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A LIGHT DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have walked on everything but the big two.

Jul 15, 2026 held steady at a 3/10, a forgiving day if you arrived with a plan. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 5, settling around a 3 for most of the day.

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3
/10
Light
AVG WAIT9m
PEAK80m
RIDES OPEN27/25
WEATHER91° Clear
Carowinds crowd report infographic for Jul 15, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

11 AM to 9 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
11 AM
2
12 PM
5
1 PM
4
2 PM
5
3 PM
5
4 PM
1
5 PM
3
6 PM
3
7 PM
5
8 PM
1
9 PM
11 AM to 10 AM
Hit Copperhead Strike first

Even on a light day, Copperhead Strike builds fast by mid-morning. Get there before the gates open.

11 AM to 1 PM
Lunch is the low water mark

Waits ease during the noon hour. Hit a second-tier ride now.

2 PM to 6 PM
Walk-on window opens

Afterburn + Hurler fall to walk-on in the mid-afternoon. Re-rideable.

8 PM to 9 PM
Final-hour re-rides

Most families leave well before close. Re-ride your favorite while everyone else heads out.

Every ride, by average wait.

30 rides · avg wait shown
Copperhead Strike
28m avg
peak 80m · 73% uptime
Afterburn
17m avg
peak 30m · 92% uptime
Hurler
16m avg
peak 45m · 98% uptime
Flying Ace Balloon Race
16m avg
peak 20m · 99% uptime
The Flying Cobras
15m avg
peak 25m · 99% uptime
Vortex
15m avg
peak 15m · 99% uptime
Snoopy's Racing Railway
14m avg
peak 15m · 99% uptime
Kiddy Hawk
13m avg
peak 30m · 95% uptime
Carolina Goldrusher
7m avg
peak 20m · 96% uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
7m avg
peak 10m · 94% uptime
Mountain Gliders
7m avg
peak 10m · 99% uptime
Thunder Striker
7m avg
peak 10m · 85% uptime
Charlie Brown's River Raft Blast
7m avg
peak 7m · 99% uptime
Woodstock Express
7m avg
peak 7m · 40% uptime
Wind Star
6m avg
peak 15m · 89% uptime
Hover & Dodge
6m avg
peak 10m · 94% uptime
Ricochet
6m avg
peak 10m · 99% uptime
WindSeeker
6m avg
peak 10m · 53% uptime
Wilderness Run
6m avg
peak 6m · 99% uptime
Air Racers
5m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Carolina Cyclone
5m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Zephyr
5m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Electro-Spin
4m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Rock 'N' Roller
4m avg
peak 5m · 98% uptime
Do-Si-Do
3m avg
peak 3m · 99% uptime
Fury 325
0m avg
peak 0m · 3% uptime
Gear Spin
0m avg
peak 0m · 7% uptime
Ripcord
Closed all day
Slingshot
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
The Grand Carousel
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
1 ride was closed all day
Ripcord

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 91°F, low 71°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Copperhead Strike 34m to 20m
1:15p Walk-on window: Afterburn + Hurler
4:08p Smart pick: Copperhead Strike is short right now, go
6:30p Dinner spike flagged, sit it out
4 drop alerts · 3 picks · 1 skip suggestion