All time
Wild Mouse has the longest average queue at Dorney Park, at 32 minutes, followed by Blair Witch: No Signal (30 minutes) and Thunder Canyon (28 minutes). 9 of the 19 rides have an average queue of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average queue time, mins |
|---|---|
| Wild Mouse | 32 |
| Blair Witch: No Signal | 30 |
| Thunder Canyon | 28 |
| Ghost in the Machine | 26 |
| Roadside Stop N' Chop | 25 |
| Thunder Creek Mountain | 19 |
| Talon | 17 |
| Trick or Treat | 17 |
| Blood on the Bayou | 16 |
| Hydra | 16 |
| Necropolis | 15 |
| White Water Landing | 15 |
| Iron Menace | 14 |
| Steel Force | 12 |
| Thunderhawk | 11 |
| Dominator | 9 |
| Dominator Red | 9 |
| Possessed | 9 |
| Snoopy's Rocket Express | 9 |
Wild Mouse sees the longest peak queues at Dorney Park, with its daily maximum averaging 52 minutes, ahead of Thunder Canyon (50 minutes) and Blair Witch: No Signal (44 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum queue time, mins |
|---|---|
| Wild Mouse | 52 |
| Thunder Canyon | 50 |
| Blair Witch: No Signal | 44 |
| Ghost in the Machine | 42 |
| Talon | 32 |
| Thunder Creek Mountain | 32 |
| Roadside Stop N' Chop | 30 |
| Hydra | 29 |
| Blood on the Bayou | 28 |
| Iron Menace | 27 |
| Trick or Treat | 27 |
| Necropolis | 23 |
| White Water Landing | 23 |
| Steel Force | 22 |
| Thunderhawk | 21 |
| Dominator | 15 |
| Possessed | 15 |
| Dominator Red | 14 |
| Snoopy's Rocket Express | 14 |
Dorney Park is usually quietest in June and July, when crowd levels average as low as 44%. The busiest month tends to be May, at around 62%.
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | β |
| Feb | β |
| Mar | β |
| Apr | 35 |
| May | 62 |
| Jun | 44 |
| Jul | 45 |
| Aug | 50 |
| Sep | 56 |
| Oct | 59 |
| Nov | 28 |
| Dec | β |
Thursday is typically the quietest day of the week at Dorney Park, averaging 38% compared with 69% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 18 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 50 |
| Mon | 45 |
| Tue | 39 |
| Wed | 39 |
| Thu | 38 |
| Fri | 48 |
| Sat | 69 |
So far in 2026, crowd levels at Dorney Park are similar to the same point in 2025 (45% compared with 43%). Of the full years on record, 2019 was the busiest, averaging 69%. 2020 and 2021 are left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels in those years.
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| October 28, 2023 | 100 |
| October 22, 2022 | 99 |
| September 27, 2019 | 99 |
| July 28, 2019 | 99 |
| June 04, 2021 | 99 |
| May 17, 2024 | 99 |
| July 29, 2019 | 99 |
| July 30, 2019 | 99 |
| July 31, 2019 | 99 |
| July 13, 2019 | 98 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| July 21, 2026 | 0 |
| June 22, 2026 | 0 |
| June 23, 2026 | 0 |
| August 07, 2024 | 0 |
| June 23, 2022 | 0 |
| October 31, 2025 | 0 |
| November 07, 2021 | 0 |
| August 20, 2026 | 0 |
| May 27, 2024 | 1 |
| July 09, 2021 | 1 |