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A PACKED DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have walked off the property by 2pm.

Jan 2, 2026 ran at a 10/10. Full-park conditions, lines stacked everywhere. Crowds held steady around a 10 from open through close.

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10
/10
Packed
AVG WAIT63m
PEAK180m
RIDES OPEN9/10
WEATHER71° Cloudy
Busch Gardens Tampa crowd report infographic for Jan 2, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

12 PM to 12 PM · crowd level 1–10
10
12 PM
12 PM to 10 AM
Rope-drop hard or rethink the morning

If you walk in after 9 AM, plan to save SheiKra for the last hour instead.

11 AM to 1 PM
Sit-down lunch, no exceptions

Quick-service waits balloon on days like this. A reservation buys you AC and time.

2 PM to 6 PM
Take a break, come back at 7

Crowds don't thin. Leave the park, swim, return for the last 90 minutes.

8 PM to 12 PM
One more ride, then leave

Even at close, waits hold long. Pick one ride and get out before the parking lot does its worst.

Every ride, by average wait.

15 rides · avg wait shown
Cobra's Curse
100m avg
peak 160m · 68% uptime
Iron Gwazi
90m avg
peak 125m · 100% uptime
SheiKra
81m avg
peak 180m · 100% uptime
Tigris
70m avg
peak 120m · 100% uptime
Phoenix Rising
67m avg
peak 120m · 100% uptime
Serengeti Flyer
65m avg
peak 120m · 100% uptime
Montu
64m avg
peak 140m · 88% uptime
Kumba
25m avg
peak 45m · 88% uptime
Congo River Rapids
22m avg
peak 60m · 88% uptime
Cheetah Hunt
Closed all day
Falcon's Fury
Closed all day
Serengeti Express (Nairobi Station)
Closed all day
Serengeti Express (Stanleyville Station)
Closed all day
Skyride (Egypt Station)
Closed all day
Skyride (Jungala Station)
Closed all day
6 rides were closed all day
Cheetah Hunt Falcon's Fury Serengeti Express (Nairobi Station) Serengeti Express (Stanleyville Station) Skyride (Egypt Station) Skyride (Jungala Station)

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 71°F, low 48°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop SheiKra right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: SheiKra 180m to 108m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions