A MODERATE DAY
If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have managed every ride if you planned around lunch.
Aug 18, 2026 landed at a 5/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 3, settling around a 5 for most of the day.
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5
/10
Moderate
Moderate
AVG WAIT10m
PEAK35m
RIDES OPEN11/6
WEATHER90° Clear
The day, hour by hour.
1
12 PM
2
1 PM
3
2 PM
1
3 PM
2
4 PM
1
5 PM
3
6 PM
1
7 PM
12 PM to 10 AM
Be at the gates before they open
Touring strategy starts here. Verbolten climbs steeply through the morning on moderate days.
11 AM to 1 PM
Eat before 11 or after 2
Quick-service queues stack between 11:30 and 1:30. Plan around them.
2 PM to 6 PM
Mid-afternoon dip is real but brief
The window around 2 PM is your friend. Use it on Verbolten or whatever you've been putting off.
8 PM to 7 PM
Closing rush is your friend
Lines drop sharply once the night winds down. Wait it out, then re-ride.
Every ride, by average wait.
Verbolten
peak 35m · 100% uptime
Tempesto
peak 15m · 100% uptime
Finnegan's Flyer
peak 15m · 100% uptime
Apollo's Chariot
peak 30m · 100% uptime
Der Autobahn
peak 15m · 100% uptime
The Battering Ram
peak 10m · 100% uptime
Alpengeist
peak 0m · 100% uptime
DarKoaster
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Escape From Pompeii
peak 0m · -- uptime
Griffon
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Grover's Alpine Express
peak 0m · -- uptime
InvadR
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Le Catapult
peak 0m · -- uptime
Le Scoot
peak 0m · -- uptime
Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives On
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Pantheon
peak 0m · -- uptime
The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge
peak 0m · -- uptime
The Trade Wind
peak 0m · -- uptime
Turkish Delight
peak 0m · -- uptime
Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 90°F, low 76°F, rain for 6h.
FOR YOUR TRIP
This is the day,
but live, in your pocket.
Days like this are won and lost on timing. Ride Ready turns live waits into drop alerts, walk-on windows, and what-to-ride-next picks, free.
WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Verbolten 35m to 15m
2:42p Walk-on window: Tempesto + Finnegan
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions