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A MODERATE DAY

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

Oct 9, 2026 landed at a 6/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 8, settling around a 6 for most of the day.

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6
/10
Moderate
AVG WAIT22m
PEAK70m
RIDES OPEN17/17
WEATHER65° Cloudy
Six Flags Great America crowd report infographic for Oct 9, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

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

Touring strategy starts here. Raging Bull 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 Raging Bull 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.

21 rides · avg wait shown
Raging Bull
35m avg
peak 70m · 92% uptime
Wrath of Rakshasa
29m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Superman: Ultimate Flight
28m avg
peak 30m · 95% uptime
Maxx Force
27m avg
peak 30m · 92% uptime
X Flight
26m avg
peak 40m · 95% uptime
The Joker Free-Fly Coaster
22m avg
peak 30m · 94% uptime
Whizzer
22m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Batman: The Ride
21m avg
peak 45m · 97% uptime
Viper
21m avg
peak 30m · 97% uptime
Demon
20m avg
peak 20m · 98% uptime
Sky Striker
19m avg
peak 40m · 79% uptime
The Dark Knight Coaster
19m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Goliath
16m avg
peak 45m · 82% uptime
The Flash: Vertical Velocity
15m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Giant Drop
13m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis
13m avg
peak 15m · 98% uptime
American Eagle
8m avg
peak 15m · 98% uptime
Aquaman Splashdown
Closed all day
Little Dipper
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Logger's Run
Closed all day
Roaring Rapids
Closed all day
3 rides were closed all day
Aquaman Splashdown Logger's Run Roaring Rapids

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 65°F, low 52°F, rain for 2h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Raging Bull 70m to 24m
2:42p Walk-on window: Goliath + The Flash
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions