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A MODERATE DAY

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

Oct 3, 2026 landed at a 6/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 7, settling around a 6 for most of the day.

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6
/10
Moderate
AVG WAIT26m
PEAK95m
RIDES OPEN16/16
WEATHER85° Cloudy
Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for Oct 3, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

8 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
4
8 AM
2
9 AM
3
10 AM
5
11 AM
4
12 PM
2
1 PM
3
2 PM
3
3 PM
3
4 PM
1
5 PM
7
6 PM
6
7 PM
4
8 PM
8 AM to 10 AM
Be at the gates before they open

Touring strategy starts here. Jurassic World VelociCoaster 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 Jurassic World VelociCoaster or whatever you've been putting off.

8 PM to 8 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
71m avg
peak 85m · 85% uptime
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
64m avg
peak 95m · 89% uptime
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
37m avg
peak 85m · 81% uptime
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
34m avg
peak 60m · 83% uptime
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
34m avg
peak 55m · 97% uptime
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
26m avg
peak 60m · 88% uptime
Pteranodon Flyers
26m avg
peak 45m · 82% uptime
Flight of the Hippogriff
23m avg
peak 45m · 85% uptime
Skull Island: Reign of Kong
21m avg
peak 55m · 91% uptime
Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
16m avg
peak 40m · 74% uptime
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
13m avg
peak 40m · 91% uptime
Doctor Doom's Fearfall
12m avg
peak 40m · 88% uptime
The Cat in The Hat
12m avg
peak 30m · 96% uptime
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
9m avg
peak 10m · 50% uptime
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
8m avg
peak 20m · 90% uptime
Storm Force Accelatron
6m avg
peak 10m · 91% uptime

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 85°F, low 74°F, rain for 12h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Jurassic World VelociCoaster 95m to 45m
2:42p Walk-on window: Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station + The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions