A MODERATE DAY
If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have felt the park, not the lines.
Sep 18, 2026 landed at a 5/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 5, settling around a 5 for most of the day.
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and we'll show you how this day compares to your window.
5
/10
Moderate
Moderate
AVG WAIT4m
PEAK10m
RIDES OPEN18/15
WEATHER88° Clear
The day, hour by hour.
1
7 PM
3
8 PM
3
9 PM
5
10 PM
5
11 PM
7 PM to 10 AM
Be at the gates before they open
Touring strategy starts here. Rapterra 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 Rapterra or whatever you've been putting off.
8 PM to 11 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.
Rapterra
peak 10m · 98% uptime
WindSeeker
peak 7m · 98% uptime
Tumbili
peak 10m · 98% uptime
Wave Swinger
peak 6m · 98% uptime
Dodgem
peak 6m · 98% uptime
Bad Apple
peak 5m · 98% uptime
Carousel
peak 5m · 98% uptime
Delirium
peak 5m · 98% uptime
Backlot Stunt Coaster
peak 5m · 86% uptime
Reptilian
peak 5m · 89% uptime
Dominator
peak 3m · 92% uptime
Racer 75
peak 3m · 98% uptime
Apple Zapple
peak 2m · 98% uptime
Pantherian
peak 2m · 76% uptime
Blue Ridge Tollway
peak 1m · 98% uptime
Americana
peak 0m · -- uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
Drop Tower
Flight of Fear
Flying Eagles
peak 0m · 98% uptime
Great Pumpkin Coaster
Grizzly
peak 0m · 93% uptime
Racer 75 - South
Shenandoah Lumber Co.
Twisted Timbers
peak 0m · 98% uptime
White Water Canyon
Woodstock Express
8 rides were closed all day
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Drop Tower Flight of Fear Great Pumpkin Coaster Racer 75 - South Shenandoah Lumber Co. White Water Canyon Woodstock Express
Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 88°F, low 70°F, rain for 6h.
FOR YOUR TRIP
This is the day,
but live, in your pocket.
Days like this are won and lost on timing. Ride Ready turns live waits into drop alerts, walk-on windows, and what-to-ride-next picks, free.
WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Rapterra 10m to 6m
2:42p Walk-on window: Rapterra + WindSeeker
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions