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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.

Apr 1, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where DarKoaster can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 7, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT19m
PEAK80m
RIDES OPEN12/9
WEATHER84° Clear
Busch Gardens Williamsburg crowd report infographic for Apr 1, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

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

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for DarKoaster 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 7 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

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

Every ride, by average wait.

20 rides · avg wait shown
DarKoaster
45m avg
peak 80m · 97% uptime
Griffon
24m avg
peak 40m · 97% uptime
Apollo's Chariot
19m avg
peak 30m · 81% uptime
Finnegan's Flyer
19m avg
peak 30m · 97% uptime
InvadR
19m avg
peak 25m · 95% uptime
Alpengeist
18m avg
peak 30m · 97% uptime
Tempesto
17m avg
peak 20m · 100% uptime
The Battering Ram
13m avg
peak 20m · 97% uptime
Der Autobahn
8m avg
peak 10m · 100% uptime
Der Wirbelwind
0m avg
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Escape From Pompeii
Closed all day
Grover's Alpine Express
Closed all day
Le Catapult
Closed all day
Le Scoot
Closed all day
Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives On
Closed all day
Pantheon
Closed all day
The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge
Closed all day
The Trade Wind
Closed all day
Turkish Delight
0m avg
peak 0m · 57% uptime
Verbolten
0m avg
peak 0m · 64% uptime
8 rides were closed all day
Escape From Pompeii Grover's Alpine Express Le Catapult Le Scoot Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives On Pantheon The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge The Trade Wind

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 84°F, low 63°F, rain for 2h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop DarKoaster right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: DarKoaster 80m to 48m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions