Six Flags Great America wait time statistics

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Average wait time by ride (all time)

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Blair Witch: No Signal has the longest average wait at Six Flags Great America, at 58 minutes, followed by The Conjuring Universe (57 minutes) and Maxx Force (49 minutes). 5 of the 29 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.

Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

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Availability during park operating hours (all time)

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Average crowd level by month (all time)

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Six Flags Great America is usually quietest in December, when crowd levels average as low as 28%. The busiest month tends to be October, at around 66%.

Month Average crowd level, %
Jan —
Feb —
Mar —
Apr 45
May 55
Jun 44
Jul 48
Aug 57
Sep 53
Oct 66
Nov 35
Dec 28

Average crowd level by day of the week (all time)

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Thursday is typically the quietest day of the week at Six Flags Great America, averaging 40% compared with 63% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 16 percentage points quieter than weekends.

Day Average crowd level, %
Sun 56
Mon 51
Tue 42
Wed 41
Thu 40
Fri 46
Sat 63

Average crowd level by year (all time)

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So far in 2026, crowd levels at Six Flags Great America are similar to the same point in 2025 (44% compared with 44%). Of the full years on record, 2019 was the busiest, averaging 59%. 2021 is left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels that year.

Year Average crowd level, % Average crowd level (YTD), %
2018 31 —
2019 59 62
2020 — —
2021 71 79
2022 41 40
2023 43 42
2024 50 49
2025 45 44
2026 44 44

Crowd levels by day (last 30 days)

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