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A PACKED DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have walked off the property by 2pm.

Apr 8, 2026 ran at a 9/10. Full-park conditions, lines stacked everywhere. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 10, settling around a 9 for most of the day.

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9
/10
Packed
AVG WAIT46m
PEAK240m
RIDES OPEN15/15
WEATHER74° Drizzle
Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for Apr 8, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

8 AM to 9 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
8 AM
7
9 AM
7
10 AM
9
11 AM
7
12 PM
10
1 PM
8
2 PM
7
3 PM
7
4 PM
7
5 PM
6
6 PM
4
7 PM
5
8 PM
6
9 PM
8 AM to 10 AM
Rope-drop hard or rethink the morning

If you walk in after 9 AM, plan to save Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure for the last hour instead.

11 AM to 1 PM
Sit-down lunch, no exceptions

Quick-service waits balloon on days like this. A reservation buys you AC and time.

2 PM to 6 PM
Take a break, come back at 7

Crowds don't thin. Leave the park, swim, return for the last 90 minutes.

8 PM to 9 PM
One more ride, then leave

Even at close, waits hold long. Pick one ride and get out before the parking lot does its worst.

Every ride, by average wait.

16 rides · avg wait shown
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
172m avg
peak 240m · 94% uptime
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
78m avg
peak 120m · 95% uptime
Flight of the Hippogriff
58m avg
peak 90m · 82% uptime
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
51m avg
peak 120m · 97% uptime
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
51m avg
peak 100m · 94% uptime
Skull Island: Reign of Kong
43m avg
peak 90m · 83% uptime
Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
42m avg
peak 75m · 91% uptime
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
39m avg
peak 75m · 100% uptime
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
37m avg
peak 65m · 95% uptime
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
31m avg
peak 70m · 100% uptime
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
23m avg
peak 60m · 94% uptime
Doctor Doom's Fearfall
21m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
The Cat in The Hat
21m avg
peak 45m · 66% uptime
Storm Force Accelatron
11m avg
peak 55m · 90% uptime
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
6m avg
peak 10m · 83% uptime
Pteranodon Flyers
Closed all day
1 ride was closed all day
Pteranodon Flyers

Weather that day: 🌦️ Drizzle, high 74°F, low 65°F, rain for 15h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 240m to 144m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions