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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have spent half the day in queues.

Mar 17, 2026 came in at a 8/10, the kind of day where SheiKra can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 2 and a 10, settling around a 8 for most of the day.

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8
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT68m
PEAK180m
RIDES OPEN9/9
WEATHER60° Clear
Busch Gardens Tampa crowd report infographic for Mar 17, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
2
10 AM
7
11 AM
9
12 PM
10
1 PM
10
2 PM
9
3 PM
10
4 PM
9
5 PM
9
6 PM
8
7 PM
8
8 PM
10 AM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for SheiKra all morning.

11 AM to 1 PM
Treat lunch as a ride

You'll queue for food too. Use that time on a sit-down with a reservation.

2 PM to 6 PM
There is no afternoon dip

Waits hold steady through close. Live wait alerts earn their keep here.

8 PM to 8 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

Headliners finally ease late. Skip dinner, stay late, eat after.

Every ride, by average wait.

15 rides · avg wait shown
Cheetah Hunt
119m avg
peak 150m · 77% uptime
SheiKra
90m avg
peak 180m · 100% uptime
Cobra's Curse
83m avg
peak 120m · 81% uptime
Serengeti Flyer
75m avg
peak 90m · 81% uptime
Montu
62m avg
peak 120m · 47% uptime
Phoenix Rising
62m avg
peak 100m · 100% uptime
Iron Gwazi
60m avg
peak 120m · 100% uptime
Tigris
57m avg
peak 90m · 100% uptime
Congo River Rapids
0m avg
peak 0m · 2% uptime
Falcon's Fury
Closed all day
Kumba
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
Falcon's Fury Kumba Serengeti Express (Nairobi Station) Serengeti Express (Stanleyville Station) Skyride (Egypt Station) Skyride (Jungala Station)

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 60°F, low 42°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