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A PACKED DAY

If you'd been here on a weekend like this,
you'd have queued for everything, sweated through most of it.

May 9, 2026 ran at a 10/10. Full-park conditions, lines stacked everywhere. Crowds bounced between a 3 and a 10, settling around a 10 for most of the day.

PLANNING A TRIP?
Pick your dates on the crowd calendar and we'll show you how this day compares to your window.
10
/10
Packed
AVG WAIT30m
PEAK110m
RIDES OPEN11/11
WEATHER76° Cloudy
Busch Gardens Williamsburg crowd report infographic for May 9, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

1 PM to 9 PM · crowd level 1–10
6
1 PM
5
2 PM
8
3 PM
8
4 PM
8
5 PM
10
6 PM
9
7 PM
8
8 PM
3
9 PM
1 PM to 10 AM
Rope-drop hard or rethink the morning

If you walk in after 9 AM, plan to save DarKoaster 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 9 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.

19 rides · avg wait shown
DarKoaster
83m avg
peak 110m · 76% uptime
Griffon
49m avg
peak 70m · 76% uptime
InvadR
42m avg
peak 60m · 76% uptime
Alpengeist
41m avg
peak 50m · 76% uptime
Le Scoot
30m avg
peak 30m · 56% uptime
Apollo's Chariot
21m avg
peak 30m · 76% uptime
Tempesto
18m avg
peak 20m · 76% uptime
Finnegan's Flyer
17m avg
peak 30m · 76% uptime
Der Autobahn
13m avg
peak 25m · 76% uptime
Le Catapult
10m avg
peak 10m · 23% uptime
The Battering Ram
9m avg
peak 10m · 76% uptime
Escape From Pompeii
Closed all day
Grover's Alpine Express
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
Closed all day
Verbolten
Closed all day
8 rides were closed all day
Escape From Pompeii Grover's Alpine Express Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives On Pantheon The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge The Trade Wind Turkish Delight Verbolten

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 76°F, low 53°F, no rain.

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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 110m to 66m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions