All time
RailBlazer has the longest average wait at California's Great America, at 44 minutes, followed by Rip Roaring Rapids (39 minutes) and Tiki Twirl (37 minutes). 5 of the 18 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| RailBlazer | 44 |
| Rip Roaring Rapids | 39 |
| Tiki Twirl | 37 |
| Psycho Mouse | 34 |
| Gold Striker | 32 |
| The Grizzly | 32 |
| Flight Deck | 25 |
| Barney Oldfield's Redwood Rally | 22 |
| Delirium | 21 |
| Demon | 20 |
| Lucy's Crabbie Cabbies | 18 |
| Rue le Dodge | 17 |
| Drop Tower | 16 |
| Flying Eagles | 15 |
| Patriot | 14 |
| Mass Effect: New Earth | 12 |
| Whitewater Falls | 11 |
| Flying Ace | 8 |
RailBlazer sees the longest peak waits at California's Great America, with its daily maximum averaging 68 minutes, ahead of Rip Roaring Rapids (58 minutes) and Tiki Twirl (52 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| RailBlazer | 68 |
| Rip Roaring Rapids | 58 |
| Tiki Twirl | 52 |
| Gold Striker | 50 |
| The Grizzly | 50 |
| Psycho Mouse | 49 |
| Flight Deck | 43 |
| Barney Oldfield's Redwood Rally | 36 |
| Demon | 35 |
| Drop Tower | 28 |
| Patriot | 27 |
| Delirium | 25 |
| Flying Eagles | 25 |
| Lucy's Crabbie Cabbies | 21 |
| Rue le Dodge | 20 |
| Whitewater Falls | 18 |
| Flying Ace | 14 |
| Mass Effect: New Earth | 13 |
California's Great America is usually quietest in November, when crowd levels average as low as 34%. The busiest month tends to be May, at around 59%.
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | 40 |
| Feb | 30 |
| Mar | 44 |
| Apr | 53 |
| May | 59 |
| Jun | 48 |
| Jul | 48 |
| Aug | 54 |
| Sep | 41 |
| Oct | 57 |
| Nov | 34 |
| Dec | 50 |
Tuesday is typically the quietest day of the week at California's Great America, averaging 27% compared with 61% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 16 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 52 |
| Mon | 43 |
| Tue | 27 |
| Wed | 43 |
| Thu | 41 |
| Fri | 49 |
| Sat | 61 |
So far in 2026, California's Great America is running 14 percentage points busier than at the same point in 2025 (59% compared with 45%). Of the full years on record, 2022 was the busiest, averaging 62%. 2021 is left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels that year.
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| June 17, 2021 | 99 |
| June 18, 2021 | 100 |
| June 16, 2021 | 99 |
| June 13, 2021 | 99 |
| May 29, 2021 | 99 |
| May 23, 2021 | 99 |
| June 12, 2021 | 99 |
| May 30, 2021 | 99 |
| May 31, 2021 | 99 |
| June 02, 2021 | 99 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| December 06, 2019 | 0 |
| November 18, 2022 | 0 |
| May 04, 2024 | 0 |
| December 19, 2018 | 0 |
| July 02, 2024 | 0 |
| November 30, 2019 | 1 |
| December 01, 2019 | 1 |
| March 12, 2023 | 1 |
| December 07, 2019 | 1 |
| November 05, 2021 | 1 |