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.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plans4 rides open, 46 closed · average posted wait 0 min.
| Attraction | Posted wait |
|---|---|
| Getafix Play Area | 0 min |
| Little Oaks Play Area | 0 min |
| The Asterix Adventure | 0 min |
| The Golden Boar Playground | 0 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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| Day | Park hours (local time) |
|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct | 9 AM – 6 PM a separately ticketed event from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Sat 24 Oct | 9 AM – 6 PM a separately ticketed event from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Sun 25 Oct | 10 AM – 7 PM |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10 AM – 7 PM |
| Tue 27 Oct | 10 AM – 7 PM |
| Wed 28 Oct | 9 AM – 6 PM a separately ticketed event from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Thu 29 Oct | 9 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.
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.
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.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 10 AM | 40% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 75% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 97% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 99% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 87% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 64% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 40% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 28% of the day's peak |
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.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during French school holidays — Easter, the summer break, and the Halloween season.
The best value for short lines is May and June weekdays in term time, and September.
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.
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.
Check today's waits before you buyPlanning ahead? The free Parc Astérix crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
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.
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.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| A River in Ilia | October 2, 2026 | 22 operating days |
| Obelix's Slide | October 2, 2026 | 22 operating days |
| The Cauldrons | October 2, 2026 | 22 operating days |
| The Enchanting Gardens of Father Christmas | October 2, 2026 | 22 operating days |
| The Wrath of Anubis Haunted House | October 2, 2026 | 22 operating days |
| Viking Ice Rink | October 2, 2026 | 22 operating days |
| Justforkix | October 12, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Romulus and Rapidus | October 12, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Gyrotechnix | October 12, 2026 | 4 operating days |
| The Tomb of the Gods Haunted House | October 12, 2026 | 4 operating days |
| Thunder 2 Zeus | October 12, 2026 | 4 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.
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.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|
| The Forest of No Return | — | 70–10590 typical |
| Osiris Convolvulis | 0–250 typical | 35–6050 typical |
| By Toutatis! | 0–4530 typical | 40–6050 typical |
| Thunder 2 Zeus | 15–3015 typical | 40–6050 typical |
| The Pegasus Express | — | 30–5545 typical |
| Fulliautomatix | 0–3020 typical | 35–5045 typical |
| Justforkix | — | 20–4535 typical |
| The "Hurrah" Trail | 0–105 typical | 25–4535 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 Nile | 0–50 typical | 10–3015 typical |
| The Tower of Edifis | 0–205 typical | 10–3020 typical |
| Caesar's Spies | — | 10–3020 typical |
| Icarus's Flight | — | 5–3010 typical |
| The Trojan Horse | — | 5–2015 typical |
| Gyrotechnix | 5–55 typical | 5–1510 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.
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.
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.
Toutatis, then OzIris and Tonnerre 2 Zeus. Toutatis is the newest headliner and holds the longest line; OzIris follows.
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.
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.