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A BUSY DAY

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

May 16, 2026 came in at a 8/10, the kind of day where DarKoaster can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 2 straight hours between 10 AM and 12 PM.

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8
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT24m
PEAK100m
RIDES OPEN11/10
WEATHER81° Clear
Busch Gardens Williamsburg crowd report infographic for May 16, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 9 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
10 AM
1
11 AM
6
12 PM
8
1 PM
8
2 PM
7
3 PM
7
4 PM
5
5 PM
5
6 PM
7
7 PM
7
8 PM
7
9 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.

10 AM to 12 PM
There is no afternoon dip

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

8 PM to 9 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

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

Every ride, by average wait.

19 rides · avg wait shown
DarKoaster
63m avg
peak 100m · 100% uptime
Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives On
50m avg
peak 50m · 68% uptime
Griffon
31m avg
peak 50m · 100% uptime
Alpengeist
24m avg
peak 35m · 100% uptime
Apollo's Chariot
24m avg
peak 30m · 100% uptime
InvadR
17m avg
peak 25m · 100% uptime
Finnegan's Flyer
15m avg
peak 25m · 100% uptime
Tempesto
14m avg
peak 20m · 100% uptime
Der Autobahn
11m avg
peak 25m · 100% uptime
The Battering Ram
8m avg
peak 15m · 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
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
0m avg
peak 0m · 39% uptime
8 rides were closed all day
Escape From Pompeii Grover's Alpine Express Le Catapult Le Scoot Pantheon The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge The Trade Wind Turkish Delight

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 81°F, low 52°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 100m to 60m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions