Parc Astérix Wait Times

Parc Astérix · Europe · typical hours 10 AM–6 PM

The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Toutatis first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. There is no headline evening show, so the final operating hour is usually the quietest time to ride.

Worth it on busy days: The skip-the-line pass is worth it during French school holidays and hard to justify on a term-time weekday.

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Parc Astérix wait times right now

4 rides open, 46 closed · average posted wait 0 min.

AttractionPosted wait
Getafix Play Area0 min
Little Oaks Play Area0 min
The Asterix Adventure0 min
The Golden Boar Playground0 min

Closed right now: A River in Ilia, Ace Flying Squadron, Aerodynamix, Beware Menhirs!, By Toutatis!, Caesar's Carousel, Caesar's Spies, Discobelix, Ekonomikrisis Cruises, Enigmatix, Fulliautomatix, Gyrotechnix, Hydrolix, Icarus's Flight, Inthamix, Justforkix, Laundromatix, Mini Bumper Chariots, Mini Dragon Ships, Obelix's Slide, Osiris Convolvulis, Romulus and Rapidus, SOS Hieroglyphix, The "Hurrah" Trail, The Catacombs Haunted House, The Cauldrons, The Descent of the Nile, The Enchanting Gardens of Father Christmas, The Flight of Ibis, The Forest of No Return, The Galley, The Hellish Pompeii Haunted House, The Hydra of Lerna, The Infernal Cauldrons, The Menhir Express, The Mini Flying Chairs, The Mini Storm, The Mini Train, The Pegasus Express, The Pirate's Revenge - The Big Splash, The Tomb of the Gods Haunted House, The Tower of Edifis, The Trojan Horse, The Wrath of Anubis Haunted House, Thunder 2 Zeus, Viking Ice Rink.

Posted waits as of 7:51 AM park time, refreshed every few minutes. Posted waits are the park’s own figures via Queue-Times.com. Plan around them in the app →

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Parc Astérix hours today and this week

DayPark hours (local time)
Fri 23 Oct9 AM – 6 PM
a separately ticketed event from 7 PM (separate ticket)
Sat 24 Oct9 AM – 6 PM
a separately ticketed event from 7 PM (separate ticket)
Sun 25 Oct10 AM – 7 PM
Mon 26 Oct10 AM – 7 PM
Tue 27 Oct10 AM – 7 PM
Wed 28 Oct9 AM – 6 PM
a separately ticketed event from 7 PM (separate ticket)
Thu 29 Oct9 AM – 6 PM
a separately ticketed event from 7 PM (separate ticket)

From the park’s published schedule. Hours change, and evening events can close the park to day guests early — check with the park before you go.

Parc Astérix wait times by hour

Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 12 PM–2 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.

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Typical shape of a Parc Astérix day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.

See the hour-by-hour numbers
HourTypical wait level
10 AM40% of the day's peak
11 AM75% of the day's peak
12 PM97% of the day's peak
1 PM99% of the day's peak
2 PM87% of the day's peak
3 PM64% of the day's peak
4 PM40% of the day's peak
5 PM28% of the day's peak
Shortest lines: 5 PM–6 PM. Longest: 12 PM–2 PM.

What to ride first at Parc Astérix: rope drop order

Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. Toutatis is the newest headliner and holds the longest line; OzIris follows.

  1. Toutatis
  2. OzIris
  3. Tonnerre 2 Zeus
  4. Discobélix

The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.

Best and worst months to visit Parc Astérix

Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.

Busiest: April, July, August and October

Expect the year's longest waits during French school holidays — Easter, the summer break, and the Halloween season.

Quietest: May, June and September

The best value for short lines is May and June weekdays in term time, and September.

When to avoid Parc Astérix, and when to go

Busiest stretches, next 12 months

  • Fri Oct 23 – Sun Nov 1Toussaint school holidays* · about 5/10, 10 at worst
  • Sat Mar 27 – Mon Mar 29Easter Monday · about 7/10, 10 at worst
  • Sat May 1Labour Day · about 10/10
  • Sat May 8VE Day · about 10/10
  • Sun Aug 15Assumption Day · about 10/10

Quietest weeks

  • Mon May 24 – Sun May 30about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
  • Mon May 31 – Sun Jun 6about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
  • Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
  • Mon Aug 30 – Sun Sep 5about 4/10
  • Mon Sep 6 – Sun Sep 12about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks

Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.

Is Skip-the-line pass worth it at Parc Astérix?

