Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Fri 7 May (1/10) · Fri 14 May (1/10) · Fri 21 May (1/10)
Busiest: Sun 20 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
231
246
2510
269
273
283
294
301
316
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
28
33
43
54
61
75
810
98
103
113
124
131
145
1510
168
173
183
194
201
215
2210
238
243
256✦
267✦
271✦
289✦
2910✦
308
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
41
55
610
78
83
93
104
111
125
1310
148
153
163
174
181
195
2010✦
2110✦
226✦
236✦
248✦
251✦
2610✦
2710✦
2810✦
296✦
306✦
318✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11✦
210✦
310✦
48
53
63
74
81
95
1010
118
123
133
144
151
167✦
1710✦
1810✦
193
203
214
221
235
2410
258
263
273
284
291
305
3110
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
23
33
44
51
65
710
88
93
103
114
121
137✦
1410✦
1510✦
163
173
184
191
205
2110
228
233
243
254
261
275
2810
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
23
33
44
51
65
710
89
94
104
115
121
137
1410
159
164
174
185
191
207
2110✦
2210✦
235✦
246✦
257✦
261✦
279✦
2810✦
2910✦
304
314
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
21
37
410
59
64
74
85
91
107
1110
129
134
144
155
161
177
1810
199
204
213
224
231
245
2510
268
273
283
294
301
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
210
37
42
52
63
71
84
910
107
112
122
133
141
154
1610
177
182
192
203
211
224
2310
247
252
262
273
281
296✦
3010✦
3110✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
22
33
41
54
610
77
82
92
103
111
124
1310
147
152
162
173
181
194
2010
217
222
232
243
251
264
2710
287
292
302
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
21
36
410✦
59
63
73
84
91
106
1110
129
133
143
154
161
176
1810
199
203
213
224
231
246
2510
269
273
283
294
301
316
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
29
33
43
54
61
76
810
99
103
113
124
131
146
1510
169
173
183
194
201
216
2210
239
243
253
264
271
286
2910
309
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
23
31
46✦
510✦
610✦
72
82
93
101
114
1210
137
142
152
163
171
184
1910
207
212
222
233
241
254
2610
277
282
292
303
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
26
310
49
53
63
74
81
97✦
1010✦
1110✦
123
133
144
151
166
1710
189
193
203
214
221
The months that actually matter at Dorney Park
Busiest months
July, August and October — the summer holiday and Halloween weekends.
Quietest months
May, June and September — May, June and September weekdays.
Local knowledge: Waits over thirty minutes are genuinely unusual outside July Saturdays — turn up, ride, and skip the upsell.
When to avoid Dorney Park, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sun Jul 4July 4th · about 10/10
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 5/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Dorney Park, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Dorney Park wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.