01 April 2026

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.

New Feature v4.0.01 April 2026

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.

Improvement v4.0.01 April 2026

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.

Improvement v3.1.130 March 2026

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.

Bug Fix v3.1.130 March 2026

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.

Bug Fix v3.1.130 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.1.130 March 2026

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.

New Feature v3.1.023 March 2026

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.

New Feature v3.1.023 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.1.023 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.1.023 March 2026

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.

New Feature v3.1.023 March 2026

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.

New Feature v3.1.023 March 2026

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.

New Feature v3.1.023 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.0.022 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.0.022 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.0.022 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.0.022 March 2026

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.

Improvement v3.0.022 March 2026

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.

New Feature v2.8.015 March 2026

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.

Bug Fix v2.7.113 March 2026

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.

Bug Fix v2.7.012 March 2026

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.

New Feature v2.7.012 March 2026

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.

Improvement v2.7.012 March 2026

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.

New Feature v2.6.010 March 2026

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.

Improvement v2.5.07 March 2026

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.

New Feature v2.5.07 March 2026

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.

Improvement v2.4.04 March 2026

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.

New Feature v2.4.04 March 2026

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.

New Feature v2.4.04 March 2026

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.

Improvement v2.4.04 March 2026

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.

Bug Fix v2.4.04 March 2026

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.

Improvement v2.3.120 February 2026

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.

Improvement v2.3.120 February 2026

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.

Improvement v2.3.120 February 2026

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.

Improvement v2.3.019 February 2026

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.

New Feature v2.3.019 February 2026

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.

Improvement v2.3.019 February 2026

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.

Bug Fix v2.3.019 February 2026

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.

New Park v2.2.01 February 2026

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.

New Feature v2.2.01 February 2026

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.

New Park v2.1.030 January 2026

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.

Improvement v2.1.030 January 2026

Improved Park Hours Accuracy

Park opening and closing times now use UTC for accurate comparisons across timezones. No more confusing time mismatches.

New Park v2.0.029 January 2026

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.

New Feature v1.3.028 January 2026

Sibling Park Navigation

Easily switch between parks at the same destination with the new park toggle. Perfect for multi-park resorts.

Improvement v1.2.125 January 2026

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.

New Feature v1.2.020 January 2026

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.

New Feature v1.1.015 January 2026

Push Notifications for Ride Alerts

Get notified on your phone when queue times drop below your threshold. Never miss a short wait again.

Improvement v1.0.110 January 2026

Dark Mode Improvements

Refined the dark mode experience with better contrast and readability across all pages.

New Feature v1.0.05 January 2026

Crowd Calendar Launched

View historical crowd levels on a calendar for any supported park. See which days are busiest and plan accordingly.

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