How busy was Islands of Adventure on May 24, 2026?

Islands of Adventure had a crowd level of 5/10 (Moderate) on May 24, 2026. The average wait was 33 minutes with a peak of 200 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 24, 2026?

The average wait across all rides was 33 minutes. The longest wait was 200 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 weekend like this,
you'd have felt the park, not the lines.

May 24, 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 WAIT34m

PEAK200m

RIDES OPEN15/15

WEATHER87° Drizzle

Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for May 24, 2026 — Tap to enlarge

The day, hour by hour.

8 AM to 10 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 10 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

118m avg

peak 200m · 92% uptime

Jurassic World VelociCoaster

54m avg

peak 75m · 98% uptime

Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls

38m avg

peak 85m · 100% uptime

Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

36m avg

peak 55m · 92% uptime

The Incredible Hulk Coaster

34m avg

peak 85m · 100% uptime

Flight of the Hippogriff

34m avg

peak 60m · 92% uptime

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man

34m avg

peak 55m · 98% uptime

Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station

30m avg

peak 85m · 83% uptime

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges

27m avg

peak 45m · 78% uptime

Skull Island: Reign of Kong

23m avg

peak 50m · 80% uptime

The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride

23m avg

peak 45m · 100% uptime

Doctor Doom's Fearfall

21m avg

peak 55m · 99% uptime

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

17m avg

peak 40m · 100% uptime

The Cat in The Hat

14m avg

peak 35m · 97% uptime

Storm Force Accelatron

7m avg

peak 10m · 92% uptime

Pteranodon Flyers

Closed all day

1 ride was closed all day

Pteranodon Flyers

Weather that day: 🌦️ Drizzle, high 87°F, low 74°F, rain for 15h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY

10:15a Drop alert: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 200m to 83m

2:42p Walk-on window: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish + The Cat in The Hat

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 weekend like this, you'd have felt the park, not the lines.

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 weekend like this,
you'd have felt the park, not the lines.

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