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A LIGHT DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have walked on everything but the big two.

Sep 28, 2026 held steady at a 3/10, a forgiving day if you arrived with a plan. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 2 straight hours between 4 PM and 6 PM.

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3
/10
Light
AVG WAIT16m
PEAK80m
RIDES OPEN16/16
WEATHER84° Clear
Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for Sep 28, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

8 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
4
8 AM
1
9 AM
3
10 AM
3
11 AM
4
12 PM
3
1 PM
2
2 PM
2
3 PM
1
4 PM
1
5 PM
2
6 PM
1
7 PM
5
8 PM
8 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.

4 PM to 6 PM
Walk-on window opens

Dudley Do-Right + Pteranodon Flyers 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
58m avg
peak 80m · 99% uptime
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
33m avg
peak 65m · 94% uptime
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
18m avg
peak 50m · 73% uptime
Pteranodon Flyers
17m avg
peak 60m · 100% uptime
Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
17m avg
peak 40m · 82% uptime
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
16m avg
peak 25m · 100% uptime
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
14m avg
peak 40m · 95% uptime
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
13m avg
peak 40m · 100% uptime
Flight of the Hippogriff
13m avg
peak 35m · 100% uptime
Skull Island: Reign of Kong
12m avg
peak 30m · 85% uptime
Doctor Doom's Fearfall
11m avg
peak 35m · 98% uptime
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
10m avg
peak 20m · 93% uptime
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
5m avg
peak 5m · 100% uptime
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
5m avg
peak 5m · 78% uptime
Storm Force Accelatron
5m avg
peak 5m · 90% uptime
The Cat in The Hat
5m avg
peak 5m · 96% uptime

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 84°F, low 65°F, rain for 1h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 70m to 41m
4 PM Walk-on window: Dudley Do-Right + Pteranodon Flyers
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