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Quietest days coming up: Tue 1 Jun (2/10) · Tue 8 Jun (2/10) · Tue 15 Jun (2/10)
Busiest: Sat 26 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
203
213
224
235
248
255
263
273
283
294
305
318
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
33
43
54
65
78
85
93
103
113
124
135
148
155
163
173
183
194
205
218
225
233
243
256✦
267✦
279✦
2810✦
299✦
303
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
45
58
65
73
83
93
104
115
128
135
143
153
163
174
185
198
209✦
217✦
226✦
236✦
248✦
259✦
2610✦
279✦
287✦
296✦
306✦
318✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19✦
210✦
39✦
43
53
63
74
85
98
105
113
123
133
144
155
169✦
176✦
186✦
193
203
214
225
238
245
253
263
273
284
295
308
315
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
68
75
83
93
103
114
125
139✦
146✦
156✦
163
173
184
195
208
215
223
233
243
254
265
278
285
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
68
76
84
94
104
115
126
139
146
154
164
174
185
196
209
218✦
226✦
235✦
246✦
257✦
268✦
2710✦
288✦
296✦
304
314
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
39
46
54
64
74
85
96
109
116
124
134
144
155
166
179
186
194
204
213
224
235
248
255
263
273
283
294
305
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
25
33
43
53
64
75
88
95
103
113
123
134
145
158
165
173
183
193
204
215
228
235
243
253
263
274
285
299✦
306✦
316✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
22
33
44
57
64
72
82
92
103
114
127
134
142
152
162
173
184
197
204
212
222
232
243
254
267
274
282
292
302
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
26
39
49✦
54
63
73
84
96
109
116
124
133
143
154
166
179
186
194
203
213
224
236
249
256
264
273
283
294
306
319
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
24
33
43
54
66
79
86
94
103
113
124
136
149
156
164
173
183
194
206
219
226
234
243
253
264
276
289
296
304
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
23
34
48✦
55✦
65✦
72
82
93
104
117
124
132
142
152
163
174
187
194
202
212
222
233
244
257
264
272
282
292
303
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
28
35
43
53
63
74
85
99✦
106✦
116✦
123
133
144
155
168
175
183
193
The months that actually matter at Six Flags Darien Lake
Busiest months
July and August — the summer holiday, and concert days at the amphitheatre next door.
Quietest months
June and September — June weekdays and September weekends.
Local knowledge: Check the amphitheatre schedule before you pick a date: big concerts fill the car park and the afternoon queues.
When to avoid Six Flags Darien Lake, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Wed Nov 25 – Sun Nov 29Thanksgiving · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 7/10, 9 at worst
Sat Feb 13 – Mon Feb 15Presidents' Day · about 7/10, 9 at worst
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 14 – Sun Jun 20about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 21 – Sun Jun 27about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 20 – Sun Sep 26about 3/10 · 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 Six Flags Darien Lake, 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? Six Flags Darien Lake 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.