Worth it on busy days

The skip-the-line pass is worth it during French school holidays and hard to justify on a term-time weekday. This park's calendar tracks the French school year almost exactly.

Price: roughly €5–€15 per ride, per person. Prices change often and by date — treat this as a range, not a quote.

Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.

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Beat the lines without paying at Parc Astérix

Local knowledge: Parc Astérix is much quieter than Disneyland Paris on the same date, which makes it a good second park on a busy Paris week.

Planning ahead? The free Parc Astérix crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.

How the wait moves through the day at Parc Astérix

Median posted wait across the rides we track, on busy days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.

08152330OpenClose 5 min at 12a12a — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 124 readings)1a — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 74 readings)2a — typically 0 min (middle half 0–0, 16 readings)3a — typically 0 min (middle half 0–0, 16 readings)4a — typically 0 min (middle half 0–0, 16 readings)5a — typically 0 min (middle half 0–0, 16 readings)6a — typically 0 min (middle half 0–0, 16 readings)7a — typically 0 min (middle half 0–0, 16 readings)8a — typically 0 min (middle half 0–0, 16 readings)9a — typically 5 min (middle half 5–5, 106 readings)10a — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 130 readings)11a — typically 5 min (middle half 5–20, 148 readings)12p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 152 readings)1p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 151 readings)2p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 148 readings)3p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 150 readings)4p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–15, 152 readings)5p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–10, 151 readings)6p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–5, 127 readings)7p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–5, 130 readings)8p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–25, 126 readings)9p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–25, 127 readings)10p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–30, 122 readings)11p — typically 5 min (middle half 5–30, 123 readings)12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p11p min
Posted standby minutes, from our own recorded snapshots. Posted waits are what the park displays — not necessarily how long you stand there. Download CSV · Save PNG · Share

What's closed at Parc Astérix

Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through October 23, 2026.

AttractionClosed sinceDuration
A River in IliaOctober 2, 202622 operating days
Obelix's SlideOctober 2, 202622 operating days
The CauldronsOctober 2, 202622 operating days
The Enchanting Gardens of Father ChristmasOctober 2, 202622 operating days
The Wrath of Anubis Haunted HouseOctober 2, 202622 operating days
Viking Ice RinkOctober 2, 202622 operating days
JustforkixOctober 12, 202612 operating days
Romulus and RapidusOctober 12, 202612 operating days

Recently back

AttractionWas closed fromDuration
GyrotechnixOctober 12, 20264 operating days
The Tomb of the Gods Haunted HouseOctober 12, 20264 operating days
Thunder 2 ZeusOctober 12, 20264 operating days

Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.

What counts as a normal wait at Parc Astérix

Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.

RideLightlevel 1Packedlevel 5
The Forest of No Return—70–10590 typical
Osiris Convolvulis0–250 typical35–6050 typical
By Toutatis!0–4530 typical40–6050 typical
Thunder 2 Zeus15–3015 typical40–6050 typical
The Pegasus Express—30–5545 typical
Fulliautomatix0–3020 typical35–5045 typical
Justforkix—20–4535 typical
The "Hurrah" Trail0–105 typical25–4535 typical
The Hellish Pompeii Haunted House—20–4535 typical
Discobelix—25–4030 typical
The Catacombs Haunted House—10–4020 typical
The Tomb of the Gods Haunted House—10–4025 typical
The Descent of the Nile0–50 typical10–3015 typical
The Tower of Edifis0–205 typical10–3020 typical
Caesar's Spies—10–3020 typical
Icarus's Flight—5–3010 typical
The Trojan Horse—5–2015 typical
Gyrotechnix5–55 typical5–1510 typical

Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 10 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.

Parc Astérix FAQ

What time should I arrive at Parc Astérix?

Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 10 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.

When are wait times shortest at Parc Astérix?

5 PM–6 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 12 PM–2 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.

What should I ride first at Parc Astérix?

Toutatis, then OzIris and Tonnerre 2 Zeus. Toutatis is the newest headliner and holds the longest line; OzIris follows.

What is the best month to visit Parc Astérix?

May, June and September — May and June weekdays in term time, and September. Avoid April, July, August and October, when French school holidays — Easter, the summer break, and the Halloween season.

Is Skip-the-line pass worth it at Parc Astérix?

The skip-the-line pass is worth it during French school holidays and hard to justify on a term-time weekday. This park's calendar tracks the French school year almost exactly.

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