How busy was Islands of Adventure on Jul 17, 2026?

Islands of Adventure had a crowd level of 6/10 (Moderate) on Jul 17, 2026. The average wait was 26 minutes with a peak of 100 minutes at Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. 16 rides were reporting wait times.

What were the wait times at Islands of Adventure on Jul 17, 2026?

The average wait across all rides was 26 minutes. The longest wait was 100 minutes at Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. 16 rides were open and reporting.

A MODERATE DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have felt the park, not the lines.

Jul 17, 2026 landed at a 6/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 10, settling around a 6 for most of the day.

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/10
Moderate

AVG WAIT27m

PEAK100m

RIDES OPEN16/16

WEATHER87° Cloudy

Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for Jul 17, 2026 — Tap to enlarge

The day, hour by hour.

8 AM to 9 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.

2 PM to 6 PM

Mid-afternoon dip is real but brief

The window around 2 PM is your friend. Use it on Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure or whatever you've been putting off.

8 PM to 9 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

74m avg

peak 100m · 86% uptime

Jurassic World VelociCoaster

62m avg

peak 80m · 83% uptime

Skull Island: Reign of Kong

34m avg

peak 90m · 92% uptime

Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls

32m avg

peak 90m · 87% uptime

Pteranodon Flyers

32m avg

peak 60m · 83% uptime

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man

31m avg

peak 70m · 100% uptime

The Incredible Hulk Coaster

28m avg

peak 70m · 90% uptime

Flight of the Hippogriff

27m avg

peak 60m · 87% uptime

Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station

22m avg

peak 75m · 92% uptime

Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

19m avg

peak 85m · 99% uptime

Doctor Doom's Fearfall

19m avg

peak 40m · 85% uptime

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

14m avg

peak 30m · 86% uptime

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges

13m avg

peak 25m · 76% uptime

The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride

10m avg

peak 25m · 86% uptime

The Cat in The Hat

9m avg

peak 40m · 94% uptime

Storm Force Accelatron

5m avg

peak 5m · 97% uptime

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 87°F, low 74°F, rain for 13h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY

10:15a Drop alert: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 100m to 52m

2:42p Walk-on window: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish + Popeye & Bluto

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

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