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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a weekend like this,
you'd have wished you'd picked a different week.

Oct 11, 2026 came in at a 8/10, the kind of day where Copperhead Strike can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 2 straight hours between 12 PM and 2 PM.

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8
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT17m
PEAK60m
RIDES OPEN25/25
WEATHER73° Cloudy
Carowinds crowd report infographic for Oct 11, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

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

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

12 PM to 2 PM
There is no afternoon dip

Waits hold steady through close. Live wait alerts earn their keep here.

8 PM to 11 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
31m avg
peak 60m · 94% uptime
Carolina Goldrusher
30m avg
peak 30m · 86% uptime
Kiddy Hawk
30m avg
peak 30m · 60% uptime
Woodstock Express
30m avg
peak 30m · 58% uptime
Fury 325
29m avg
peak 60m · 96% uptime
Snoopy's Racing Railway
26m avg
peak 30m · 58% uptime
Thunder Striker
25m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Ricochet
25m avg
peak 25m · 96% uptime
Afterburn
20m avg
peak 35m · 94% uptime
Flying Ace Balloon Race
20m avg
peak 20m · 58% uptime
The Flying Cobras
15m avg
peak 15m · 90% uptime
Hover & Dodge
14m avg
peak 20m · 98% uptime
Wilderness Run
14m avg
peak 20m · 59% uptime
Hurler
13m avg
peak 25m · 82% uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
13m avg
peak 20m · 96% uptime
Gear Spin
12m avg
peak 16m · 78% uptime
Mountain Gliders
10m avg
peak 15m · 99% uptime
Carolina Cyclone
10m avg
peak 10m · 98% uptime
Do-Si-Do
10m avg
peak 10m · 98% uptime
Rock 'N' Roller
10m avg
peak 10m · 98% uptime
Air Racers
9m avg
peak 10m · 96% uptime
Vortex
8m avg
peak 15m · 98% uptime
Wind Star
6m avg
peak 6m · 96% uptime
Charlie Brown's River Raft Blast
5m avg
peak 5m · 55% uptime
Zephyr
5m avg
peak 5m · 98% uptime
Electro-Spin
Closed all day
Ripcord
Closed all day
Slingshot
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
The Grand Carousel
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
WindSeeker
Closed all day
3 rides were closed all day
Electro-Spin Ripcord WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 73°F, low 66°F, rain for 12h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Copperhead Strike right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Copperhead Strike 60m to 36m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions