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A LIGHT DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have cleared every headliner without breaking a sweat.

May 12, 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 WAIT16m
PEAK90m
RIDES OPEN15/15
WEATHER82° Cloudy
Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for May 12, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

9 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
9 AM
2
10 AM
4
11 AM
3
12 PM
1
1 PM
2
2 PM
2
3 PM
4
4 PM
5
5 PM
3
6 PM
2
7 PM
2
8 PM
9 AM to 10 AM
Hit Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure first

Even on a light day, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 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

Flight of the Hippogriff + Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey fall to walk-on in the mid-afternoon. Re-rideable.

8 PM to 8 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.

16 rides · avg wait shown
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
69m avg
peak 90m · 72% uptime
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
27m avg
peak 50m · 75% uptime
Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
25m avg
peak 50m · 88% uptime
Flight of the Hippogriff
17m avg
peak 45m · 74% uptime
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
16m avg
peak 25m · 100% uptime
Skull Island: Reign of Kong
15m avg
peak 40m · 89% uptime
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
15m avg
peak 35m · 100% uptime
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
15m avg
peak 35m · 78% uptime
Doctor Doom's Fearfall
11m avg
peak 35m · 73% uptime
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
9m avg
peak 25m · 78% uptime
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
7m avg
peak 30m · 86% uptime
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
7m avg
peak 20m · 79% uptime
The Cat in The Hat
6m avg
peak 10m · 100% uptime
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
5m avg
peak 5m · 52% uptime
Storm Force Accelatron
5m avg
peak 5m · 91% uptime
Pteranodon Flyers
Closed all day
1 ride was closed all day
Pteranodon Flyers

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 82°F, low 71°F, rain for 14h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 83m to 48m
1:15p Walk-on window: Flight of the Hippogriff + Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
4:08p Smart pick: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure is short right now, go
6:30p Dinner spike flagged, sit it out
4 drop alerts · 3 picks · 1 skip suggestion