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A MODERATE DAY

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

Aug 1, 2026 landed at a 6/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 2 straight hours between 10 AM and 12 PM.

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6
/10
Moderate
AVG WAIT25m
PEAK90m
RIDES OPEN25/24
WEATHER87° Cloudy
Carowinds crowd report infographic for Aug 1, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 10 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
10 AM
1
11 AM
6
12 PM
6
1 PM
7
2 PM
3
3 PM
10
4 PM
7
5 PM
9
6 PM
9
7 PM
9
8 PM
6
9 PM
4
10 PM
10 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.

10 AM to 12 PM
Mid-afternoon dip is real but brief

The window around 10 AM is your friend. Use it on Copperhead Strike or whatever you've been putting off.

8 PM to 10 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.

29 rides · avg wait shown
Afterburn
54m avg
peak 80m · 82% uptime
Snoopy's Racing Railway
46m avg
peak 60m · 83% uptime
Kiddy Hawk
39m avg
peak 60m · 82% uptime
The Flying Cobras
38m avg
peak 45m · 83% uptime
Fury 325
37m avg
peak 75m · 83% uptime
Ricochet
37m avg
peak 45m · 66% uptime
Copperhead Strike
35m avg
peak 90m · 81% uptime
Hurler
35m avg
peak 60m · 80% uptime
Vortex
35m avg
peak 60m · 83% uptime
Carolina Goldrusher
34m avg
peak 60m · 81% uptime
Flying Ace Balloon Race
28m avg
peak 45m · 87% uptime
Woodstock Express
27m avg
peak 40m · 81% uptime
Rock 'N' Roller
26m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Thunder Striker
25m avg
peak 40m · 82% uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
22m avg
peak 60m · 92% uptime
Carolina Cyclone
21m avg
peak 30m · 83% uptime
Hover & Dodge
16m avg
peak 45m · 100% uptime
Do-Si-Do
11m avg
peak 15m · 87% uptime
Mountain Gliders
11m avg
peak 15m · 87% uptime
Electro-Spin
9m avg
peak 10m · 79% uptime
Air Racers
6m avg
peak 15m · 88% uptime
Charlie Brown's River Raft Blast
6m avg
peak 10m · 82% uptime
Wilderness Run
6m avg
peak 10m · 78% uptime
Zephyr
5m avg
peak 5m · 81% uptime
Gear Spin
Closed all day
Ripcord
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Slingshot
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
WindSeeker
0m avg
peak 0m · 2% uptime
Wind Star
Closed all day
2 rides were closed all day
Gear Spin Wind Star

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 87°F, low 73°F, rain for 10h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Copperhead Strike 90m to 24m
2:42p Walk-on window: Hover & Dodge + Do-Si-Do
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions