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A BUSY DAY

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

Apr 10, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Afterburn can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 2 and a 10, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT33m
PEAK90m
RIDES OPEN30/27
WEATHER78° Clear
Carowinds crowd report infographic for Apr 10, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

11 AM to 9 PM · crowd level 1–10
2
11 AM
5
12 PM
7
1 PM
10
2 PM
9
3 PM
9
4 PM
8
5 PM
8
6 PM
10
7 PM
5
8 PM
5
9 PM
11 AM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Afterburn 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.

2 PM to 6 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.

30 rides · avg wait shown
Copperhead Strike
68m avg
peak 80m · 87% uptime
Ricochet
60m avg
peak 60m · 95% uptime
The Flying Cobras
49m avg
peak 75m · 89% uptime
Snoopy's Racing Railway
48m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Flying Ace Balloon Race
47m avg
peak 60m · 93% uptime
Kiddy Hawk
45m avg
peak 50m · 91% uptime
Afterburn
43m avg
peak 90m · 90% uptime
Hurler
43m avg
peak 60m · 86% uptime
Fury 325
42m avg
peak 75m · 88% uptime
Thunder Striker
35m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Carolina Goldrusher
34m avg
peak 45m · 95% uptime
Charlie Brown's River Raft Blast
32m avg
peak 45m · 87% uptime
Rock 'N' Roller
30m avg
peak 60m · 89% uptime
WindSeeker
30m avg
peak 30m · 71% uptime
Vortex
28m avg
peak 45m · 93% uptime
Carolina Cyclone
27m avg
peak 45m · 93% uptime
Wilderness Run
25m avg
peak 30m · 95% uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
24m avg
peak 30m · 89% uptime
Woodstock Express
21m avg
peak 30m · 88% uptime
Air Racers
20m avg
peak 30m · 80% uptime
Gear Spin
20m avg
peak 20m · 93% uptime
Do-Si-Do
18m avg
peak 20m · 95% uptime
Mountain Gliders
18m avg
peak 20m · 84% uptime
Electro-Spin
14m avg
peak 20m · 89% uptime
Wind Star
11m avg
peak 15m · 95% uptime
Hover & Dodge
10m avg
peak 15m · 95% uptime
Zephyr
10m avg
peak 10m · 94% uptime
Ripcord
0m avg
peak 0m · 90% uptime
Slingshot
0m avg
peak 0m · 95% uptime
The Grand Carousel
0m avg
peak 0m · 95% uptime

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 78°F, low 44°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Afterburn right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Afterburn 90m to 54m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions