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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 20, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Cheetah Hunt can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 3 and a 9, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT43m
PEAK140m
RIDES OPEN10/11
WEATHER77° Clear
Busch Gardens Tampa crowd report infographic for Mar 20, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

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

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Cheetah Hunt 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 10 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
Iron Gwazi
76m avg
peak 120m · 100% uptime
Cheetah Hunt
68m avg
peak 140m · 89% uptime
Cobra's Curse
54m avg
peak 100m · 89% uptime
Congo River Rapids
51m avg
peak 120m · 93% uptime
SheiKra
49m avg
peak 90m · 96% uptime
Serengeti Flyer
39m avg
peak 90m · 100% uptime
Phoenix Rising
33m avg
peak 60m · 91% uptime
Tigris
32m avg
peak 60m · 100% uptime
Montu
25m avg
peak 70m · 89% uptime
Kumba
19m avg
peak 70m · 40% uptime
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
5 rides were closed all day
Falcon's Fury Serengeti Express (Nairobi Station) Serengeti Express (Stanleyville Station) Skyride (Egypt Station) Skyride (Jungala Station)

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 77°F, low 49°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Cheetah Hunt right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Cheetah Hunt 140m to 84m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions