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A MODERATE DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have felt the park, not the lines.

Apr 6, 2026 landed at a 5/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 8, settling around a 5 for most of the day.

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5
/10
Moderate
AVG WAIT24m
PEAK120m
RIDES OPEN29/26
WEATHER67° Cloudy
Carowinds crowd report infographic for Apr 6, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

11 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
11 AM
2
12 PM
8
1 PM
5
2 PM
6
3 PM
5
4 PM
6
5 PM
6
6 PM
6
7 PM
5
8 PM
11 AM to 10 AM
Be at the gates before they open

Touring strategy starts here. Copperhead Strike 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 Copperhead Strike or whatever you've been putting off.

8 PM to 8 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.

30 rides · avg wait shown
The Flying Cobras
56m avg
peak 60m · 86% uptime
Ricochet
52m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Snoopy's Racing Railway
45m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Kiddy Hawk
45m avg
peak 45m · 66% uptime
Flying Ace Balloon Race
39m avg
peak 45m · 97% uptime
Copperhead Strike
35m avg
peak 120m · 99% uptime
Hurler
35m avg
peak 60m · 82% uptime
Afterburn
33m avg
peak 60m · 87% uptime
Fury 325
30m avg
peak 40m · 97% uptime
Vortex
30m avg
peak 30m · 96% uptime
Carolina Goldrusher
27m avg
peak 30m · 95% uptime
Thunder Striker
23m avg
peak 30m · 95% uptime
Gear Spin
23m avg
peak 25m · 94% uptime
Woodstock Express
22m avg
peak 30m · 94% uptime
Do-Si-Do
18m avg
peak 25m · 96% uptime
Wilderness Run
15m avg
peak 15m · 99% uptime
Wind Star
12m avg
peak 20m · 78% uptime
Hover & Dodge
12m avg
peak 15m · 99% uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
10m avg
peak 10m · 96% uptime
Electro-Spin
10m avg
peak 10m · 99% uptime
Carolina Cyclone
7m avg
peak 20m · 94% uptime
Charlie Brown's River Raft Blast
7m avg
peak 15m · 77% uptime
Rock 'N' Roller
6m avg
peak 10m · 99% uptime
Air Racers
5m avg
peak 5m · 91% uptime
Mountain Gliders
5m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Zephyr
5m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Ripcord
0m avg
peak 0m · 20% uptime
Slingshot
0m avg
peak 0m · 42% uptime
The Grand Carousel
0m avg
peak 0m · 98% uptime
WindSeeker
Closed all day
1 ride was closed all day
WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 67°F, low 49°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Copperhead Strike 120m to 24m
2:42p Walk-on window: Do-Si-Do + Wilderness Run
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions