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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a weekend like this,
you'd have wished you'd picked a different week.

Oct 17, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 2 straight hours between 9 AM and 11 AM.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT30m
PEAK120m
RIDES OPEN16/16
WEATHER77° Cloudy
Islands of Adventure crowd report infographic for Oct 17, 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
1
10 AM
2
11 AM
5
12 PM
6
1 PM
4
2 PM
4
3 PM
3
4 PM
6
5 PM
6
6 PM
5
7 PM
5
8 PM
8 AM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure all morning.

11 AM to 1 PM
Treat lunch as a ride

You'll queue for food too. Use that time on a sit-down with a reservation.

9 AM to 11 AM
There is no afternoon dip

Waits hold steady through close. Live wait alerts earn their keep here.

8 PM to 8 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

Headliners finally ease late. Skip dinner, stay late, eat after.

Every ride, by average wait.

16 rides · avg wait shown
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
87m avg
peak 120m · 99% uptime
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
60m avg
peak 100m · 98% uptime
Flight of the Hippogriff
60m avg
peak 75m · 100% uptime
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
39m avg
peak 70m · 100% uptime
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
33m avg
peak 65m · 98% uptime
Pteranodon Flyers
30m avg
peak 65m · 98% uptime
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
30m avg
peak 55m · 100% uptime
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
29m avg
peak 50m · 100% uptime
Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
19m avg
peak 40m · 99% uptime
Skull Island: Reign of Kong
18m avg
peak 35m · 89% uptime
The Cat in The Hat
16m avg
peak 50m · 91% uptime
Doctor Doom's Fearfall
16m avg
peak 35m · 100% uptime
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
10m avg
peak 40m · 100% uptime
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
9m avg
peak 10m · 98% uptime
Storm Force Accelatron
7m avg
peak 30m · 91% uptime
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
5m avg
peak 5m · 73% uptime

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 77°F, low 67°F, rain for 10h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure 120m to 72m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions