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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have needed a plan to get on the headliners.

Apr 9, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 3 and a 10, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT47m
PEAK240m
RIDES OPEN15/15
WEATHER74° Drizzle
Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for Apr 9, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

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

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 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.

16 rides · avg wait shown
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
167m avg
peak 240m · 75% uptime
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
94m avg
peak 120m · 100% uptime
Flight of the Hippogriff
60m avg
peak 100m · 95% uptime
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
58m avg
peak 120m · 100% uptime
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
51m avg
peak 95m · 100% uptime
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
41m avg
peak 75m · 100% uptime
Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
40m avg
peak 70m · 92% uptime
Skull Island: Reign of Kong
38m avg
peak 65m · 67% uptime
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
38m avg
peak 65m · 98% uptime
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
36m avg
peak 60m · 71% uptime
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
29m avg
peak 55m · 96% uptime
Doctor Doom's Fearfall
28m avg
peak 55m · 100% uptime
The Cat in The Hat
20m avg
peak 45m · 100% uptime
Storm Force Accelatron
15m avg
peak 30m · 97% uptime
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
12m avg
peak 25m · 71% uptime
Pteranodon Flyers
Closed all day
1 ride was closed all day
Pteranodon Flyers

Weather that day: 🌦️ Drizzle, high 74°F, low 64°F, rain for 14h.

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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