Le Parc du Petit Prince · Europe · typical hours 10 AM–6 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Le Troublion 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.
Not sold here: There is no line-skip product to buy here; the Prince Pass is only for visitors with a disability card.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plans26 rides open, 2 closed · average posted wait 1 min.
| Attraction | Posted wait |
|---|---|
| Thunder Stone | 15 min |
| Aerousel | 0 min |
| Draw me a Sheep | 0 min |
| Great Tethered Balloon: VR experience | 0 min |
| Leapfrog | 0 min |
| Little Prince and Friends | 0 min |
| Make up | 0 min |
| Metamorphose | 0 min |
| South Atlantik | 0 min |
| The Aerobar of the Drinker | 0 min |
| The Boa Snake | 0 min |
| The Citadel | 0 min |
| The Desert Dew | 0 min |
| The Flying Chairs | 0 min |
| The Fox Burrow | 0 min |
| The Great Swing | 0 min |
| The Hopscotch | 0 min |
| The little train - Citadel Station | 0 min |
| The little train - Volcano Station | 0 min |
| The Maze | 0 min |
| The Snake | 0 min |
| The Volcano | 0 min |
| Trampoline Park | 0 min |
| Troublion | 0 min |
| Underwater Planet | 0 min |
| Z'Hopla | 0 min |
Closed right now: Great Tethered Balloon, Tyrolean Traverse.
Posted waits as of 4:35 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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Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 12 PM–1 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Le Parc du Petit Prince 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 | 35% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 74% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 91% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 67% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 44% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 29% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 22% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. The tethered balloons only fly when the wind allows, so go up while they are running; Le Troublion, new in June 2026, carries just 16 riders at a time, and Pierre de Tonnerre, the spinning coaster, comes next.
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 the zone B spring holidays in April (Alsace is in zone B) and the French summer holidays, when the park opens every day.
The best value for short lines is June and September weekends outside the school holidays (outside July and August the park opens on weekends, public holidays and school holidays).
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.
Not sold here
There is no line-skip product to buy here; the Prince Pass is only for visitors with a disability card. Arrive at opening, take the balloon if it is flying, and the rest of the day stays easy outside the holidays.
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 Le Parc du Petit Prince crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through October 20, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Great Tethered Balloon | October 6, 2026 | 15 operating days |
| Tyrolean Traverse | October 18, 2026 | 3 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.
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–1 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Le Troublion, then Pierre de Tonnerre. The tethered balloons only fly when the wind allows, so go up while they are running; Le Troublion, new in June 2026, carries just 16 riders at a time, and Pierre de Tonnerre, the spinning coaster, comes next.
June and September — June and September weekends outside the school holidays (outside July and August the park opens on weekends, public holidays and school holidays). Avoid April, July and August, when the zone B spring holidays in April (Alsace is in zone B) and the French summer holidays, when the park opens every day.
There is no line-skip product to buy here; the Prince Pass is only for visitors with a disability card. Arrive at opening, take the balloon if it is flying, and the rest of the day stays easy outside the holidays.