A QUIET DAY
If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have cleared the park before lunch.
Aug 21, 2026 hit a 1/10, one of the quietest days we've recorded at Busch Gardens Williamsburg this season. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 11 straight hours between 11 AM and 9 PM.
PLANNING A TRIP?
Pick your dates on the crowd calendar
and we'll show you how this day compares to your window.
1
/10
Quiet
Quiet
AVG WAIT10m
PEAK30m
RIDES OPEN11/6
WEATHER84° Cloudy
The day, hour by hour.
1
11 AM
1
12 PM
1
1 PM
1
2 PM
1
3 PM
1
4 PM
1
5 PM
1
6 PM
1
7 PM
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8 PM
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9 PM
11 AM to 10 AM
Rope-drop the headliner anyway
Verbolten held strong all day. The first hour was the only time it ran shortest.
11 AM to 1 PM
Eat early, ride during lunch
Crowds dipped to their low around 11 AM. Verbolten + Tempesto walked on.
11 AM to 9 PM
Knock out the rest of your list
The quietest stretch of the day starts around 11 AM. Verbolten fell to its low for the day.
8 PM to 9 PM
Last lap and re-rides
A small closing-hour bump is normal. Re-ride Verbolten now with a fresh queue.
Every ride, by average wait.
Verbolten
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Tempesto
peak 20m · 98% uptime
Der Autobahn
peak 15m · 98% uptime
Finnegan's Flyer
peak 15m · 98% uptime
The Battering Ram
peak 15m · 98% uptime
Apollo's Chariot
peak 10m · 98% uptime
Alpengeist
peak 0m · 98% uptime
DarKoaster
peak 0m · 98% uptime
Escape From Pompeii
peak 0m · -- uptime
Griffon
peak 0m · 98% uptime
Grover's Alpine Express
peak 0m · -- uptime
InvadR
peak 0m · 98% uptime
Le Catapult
peak 0m · -- uptime
Le Scoot
peak 0m · -- uptime
Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives On
peak 0m · 98% 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: ☁️ Cloudy, high 84°F, low 68°F, rain for 3h.
FOR YOUR TRIP
This is the day,
but live, in your pocket.
Days like this are why people swear by going off-peak. Ride Ready spots them in advance, then turns the forecast into real-time recommendations the moment you walk through the gate.
WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Verbolten 23m to 13m
11 AM Walk-on window: Verbolten + Tempesto
4:08p Smart pick: Verbolten is short right now, go
6:30p Dinner spike flagged, sit it out
4 drop alerts · 3 picks · 1 skip suggestion