How busy was Islands of Adventure on May 20, 2026?

Islands of Adventure had a crowd level of 5/10 (Moderate) on May 20, 2026. The average wait was 24 minutes with a peak of 110 minutes at Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. 15 rides were reporting wait times.

What were the wait times at Islands of Adventure on May 20, 2026?

The average wait across all rides was 24 minutes. The longest wait was 110 minutes at Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. 15 rides were open and reporting. Pteranodon Flyers was closed all day.

A MODERATE DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have managed every ride if you planned around lunch.

May 20, 2026 landed at a 5/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 2 straight hours between 8 AM and 10 AM.

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/10
Moderate

AVG WAIT25m

PEAK110m

RIDES OPEN15/15

WEATHER88° Clear

Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for May 20, 2026 — Tap to enlarge

The day, hour by hour.

8 AM to 6 PM · crowd level 1–10

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8 AM to 10 AM

Be at the gates before they open

Touring strategy starts here. Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 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.

8 AM to 10 AM

Mid-afternoon dip is real but brief

The window around 8 AM is your friend. Use it on Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure or whatever you've been putting off.

8 PM to 6 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.

16 rides · avg wait shown

Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure

82m avg

peak 110m · 100% uptime

Jurassic World VelociCoaster

43m avg

peak 65m · 99% uptime

Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls

42m avg

peak 70m · 91% uptime

Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

32m avg

peak 60m · 100% uptime

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man

28m avg

peak 45m · 100% uptime

The Incredible Hulk Coaster

26m avg

peak 60m · 100% uptime

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges

21m avg

peak 60m · 88% uptime

Flight of the Hippogriff

21m avg

peak 35m · 99% uptime

Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station

19m avg

peak 40m · 85% uptime

Doctor Doom's Fearfall

14m avg

peak 45m · 100% uptime

Skull Island: Reign of Kong

14m avg

peak 30m · 96% uptime

The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride

11m avg

peak 45m · 100% uptime

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

9m avg

peak 20m · 100% uptime

Storm Force Accelatron

5m avg

peak 10m · 88% uptime

The Cat in The Hat

5m avg

peak 5m · 96% uptime

Pteranodon Flyers

Closed all day

1 ride was closed all day

Pteranodon Flyers

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 88°F, low 72°F, rain for 2h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY

10:15a Drop alert: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 110m to 57m

2:42p Walk-on window: Doctor Doom + Skull Island

3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets

7:15p Re-ride window opens late

5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions

If you'd been here on a day like this, you'd have managed every ride if you planned around lunch.

The day, hour by hour.

Every ride, by average wait.

This is the day,but live, in your pocket.

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have managed every ride if you planned around lunch.

This is the day,
but live, in your pocket.