Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
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
247
256
263
273
283
294
305
317
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
23
33
43
54
65
77
86
93
103
113
124
135
147
156
163
173
183
194
205
217
226
233
243
256✦
267✦
279✦
2810✦
2910✦
303
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
45
57
66
73
83
93
104
115
127
136
143
153
163
174
185
197
2010✦
217✦
226✦
236✦
248✦
259✦
2610✦
2710✦
287✦
296✦
306✦
318✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19✦
210✦
310✦
43
53
63
74
85
97
106
113
123
133
144
155
169✦
177✦
186✦
193
203
214
225
237
246
253
263
273
284
295
307
316
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
67
76
83
93
103
114
125
139✦
147✦
156✦
163
173
184
195
207
216
223
233
243
254
265
277
286
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
67
77
84
94
104
115
126
139
147
154
164
174
185
196
209
2110✦
226✦
235✦
246✦
257✦
268✦
2710✦
2810✦
296✦
304
314
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
39
47
54
64
74
85
96
109
117
124
134
144
155
166
179
187
194
204
213
224
235
247
256
263
273
283
294
305
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
26
33
43
53
64
75
87
96
103
113
123
134
145
157
166
173
183
193
204
215
227
236
243
253
263
274
285
299✦
307✦
316✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
22
33
44
56
65
72
82
92
103
114
126
135
142
152
162
173
184
196
205
212
222
232
243
254
266
275
282
292
302
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
26
38
410✦
54
63
73
84
96
108
117
124
133
143
154
166
178
187
194
203
213
224
236
248
257
264
273
283
294
306
318
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
24
33
43
54
66
78
87
94
103
113
124
136
148
157
164
173
183
194
206
218
227
234
243
253
264
276
288
297
304
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
23
34
48✦
56✦
65✦
72
82
93
104
116
125
132
142
152
163
174
186
195
202
212
222
233
244
256
265
272
282
292
303
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
27
36
43
53
63
74
85
99✦
107✦
116✦
123
133
144
155
167
176
183
193
The months that actually matter at Six Flags Great Escape
Busiest months
July and August — the summer holiday, when Lake George fills up.
Quietest months
June and September — June weekdays and September weekends.
Local knowledge: The water park next door shares the gate: do the dry rides in the morning and the water park in the hottest hours.
When to avoid Six Flags Great Escape, 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
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sun Jul 4July 4th · about 10/10
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 Great Escape, 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 Great Escape 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.