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A BUSY DAY

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

May 20, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Superman: Ultimate Flight can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 4 and a 10, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT43m
PEAK120m
RIDES OPEN15/15
WEATHER60° Cloudy
Six Flags Great America crowd report infographic for May 20, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

11 AM to 5 PM · crowd level 1–10
4
11 AM
10
12 PM
8
1 PM
7
2 PM
7
3 PM
7
4 PM
8
5 PM
11 AM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Superman: Ultimate Flight 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.

2 PM to 6 PM
There is no afternoon dip

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

8 PM to 5 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

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

Every ride, by average wait.

21 rides · avg wait shown
Superman: Ultimate Flight
78m avg
peak 120m · 98% uptime
Raging Bull
65m avg
peak 90m · 63% uptime
Wrath of Rakshasa
62m avg
peak 120m · 92% uptime
Batman: The Ride
53m avg
peak 90m · 98% uptime
X Flight
52m avg
peak 75m · 93% uptime
Maxx Force
49m avg
peak 60m · 94% uptime
Sky Striker
39m avg
peak 50m · 80% uptime
Goliath
38m avg
peak 60m · 90% uptime
The Dark Knight Coaster
34m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Viper
32m avg
peak 40m · 98% uptime
The Joker Free-Fly Coaster
31m avg
peak 60m · 90% uptime
Demon
19m avg
peak 30m · 94% uptime
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis
17m avg
peak 25m · 91% uptime
The Flash: Vertical Velocity
16m avg
peak 25m · 18% uptime
Giant Drop
15m avg
peak 25m · 39% uptime
American Eagle
Closed all day
Aquaman Splashdown
Closed all day
Little Dipper
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Logger's Run
Closed all day
Roaring Rapids
Closed all day
Whizzer
Closed all day
5 rides were closed all day
American Eagle Aquaman Splashdown Logger's Run Roaring Rapids Whizzer

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 60°F, low 48°F, no rain.

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